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Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with husband Mike McPhail and friend Greg Schauer to form her own publishing house, eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).

Her published works include six novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, and the non-fiction writers’ guide, The Literary Handyman, and is the senior editor of th ...more

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	Bad Ass Faeries by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeffrey Lyman (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn: A Steampunk Faerie Tale by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Day Al-Mohamed (Goodreads Author), Ed Coutts (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslight & Grimm: Steampunk Faerie Tales by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diana Bastine (Editor), James Chambers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Halfling's Court: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale (Bad-Ass Faerie Tales, #1) by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Linda Saboe (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Plain Bad by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lee C. Hillman (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon's Lure by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C.E. Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Keith R.A. DeCandido (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Build-A-Book Workshop 4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In All Their Glory (Bad-Ass Faeries, #3) by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeffrey Lyman (Editor), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eternal Wanderings 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Literary Handyman: Tips on Writing From Someone Who's Been there by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Ty Drago (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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eSPEC EXCERPTS – ARACHNE’S EXILE

This week’s excerpt is from Christopher L. Bennett’s Arachne’s Exile, the sequel to Arachne’s Crime.

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Chapter One

Stephen Jacobs-Wong had spent most of the journey from Shilirrlal on autopilot, putting up the front of leadership and charisma that came effortlessly, but not really letting anything outside his ship and crew engage him even as the wonders of the galaxy passed them by. His though

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Bad-Ass Faeries (5 books)
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The Eternal Cycle (4 books)
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The Bad-Ass Faerie Tale Series (3 books)
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The Literary Handyman (3 books)
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Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

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An Excerpt from the Long-Awaited Sequel to Yesterday's Dreams (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

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Description: The prelude to Danielle Ackley-McPhail's newest novel, Tomorrow's Memories, book two in the Eternal Cycle Series

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I have never read an author so adept at introducing an alien intelligence and physiology so completely unlike our own. Each and every tale showed skill and imagination beyond measure.
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Danielle liked Jocelynne's review of Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn: A Steampunk Faerie Tale: "Excellent read! Absolutely brilliant and engrossing! I adored this reimagining of the original tale. Beautiful prose, wonderful characters: i stayed up into dawn finishing this engrossing book"
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Danielle liked Ronald's review of Arachne's Exile (The Arachne #2): "Arachne’s Exile is a follow up to Arachne’s Crime, a two-book series by L. Bennett Christopher. In this book, the crew of Arachne, an A.I. driven explorations ship, is being mentored by aliens to prepare them for inclusion into a federation of dispar" Read more of this review »
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