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Clockwork Storybook (CWSB) was a writer's collective and independent book publisher based in Austin, Texas. It specialized in the fantasy, horror and adventure genres. ==History== Clockwork Storybook was formed in the late 1990s by fellow Austin-based writers Mark Finn, Chris Roberson, Matthew Sturges, and Bill Willingham, beginning as a writing group which met weekly to critique its members' short stories and novels. Soon thereafter, the four began producing monthly content for an online shared world anthology of urban fantasy, revolving around the fictitious city of San Cibola, California, where magical inhabitants co-existed with normal citizens, at www.ClockworkStorybook.com. The website is no longer there, and is only partially accessible through the (Internet Archive Project ), although content from it surfaces occasionally on the respective authors' websites.() Each issue featured a short story by each of the four founders, plus "an occasional story by guest authors invited to play in our fabricated realm", an editorial and intermittent reviews of various notable books, etc. (The second issue, for example, included contributions from artists Brian Hagen and Jeff Dee)〔(Comicon Post by Chris Roberson, 22nd December, 1998 ). Accessed January 21st, 2008〕〔(Infinity Plus interview with Chris Roberson ). Accessed 21st January, 2008〕〔(ClockworkStorybook website from 1999 ). Accessed through the Internet Archive, January 2008〕 In 1999, they were joined by their first 'Associate Member' - Harold Covey, described as an "artist/designer/renaissance man extraordinaire", who designed the ClockworkStorybook logo.〔(Editorial from ''Clockwork Storybook #11'', Sept. 15th, 1999 ). Accessed through the Internet Archive, January 2008〕 (Above, left) After a couple of years, the development and increasing popularity of print on demand technologies suggested to them that they could create their own imprint (also called ''Clockwork Storybook'') through which they would publish their own novels and short story collections. They launched with four print titles in spring 2001. Ultimately, after continuing with the online anthology for a couple of years, and publishing a handful of books, the Clockwork Storybook collective fell apart, and the individual authors went their separate ways. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clockwork Storybook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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