I've added a short story, 'Bells and Whistles,' to my archive. This is a little piece featuring Ted 'Shaper' Carrol, protagonist of the Cully Beach crime-and-surfing novels. Introspective with little action, but a little back-story for anyone interested.
Read it at https://storiesofstephenbrooke.blogspot.com/2025/06/bells-and-whistles.html
My new poetry collection, THE MOON AND THE SEA, will be officially released tomorrow, April 21 2025 (which also happens to be my birthday). Available from Arachis Press (arachispress.com) as print or free ebooks.
New editions of my fantasy novels 'Stones in the Sea' and
'The City and the Sword' are now available for purchase. The changes
were mostly proofreading related, tidying things up. In print or as free
ebooks from Arachis Press (arachispress.com).
Although I can not absolutely promise it (I could drop over tomorrow, after all), I expect to release two books in the first half of 2025. One will be a poetry collection, to be titled The Moon and the Sea. The past couple years I attempted to release a poetry book on my birthday (April 21) but I may be more flexible about the release date this year. There will be cover reveals and so on over the coming weeks (or months). I am at the formatting stage at time moment; must have them in the best order and so on.
The other book will be the third Jack Mack science fiction novel, written under the Oliver Davis Pike pen name. This book will be titled 'Dim Distant Stars' and continue the adventures of Jack McFee. More on that as we go, as well.
Beyond these two? I'm sure to write something. Maybe get busy recording too. We'll let you know.
A quick announcement: we have put up an archive of all* the short stories of Stephen Brooke, both published and unpublished, realistic and fantasy. Feel free to browse through them at https://storiesofstephenbrooke.blogspot.com/ Remember that some are gathered in collections available at Arachis Press.
*not including a couple 'adult' pieces, that may be found at Arachis Press.
Today, October 25 2024, marks the release of a new collection of poems from Stephen Brooke, "Counting Words." The book is available from Arachis Press (arachispress.com) in print or as free ebooks (PDF and EPUB). Stop by and get your copy!
It may be noted that this blog is now incorporated (after a fashion) into stephenbrooke.com, via a linked tab in the site navigation. If I'd known it was that simple, I would have done it quite some time ago, but I'd been exploring ways to embed a blog instead. This should word just fine and announcements can easily be found by visiting the Stephen Brooke site. Or just come here!
