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'When a young legal clerk is employed to assist an erratic clockmaker, his sanity slowly begins to ebb away with the sound of every infernal tap of the clockmaker's hand.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
Steampunk note: The iconography of the nineteenth century clockmaker is highly resonant with the steampunk aesthetic.
Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Telltale Heart'.
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'Featuring stories from 10 new and vibrant authors, each of whom are current or former students of Swinburne University of Technology's Master of Arts (Writing) program, this anthology will transport you into another time, and another place.' (Publication summary)