Superbia 2 (16 page)
Authors: Bernard Schaffer
You’ve mentioned to me before about Widow Sword. When can we expect that to hit the Kindle Store? And how do you see it faring against the plethora of other Fantasy titles on there?
Honestly, I’m hesitant. People seem extremely interested in the book and expectations are high. The fantasy genre is my home turf. I grew up on Tolkien and Mallory and CS Lewis and all of the other amazing authors who inspired and delighted me. WIDOW SWORD is not the next great fantasy epic. It’s a simple story about a father journeying to recover his son. The boy has been stolen, and Treasach is going to do whatever it takes to get him back.
You’ve conquered the Sherlock Holmes category, and are on your way to conquering the Western category with Guns of Seneca 6. Is there another genre, other than what you’ve tackled
already (including your book of short erotica) that you’d like to write in? I’m thinking chic-lit myself…
If and when I ever make enough money to leave police work and write full-time, I intend to explore America by train. I want to see the country from the ground. There are so many places I’ve never been, so much history that I’ve never experienced. I would write as I went and probably post things to my blog so that people could follow my adventures.
The other super-secret longing is to try my hand at a comic book. I’ve got a kickass comic series inside of me that’s ready to come out whenever the opportunity arises.
Well it’s been a pleasure as always. I can’t wait for Widow Sword. I want to see how you tackle sword and sorcery. I see it as Schaffer v Hicks. The Don v The Demi-God. (The term Demi-God for Hicks isn’t from me, btw…)
I can’t argue with that. Mike is an amazing author, teacher, and mentor. Unfortunately for him, I eat Demi-Gods and it’s been awhile since I fed last. I’m just kidding. Swear to God.
Author
Bernard Schaffer is the father of two children. Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, his work ranges from best-selling gritty police procedurals to fantasy westerns.
A real life police officer, in 2012 he released a series of books titled SUPERBIA about a dysfunctional police department that reached the Kindle Top 100. As a result, he was stripped of his detective rank.
Schaffer is the founder of the Kindle All-Stars. All profits from their collections are donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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Get Your Guns Ready to travel to Bernard Schaffer's dusty world of the
Old West set on a distant planet. Outlaws, gunslingers, native tribes, the occasional spaceship crash landing, and men willing to risk it all. A perfect combination of science fiction and western.
Recommended for fans of Firefly, Star Trek, Old West legends, Tombstone, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
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The world of police work is a dangerous, terrifying place...and that's just dealing with other cops. Not-Even-Promoted Detective Frank O'Ryan spends more time with drug dealers and child molesters than his own family, but it's better than having to circumvent the unspeakable bureaucracy of his own agency. Called the literary equivalent of The Wire and one of the most subversive books on law enforcement ever written.
Recommended for fans of Joseph Wambaugh, Ed McBain, The Wire, NYPD Blue, and Homicide: Life on the Streets.
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Superbia Pinterest
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for some of the author's influences.
