The Clock Work
MECHANICALS

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What does it still mean to be human in a world of Gods and sentient Machines?

About the Author

Dean Wells is an educator, conference speaker, and author of retro-futurist science fiction that ranges from darkly humorous to deeply existential. His published works include the neo-steampunk novel The Clockwork Mechanicals (2026), along with short fiction featured in Queer Sci Fi, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and the anthologies Rise (2023), Ink (2021), The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies (2013), and Ceaseless Steam (2012). His work has also appeared in Ideomancer, Quantum Muse, 10Flash Quarterly, ShadowKeep Magazine, and The Nocturnal Lyric. Dean is an active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, a cat, mountain beavers, and a family of thoroughly indifferent raccoons.

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ABOUT The Book

In a world remade by sentient Machines, where gods are forged from metal and memory can be rewritten, nothing is as it seems.

Cecily is trapped in a life she cannot escape, driven by voices that demand sacrifice and devotion. Each choice she makes tightens a hidden chain, pulling her deeper into a cycle of violence, death, and rebirth. Elsewhere, a man with a stolen identity awakens to a reality that refuses to stay buried, as something ancient and mechanical begins to take hold of his mind.

Across ruined worlds and engineered heavens, the line between human and Machine begins to dissolve. Truth fractures. Time loops. And unseen forces move their pieces toward a reckoning that has been building for centuries.

As the past repeats and the future closes in, one question remains:

What does it mean to break free when the system itself is watching?

The Clockwork Mechanicals is a dark, visionary journey through identity, control, and the terrifying cost of becoming something more than human.

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Testimonials

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Locus Magazine@username
This is real horror in the tone of the grotesque (like the work of a darker Tim Burton) and the trappings of steampunk, but concealed behind it all is damnation.
Tangent Online@username
This is a violent, fast-moving story with non-stop action. The author's style is vivid, creating a complex background that is never confusing.
Quick Sip Reviews@username
The pacing is tight and the action is gutting... It builds up a solid cast, a memorable setting, and a tense plot... A fast-paced, bloody story with a great steampunk feel.
Apex Magazine@username
This world has everything: brassy retro-future cybertech and aetheric storms, drakes and Tesla bombs, glamour and airships. This stylistic quilt would make Luther Arkwright go weak in the knees.
Locus Magazine@username
The story is fast-paced and action filled... with rebels, sinister aliens, gunrunning, and the like... good fun, and makes good use of the steampunk aesthetic.
Tangent Online@username
This mixture of steampunk and horror goes in surprising directions and is not content with solving a mystery, but of showing its ramifications.

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