Clocks
an anthology
Seventeen emerging and established authors reimagined clocks and wove them into beautiful speculative and dark stories.
As you move from one narrative to the next, you’ll find yourself lost in fog, grasping at a young love, risking it all to save a dying world. Pages will swallow you whole as you slip through time, challenge what it means to live, and create an automaton. With poignant representations of queerness, disability and mental health issues, grief, love, and acceptance, Clocks is an anthology as lush and emotional as it is unique.
Stories by: Chantell Saunders, Charlotte Van Ryswyk, Courtney Raines, Elizabeth Jaffari, Erin Hall, J.S. Mercer, James Carraghan, Katherine Quevedo, Katrina Jax, Madi Haab, Mia Dalia, Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq, Raymond Brunell, Reign Reeves Pearson, Rose Wilde Hall, Sarah Walker, and Susan E. Rogers / Front cover and interior illustrations by: Elizabeth Jaffari / Back cover illustrations by: Chantell Saunders / Edited by: Elizabeth Mitchell
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chantell Saunders—”Chimes at Midnight” / you think you know what a time loop is
Charlotte Van Ryswyk—”Memory Jars” / nothing like a storm
Courtney Raines—”Time Together” / is more time really more time?
Elizabeth Jaffari—"Without a Trace" / it could be anything
Erin Hall—”You Can't Go Home Again” / what is time and is it what matters most?
J.S. Mercer—“Time's Up” / some things cannot be predicted
James Carraghan—“Checking the Time” / how much knowledge would you really want?
Katherine Quevedo—”Gearheart” / be careful who you tinker with
Katrina Jax—”Second Hand” / morals can be tricky
Madi Haab—”The Wind-Up Heart” / what if metaphors?
Mia Dalia—”Tick Tock” / you never know what’s real on the internet
Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq—”Grandmother Clock” / nothing is what you expect
Raymond Brunell—”Seventeen Calls” / liminal spaces hold so much
Reign Reeves Pearson—”Counting You” / the fluidity of time can be haunting
Rose Wilde Hall—"Feral Summer" / one night can change so much
Sarah Walker—"The Last Hour" / it's not what you think... at all
Susan E. Rogers—”Clockmaker” / good deeds can go unpunished
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
Chantell Saunders—Back cover
Elizabeth Jaffari—Front cover and interior art
