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March 15, 2018
The Hunter’s Apprentice, Coming Soon!
The Kindle and Kindle Unlimited version of The Hunter’s Apprentice should be available to download within the next 72 hours! Follow me on Twitter @b_k_bass for the latest updates!
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Miles is a young orphan growing up in Seahaven. The coastal city has always been his home, and the streets have always been where he laid his head. Now, he is learning the shadow craft from his mentor, Gareth. Life seems to be looking up for Miles until he hears news of grave danger in the city. Together, Miles and Gareth must uncover the secrets behind a most sinister plot. Miles discovers that there are deadlier things awaiting in the shadows than he could have imagined, and with Gareth’s help he must learn to hunt them down.
The Hunter’s Apprentice is the second book in The Ravencrest Chronicles, a series of pulp fiction inspired fantasy novels, novellas, and short fiction set in the coastal city of Seahaven.
March 13, 2018
Seahaven is available in trade paperback!
Seahaven, book one of The Ravencrest Chronicles, is now available in trade paperback format. This handsome edition includes a matte finished cover that will look great on any bookshelf or coffee table. At the affordable price of only $8.95, it’s hard to pass this up! Further editions in the series will be launching soon, and all of them will be in the same trim size, matte finish, and complementary cover designs. The collection will be a very nice addition to any home library.
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Seahaven is now available in paperback.
March 9, 2018
Seahaven is on Kindle
Seahaven is available for free on Kindle Unlimited or for only $3.58 to own. You can read it online, on any Kindle e-reader, or on any mobile device with the Kindle app. If you really want a paper copy, don’t worry! The paperback will be out next week!
Seahaven is publishing
Seahaven will be available on Kindle by March 12, 2018. The paperback edition should be available by the end of next week of the proof checks out. I have it on Goodreads so that you can shelve it. Keep in touch for more links soon!
March 8, 2018
Seahaven, coming soon
Seahaven is now under review with the printer. Below is the official blurb.
Gareth Vann is an accomplished thief in the city of Seahaven. He is mostly concerned with coin and drink, but does have an altruistic streak. He never intended to be a hero, though, until an encounter with vampyre, dreaded undead creatures of the night. Now, he finds himself trapped in the middle of a conspiracy that reaches all the way to the highest levels of nobility and must reluctantly hunt the creatures of the night the only way he knows how: from the shadows.
Seahaven is the first book in The Ravencrest Chronicles, a series of pulp fiction inspired novels, novellas, and short fiction set in the coastal city of Seahaven. Thieves, pirates, cutthroats, and scoundrels await, along with nefarious evil-doers and the endless ranks of the undead in Seahaven.
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Teaser excerpt from Seahaven
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The final proofreading of Seahaven is almost done. It will be submitted for publishing and should be available on http://www.amazon.com and other outlets very soon! Here’s a tease…
Gareth drew his cloak over himself to block the blow, but the sharp fingernails slashed right through the wool as if it were wet paper. He reached into his boot and drew the stiletto by instinct, driving it into the immortal’s thigh. The undead thing wailed in pain and grabbed it’s leg, giving Gareth time to get to his feet and move out of arm’s reach. He drew the obsidian sword from his back and held it out in front of himself, waiting for the vampyre’s next move.
March 3, 2018
The Ravencrest Chronicles
I just finished the rough draft of the first novella in a new short fiction series called The Ravencrest Chronicles. It is a melding of dark fantasy and urban fantasy inspired by the pulp fiction popular in the first half of the 1900’s.
The first book, Seahaven, establishes the setting and introduces a broad cast of characters. Central in this book is Gareth, a thief who becomes a reluctant anti-hero. The setting is the city of Seahaven, a port city full of squalor, sailors, and sin.
The style of this prose is purposefully colorful and dramatic. It is light on thematic allegory and heavy on action. It’s a romping good time full of vampires, pirates, and other fun stuff. Editing begins on this today and I plan to publish on Amazon soon!
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The planned second book is The Hunter’s Apprentice, wherein our hero Gareth takes a young orphan boy under his wing and teaches him to hunt the creatures of the night.
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Plans are for The Giant And The Fishes to be the third book, which will tell the backstory of Fergus, one of my favorite characters from Seahaven. We will find out how the huge man became the humble proprietor of the Two Fishes Inn, the most disreputable watering hole in all of the city.
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Finally, I’ll be working on short stories to fill the pages of Tales From The Lusty Mermaid. The namesake tavern is the favorite spot for Gareth to wet his throat, and all sorts of tall tales can be heard here.
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I hope that everyone have as much fun reading Seahaven as I have had writing it. I can’t wait to start work on The Hunter’s Apprentice and the other books in the series.
I also have plans brewing for other pulp fiction inspired short fiction series in the genres of military science fiction, sword and sorcery, and historical occult horror (set during the American Civil War!)
All of these volumes will be light reads, perfect for a lazy afternoon. The physical printings should make for handsome collections, and though small in page count they will be attractively priced!
Follow for updates on the progress of these and other books, and to be the first to know when they are available for order!
February 27, 2018
Book Cover Concepts
I discovered some design software and have played around with a few concepts for the front cover of What Once Was Home.
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I like the simple style of this design, and it conveys the feeling of Jace being alone in the mountain wilderness.
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Again, the simple styling feels elegant to me, and the wilderness artwork fits the locations in the book very well.
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Finally, this one is my favorite so far. The star-scape has a more science fiction feel to it, and the unassuming background really let’s the title pop. The figure at the bottom is grounded in his world, and the scope of scale here really expresses how small we are in the universe. It feels dramatic and humbling at the same time.
Well, there you have it. I’d love to hear any sort of feedback!
February 26, 2018
Feedback
I have received some beta reader feedback for What Once Was Home, the story of Jace Cox and his coming of age during an alien invasion of his home.
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