Gilbert & the Clockwork Pirates

If you are afraid of evil pirates…clockwork cronies …talking animals…creepy mansions…mysterious journals…sinister situations…perilous plots…and adventure beyond the limits of this mundane world…then this is NOT the book for you. But Noel and Holli Macgregor and their pudgy black Lab Gilbert have no choice when they accidentally travel to an alternate 1750s South Carolina. Follow the kids and their dog at your peril as they enter the world of the evil Captain Ambrose Craven and his Clockwork Pirates! K.G. McAbee has had several books and nearly a hundred short stories published, some of them quite readable. She takes her geekdom seriously, never misses a sci-fi con, loves dogs and iced tea, and believes the words 'Stan Lee' are interchangeable with 'The Almighty.' She writes steampunk, fantasy, science fiction, horror, pulp, westerns and, most recently, comics. She's a member of Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers and is an Artist in Residence with the South Carolina Arts Commission. Her steampunk/zombie novella, BLACKTHORNE AND ROSE: AGENTS OF D.I.R.E. received an honorable mention in the 3rd quarter Writers of the Future contest. She won the prestigious Black Orchid Novella Award, sponsored by The Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, for 'Dyed to Death', a story set in a 1920s mill village. Please visit her website: www.kgmcabeebooks.com or email her at kgmcabee@gmail.com

It's 1750, and Holly Macgregor is being held captive on the island prison of pirate Captain Ambrose Craven. Alone except for fellow captive Lady Isabel, who feels that a lady should always wait to be rescued, Holly makes her own a desperate plan to escape. Meanwhile, her brother Noah is making plans of his own: he and his friends are on the way to Charles Towne, where they plan to find a boat to take them to the island to rescue Holly. Throw in an ill-tempered skull, a sneaky ocelot, a possum who's not as brave as he pretends, a helpful spider and a tearful alligator, not to mention the highwayman called the Grey Ghost, and who knows what could happen next? Will Noah and Holly and their trusty, pudgy black Lab Gilbert ever get back home to the 21st century? K.G. McAbee has had several books and nearly a hundred short stories published, some of them quite readable. She takes her geekdom seriously, never misses a sci-fi con, loves dogs and iced tea, and believes the words 'Stan Lee' are interchangeable with 'The Almighty.' She writes steampunk, fantasy, science fiction, horror, pulp, westerns and, most recently, comics. She's a member of Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers and is an Artist in Residence with the South Carolina Arts Commission. Her steampunk/zombie novella, BLACKTHORNE AND ROSE: AGENTS OF D.I.R.E. received an honorable mention in the 3rd quarter Writers of the Future contest. She won the prestigious Black Orchid Novella Award, sponsored by The Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, for 'Dyed to Death', a story set in a 1920s mill village. Please visit her website: www.kgmcabeebooks.com or email her at kgmcabee@gmail.com