Night Rains Coming

We have chosen the poems (seventy-nine of them) and are working on the layout and formatting of the next Stephen Brooke poetry collection, to be titled NIGHT RAINS. As in years past, we have an April 21 release date (SB's birthday) set. More information when we have some.

Bells

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 

The Moon and the Sea Release

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.

 

Revised Editions

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).

2025

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.

Stories

A quick announcement: we have put up an archive of all* the short stories of Stephen Brooke, both published and unpublished, realistic and fantasy.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.

Counting Words Release

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!