 Finn returned to Texas in the late 1990s and formed Clockwork Storybook with fellow writers Chris Roberson, Matthew Sturges, and Bill Willingham.Their monthly shared world anthology of urban fantasy centered on the fictitious city of San Cibola, California, and the magical inhabitants that lived side-by-side with the normal citizens.From this collective, Finn published the novels "Gods New & Used" and "Year of the Hare", the first collection of stories revolving around Sam Bowen.