StevenShrewsbury.com - The official web site of author Steven L. Shrewsbury

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In 59 AD, as the Celt horde on Anglesey succumbs to Roman aggression, war goddess Fey grants Lucan Mac Aliester his wish—life. Lucan soon discovers that it is not his Druidic people the bargain elevates, but himself.

20 tales of action, suspense, intrigue and terror set in the Majestic Universe by the author of Nocturnal Vacations and Depths of Savagery. "His dark and primal passion explodes in vicious tales. Likened to the timeless author Robert E. Howard's barbarism, Steven L. Shrewsbury is the reincarnated Howard." -Peggy Jo Shumate aka Brutal Dreamer, Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

"Depths of Savagery is a collection of 13 tales of barbaric heroic fantasy. Through tales involving ancient Celts, Vikings, other-worldly Crusaders, and Confederate Guerillas, the human animal is dissected to the bone..." Click for more info.

Nocturnal Vacations, by Steven L. Shrewsbury. "Dack Shannon, albino agent from secret intelligence cabal Majestic Services, is exiled to a remote locale and dispenses ruthless justice as he sees fit..."

DeathGrip: Legacy of Terror, spanning the globe with tales of ancient horror. "PREORDER NOW! 18 mind-blowing stories by an international cast of authors revolving around the theme of ancient horrors! Shipping October 2003!"

"Herman Melville said it best when he proclaimed that every path eventually leads to the sea. For it is the sea that holds our most sacred and terrifying fears, yet it also holds a glorious mysticism over us as a race, an attraction so strong that most of us flock to beaches, river banks, creeks, and lakes at every opportunity to stare out into the vast blueness and wonder: what's out there?"

"Grimoire de Solace is a dark fantasy anthology by 15 writers, with illustrations by 15 artists. A vast array of stories covers many settings and themes, with elements of horror, romance, mystery, action, and everything in between. A must for readers of the fantasy genre."

"In the world of The Blackest Death things are never what they seem and a trip down a lonely stretch of highway, through the shadow-rooms of a darkened house at the edge of the woods, or through the inhuman imagination might just bring you face to face with your worst possible nightmare come true..."

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January 9, 2006

Armand Rosamilia made it official on his website, so I can announce that Canifex Press will release my new novella THOROUGHBRED later this year.

What's this 23,000 word work about?

When the savage Kelt Rogan is hired to hunt a randy group of Taurons (half men, half bulls) assailing a community of women and the elderly, a brutal adventure of lust and violence begins. In this horrific tale, one is asked what a race will do to survive. But is the price to Rogan's soul too high in what is required by Our Lady of Various Sorrows, the village shaman?

A story of the hunt, personal breeding, and primal passion, THOROUGHBRED shows cruel similarities between man and monster and the borderline many tread.

"Shrewsbury may very well be the reincarnation of Robert E. Howard. His stuff hits hard and is satisfying as hell." —Brian Keene, Author of THE RISING, CITY OF THE DEAD and THE CONQUEROR WORMS.

November 26, 2005

The big sleep ends and the Nightmares begin!

My dark fantasy/barbarian tale about the birth of Rogan titled DAY OF INIQUITY is in "Hardboiled Cthulhu" available for pre-order from Elder Signs Press.

Other writers in this great collection are C.J. Henderson, J. F. Gonzalez, Tim Curran, Jeffery Thomas, Cody Goodfellow, William Meikle, Robert M. Price, Richard Lupoff, David Witteveen, Eric J. Miller, E.P. Berglund, James Ambuehl, John Sunseri, David Conyers, William Jones, Johnathan Sharp, Simon Bucher-Jones, James Chambers, Patrick Thomas, and Ron Shiflet.

November 9, 2005

A new photo gallery with pictures of Steven's appearance at the 2005 World Fantasy Convention has been added to the Gallery page!

October 26, 2005

My New short story "Jawbone of an Ass" is now online a the quality eZine FLASHING SWORDS. This is the first tale to appear that features pre-flood Keltos savage Rogan, son of Jarek. A much older Rogan appears in KING OF THE BASTARDS, the IN PROGRESS novel by Brian Keene and myself.

Just got a S&S story accepted for HARDBOILED CTHLUHU to be produced by ELDER SIGNS PRESS. Amongst all of the more noir tales, they wanted a REHish, bloody S&S tale with mythos tinges and that is what they got in DAY OF INIQUITY, the tale that tells how Keltos barbarian Rogan was born...in a rather unusual way....

Just sold a tale AZAR AND THE ELDER GODS to DARK LEGACY.

My vampire story BLOOD TO BURN just appeared in NEAR TO DARK.

My poem BLOODY GENESIS was also accepted for BARE BONE magazine.

October 1, 2005

Jesse Gordon's review of Godforsaken has been posted in the Reviews & Interviews section. Excerpted:

Over the past few years, Steven Shrewsbury has made quite a name for himself as a short story writer. With a resume of tales numbering in the hundreds, Shrewsbury's main claim to fame has been the insanely popular Dack Shannon series (though he has dabbled proficiently in several other areas as well). A noted Robert E. Howard fan, Shrewsbury's "barbarian" stories have long since been a staple in any good epic/high fantasy magazine—and now, at long last, he has blessed his readers with Godforsaken, his first full-length barbarian novel.