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Stephen R. Babb

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Born

in Chattanooga, TN, The United States

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https://www.stephenrbabb.com

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https://twitter.com/GlassHammerProg

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Fantasy

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Clark Ashton Smith, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, J.R.R. Tolkien ...more

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First off, he prefers “Steve” to “Stephen.” Now that that’s out of the way…
He’s best known as the bassist and co-writer for the prog-rock group Glass Hammer. A professional musician for most of his life, he started at the age of twelve as a church pianist. Since then, he has traveled the US and a handful of other countries in various bands.
He has a million stories of life on the road as a musician throughout the 80s, most of them downright hilarious, some of them utterly shocking. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times,” he will tell you. Don’t get him started.
Fortunately for him, in 1990, he had the good sense to marry the right girl, come home, settle down and start a business. Since then, he has busied himself in the prod ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 34 ratings · 19 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Skallagrim – In The Vales Of Pagarna 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2022 — 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 Lay Of Lirazel by Stephen R. Babb (Goodreads Author), Amy H. Sturgis (Goodreads Author) (foreword) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 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

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Issue #0

by Oliver Brackenbury (Goodreads Author)

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Grimdark Magazine, Issue 29, January 2022

by Adrian Collins (Goodreads Author)

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To the Walls of France (105th Wessex Foot. The Prince of Wales Own. Book 5)

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“And those monsters saw not a young man with a sword but a scarred and screaming horror with the rising red doom of the sun at his back and a hellishly shrieking, flashing, living sword in his hands.”
― Stephen R. Babb, Skallagrim – In The Vales Of Pagarna

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