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The Chaos Clock

Tales of Cosmic Aether

Danielle Ackley-McPhail Jody Lynn Nye James Chambers

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English
Miscellaneous
01 July 2024
Time... Fluid and Mercurial. Scarce noticed until it runs out.

The measure of our lives is but a blink of the Cosmic Eye. What unknown forces move between those ticking seconds we squander? What unholy powers coil like a spring, waiting to be sprung? What happens when eldritch forces encounter the Age of Steam? Let's find out! In the spirit of HP Lovecraft and HG Wells, we bring you The Chaos Clock.

Will our final hour ever end, or will we find ourselves trapped within its infinite embrace?

With stories byJames Chambers
* Jody Lynn Nye
* Marc L. Abbott
* Rachel A. Brune
* Teel James Glenn
* Jeffrey Lyman
* Bernie Mojzes
* Carol Gyzander
* F.R. Michaels
* Danielle Ackley-McPhail
* Maxwell I. Gold
* Hildy Silverman
* Will McDermott
Contributions by:   , ,
Imprint:   Miscellaneous
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   336g
ISBN:   9781956463354
ISBN 10:   1956463356
Pages:   226
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Other merchandise
Publisher's Status:   Active

"Award-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books. Her published works include eight novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today's Promise, The Halfling's Court, The Redcaps' Queen, Daire's Devils, The Play of Light, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, The Kindly Ones, Dawns a New Day, The Fox's Fire, Between Darkness and Light, Echoes of the Divine, and the non-fiction writers' guides The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the Handyman, and LH: Build-A-Book Workshop. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, No Longer Dreams, Heroes of the Realm, Clockwork Chaos, Gaslight & Grimm, Grimm Machinations, A Cast of Crows, A Cry of Hounds, Other Aether, The Chaos Clock, Grease Monkeys, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections. She is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four extremely spoiled cats. Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as 'spoiling cats.' When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction, most of it in a humorous bent. Since 1987 she has published over 50 books and more than 170 short stories. She has also written with notables in the industry, including Anne McCaffrey and Robert Asprin. Jody teaches writing seminars at SF conventions, including the two-day intensive workshop at Dragon Con, and is Coordinating Judge for the Writers of the Future Contest. James Chambers received the Bram Stoker Award(R) for the graphic novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe and is a four-time Bram Stoker Award nominee. He is the author of the short story collections On the Night Border and On the Hierophant Road, which received a starred review from Booklist, which called it ""...satisfyingly unsettling""; and the novella collection, The Engines of Sacrifice, described as ""...chillingly evocative..."" in a Publisher's Weekly starred review. He has written the novellas, Three Chords of Chaos, Kolchak and the Night Stalkers: The Faceless God, and many others, including the Corpse Fauna cycle: The Dead Bear Witness, Tears of Blood, The Dead in Their Masses, and The Eyes of the Dead. He also writes the Machinations Sundry series of steampunk stories. He edited the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology, Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign and co-edited A New York State of Fright and Even in the Grave, an anthology of ghost stories. His website is: www.jameschambersonline.com."

Reviews for The Chaos Clock: Tales of Cosmic Aether

"""The Chaos Clock has it all! Steampunk weirdness in a fantastic collision with cosmic horror, wild characters, insane twists, and a hell of a lot of fun! Highly recommended!"" -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of NecroTek and The Dragon in Winter""Who amongst us hasn't felt that time was too slow, too fast, wanted to turn back time. This is a brilliant collection of dark stories about time. Well done."" Five Stars - Sheila L., NetGalley Review""I loved this thought-provoking collection about time! It definitely kept me hooked and reading late into the night."" Five Stars - Jenna R., NetGalley Review""This book is fantastic! The story line, the plot, how the author expresses the emotions. 5-star read for me."" Five Stars - Catarina S., NetGalley Review"


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