14 Book Covers & 5 Magazine Covers
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Below is a full list of books for which he has created the cover illustration:-
Alternate History
Based upon Constantinople, the Roman Empire has endured for millennia, and now in the modern age of airships and steam trains stretches across Central Asia as far as the exarchates of Persia and Afghanistan, bringing it into conflict with the globe-spanning British Empire.
Set in 1895, this alternate history book is written from the perspective of the officers and administrators of the Greek-speaking Roman Empire.
Short Story Collection
In this collection, robots are art collectors, blues musicians and philosophical cats. Aliens are bumbling interlopers who get eviscerated by urban coyotes, or bogged down in human administrivia. The Ghost-characters should be powerful but they are pathologically self-conscious, and constrained in their movements by fifth-century Pelagianism. In each story, a robot, ghost, alien (or a human who might as well be a robot, ghost or alien) struggle to find happiness with only modest success.
Science Fiction
It is the best of times. The Imperium Romanum Sacrum spans the galaxy. The wealth of a thousand worlds fills its coffers daily. It is the worst of times. The enemies of the Imperium are legion - aliens, heretics, mutants and worse.
The burdens of Empire are staggering. The price of relative peace and safety is perpetual war. The most insidious threat to the Empire of Man however is apathy, complacency, greed, indifference - the eternal vices of mankind that despite millions of years of evolution remain unchanged.
For every man of faith there are far more who doubt. For every man who serves the Empire far more serve only themselves. Darkness is kept at bay only through the selfless service and frequent sacrifice of that rare breed of warriors who still believe in Duty, Honor, Empire. These are the stories of better men.
Science Fiction
Crashed is a sci-fi adventure based in the future, about five space travelers on a mission to mine and retrieve fuels from distant locations. Their hibernation is interrupted when their ship malfunctions and they crash on a nearby planet. On the planet they explore the ancient dilapidated civilization, struggling to survive. What lurks in the darkness watching them? And what secrets did they bring with them?
Need has turned energy into a precious commodity with certain fuels becoming more valuable than most precious metals. The ship was owned by Orion, a large energy company, and shot through space faster than the speed of light. It was a long way from its home world and was categorized as Field Research Vessel 5131; its current commission: research speculative fuel source locations for fuel extraction. Its current mission status: long duration. Its current passenger occupancy: five. Inside the ship it was silent. Flashing across a small viewing screen were the words: program initiated, emergency protocol, t-minus 5-4-3...
Poetry
Discoveries is a poetry collection that reveals some of the problems that beset us in this difficult life.
Poetry
Double Envelopment is a poetry collection committed to exploring social, political and economic issues, with particular concern for my divided country. We are not the Koreas and hopefully will not be, but I worry about the troubles that beset so many Americans.
Alternate History, Scifi, History & Genealogy
Infinity Wanderers is a quarterly magazine of fiction, historical articles, poetry, alternate history what-ifs, art and travel.
Regular columns are Small Causes, and Urban Warfare, both by L.G. Parker, the History of the Goughs of Ynyscedwyn by Jon N. Davies, and a One-Place Study of 2 Juniper, as well as serialised stories by Rusty Gladdish, Haley Receveur, and by Mark Harbinger.
The covers for Infinity Wanderers #4 - #8 build on the logo created by Violett Dragonlady, and add seasonal elements.
Children's Sci-Fi Novel
Moon King is set in 1869, and is science fiction with a definite steam punk vibe.
Emma, the young heroine, wakes in an infirmary on the Moon with no memory of who she is or how she came to be there. She befriends a boy, James, who is in the same situation and together they explore the strange society they have found themselves in, where everyone is kindness itself, but no-one is fazed by their bizarre location, all happy to live under the protection of an unseen 'Moon King'.
Then James goes missing - and suddenly, Emma is the only one who remembers him.
Romance
Of Depression And Witches is an inspirational romance.
Everly Thorpe is fired from her television talk show, her father dies, her fiancé decides to end their relationship, and she succumbs to a psychotic break where she suffers from depression and anxiety. Adding insult to injury, she crashes her car on her way back from a failed attempt at reconciliation with her ex-fiancé. Everly sustains a number of injuries. Hitting rock bottom, she is admitted to the psych unit. Can things get any worse? At the height of her despair, sunlight peaks through the thick overcast skies. It is on that awful hospital unit that she meets two of the most wonderful men. Both are willing to do whatever it takes to win her heart.
Short Stories, Poetry, Art, & Prose
Tapestry has a bit of everything, and dashes at full speed through a wide range of subjects and genres. There is some thought-provoking poetry, stories built around childhood memories, darkly comic situational fiction and topical, almost scientific, tales to expand your mind. All this is neatly topped off with a smattering of Art, showcased in different mediums. Free your mind, enjoy the journey and be inspired.
Fantasy
In April 1665, Abigail Winters and her family emigrate to the New World, because her father, Presbyterian pastor Thomas Winters, is being persecuted. On the way, there is a terrific storm, and at its height there is a green flash, and the ship is translated to a new world, Veylindré.
After they land on the east coast of Dagâran, Abigail and her boyfriend, Jacob Wallingford, a blacksmith, are sent to seek a source of fresh water. When they return, the rest of the settlers have been massacred by Havimi pirates. Jacob searches the bodies of three strangers and finds a triangular shaped stone in a red velvet pouch around the neck of one of them. They burn the bodies of their friends to give what respect they can, then set off through the neighbouring forest to find help.
Two young people from Nordvein, Aidren and Ellyn, come across them and realise they are not from Veylindré because they have no Waymark on their foreheads.
Alternate History
Luke is an ordinary university student from a poor background, shown up in one of his papers by a fellow student. One day he witnesses someone come out of a room on the main stairway of the largest university building, seeing behind him a library. Eventually he manages to sneak in, thinking this some postgraduate secret, where he might be able to rewrite his paper with the sources he was looking for - or better.
But as he begins to read the books within this library, he becomes more and more confused - wars he did not know about, kings that never existed. At dinner time, he leaves by the opposite door, thinking it nearer to the canteen.
He begins to find himself in a world where people dress for dinner, pay in crowns, and where the car park outside, smaller than it should be, is full of vintage cars of makes he has never heard of. Wandering down the road, he comes upon a pub, The King Frederick II, and heads inside...
Alternate History
An alien artefact appears, drifting across the surface of the Moon and heading inexorably towards the Earth. How do the people of the Earth react to an unknown situation? Jay works within a publishing house, together with the large but inscrutable Mark. What impact does the artefact have on everyday life, on his work, his socialisation, and the love of his life, the fast and loose Sophie?
Poetry
This collection of poems explores my journey away from Appalachia and religion, and into my identity as a queer person. It is framed by three question poems that both open the door to my own identity journey as well as inviting the reader into asking themselves these questions. These poems explore themes of the south, what it's like to be a member of and a leader in the church, queer relationships and breakups, questioning my gender, and the hope and horror of mental health struggles.
Alternate History
Featuring a cover by Robin Stacey, The Shifting Sands is a globe-covering alternate history novel set in the aftermath of a world war. How will Lord Wolfe navigate the varied twists and turns of fate? Once the darling of the old British emperor in his role as Governor of the vast South African dominions, he finds himself shunned by the new monarch in London, relying on his Spanish connections for attendance at the peace conference. Together with his daughter Carlotta, Wolfe must adapt to a new reality, one that takes him home to Britain where his wealth might buy him land and house, but can it ever work to restore his lost influence in the affairs of men?
Alternate History
The second novel in The Shifting Sands series picks up the story as Lord Wolfe and Carlotta leave Tsingtao, having concluded a treaty with the Japanese, and head for Seoul in the Kingdom of Korea. Travelling across the Pacific, North America and the Atlantic, they to Harcourt Hall after so many months away. where Carlotta begins to assert her independence. Lord Woife takes decisions on how to invest a proportion of their fortune, including in the rising automobile industry. At the same time, the machinery of foreign diplomacy, occurring behind the scenes, and behind the backs of the politicians, increasingly draws Lord Wolfe into Russian affairs. Do they really have to travel to Saint Petersburg? What of the lives they are making back home?
Alternate History
Half of London was bombed in the last war, a primitive nuclear bomb, but has now been recreated as a national memorial park. The jolt to Britain's governance was severe, though, and now a dysfunctional ruling family occupies the throne. Criminal entities abound, employing children or young people as their eyes and ears. Sapphire is one of these...
Poetry
A new publication from Gary Beck, Unillumined is a poetry collection that looks at problems, issues, and disagreements facing our world and some of the things that may console us.
Poetry
The poetry book is mostly light Sci-Fi and fantasy poems.
Science Fiction & Fantasy
As well as book covers, Robin Stacey has created numerous other illustrations, which range from an "in memoriam" for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to science fiction illustrations for old science fiction stories that might one day see the light of day, to a series of images for a lost fantasy story, to a wizard, representing memories of a decades-old Dungeons and Dragon campaign, to an image for the short story 'Slain, The Lion', to pictures of wolves for Grey Wolf's author website.
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