About B.K. Bass

B.K. is an author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror inspired by the pulp fiction magazines of the early 20th century and classic speculative fiction.

B.K. is also an avid worldbuilder. With over twenty-five years of experience in crafting worlds for both fiction and tabletop role-playing games, one of B.K.’s favorite parts of the creative process is forging spectacular backdrops for his stories.

Of particular interest to B.K. is delving into the particulars of various sub-genres of speculative fiction. As a student of the craft, he has researched and assembled a variety of Genre Studies right here on this website. When it comes to his own writing, deciding on a sub-genre to explore is at the heart of his storytelling process. From the dark fantasy of The Ravencrest Chronicles to the post-apocalyptic military science fiction of What Once Was Home, B.K. endeavors to dabble in a wide array of different styles and formats to explore the breadth of what speculative fiction has to offer.

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Bibliography

Novels

What Once Was Home
Parting the Veil

Novellas

Where each work of short fiction and poetry that follows can be found appears in italics.

Novelettes

The Sparrow’s War (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
Into the Maw of Darkness (Loathsome Voyages: An Anthology of Weird Fiction)
The Child Thief (Winter Wonders)
The Hattersfield Dilemma (Bounties, Beasts, and Badlands)

Short Stories

Chasing Shadows (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
A Night to Remember (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
Darkness Rising (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
Knight of Arcadia (Collective Unrest – Currently Unavailable)
Shackles of the Mind (Under New Suns: Tales From the Year Between Volume 2)
What We Dare to Behold (In the Wake of the Kraken: Tales From the Year Between Volume 3)
Far From Home (Star Crossed: An Anthology of Romantic Science Fiction)

Flash Fiction

The Tale of Bloody Beach (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
The Creature of Bleakstone Bay (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
Hunting the Hunter (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
A Diamond Among the Rough (Lore Publication – Currently Unavailable)
The Saga of the Dreadspire (Dark Magic Drabbles)

Poetry

The Ballad of Milatus (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)
Song of the Shadows (Tales From the Lusty Mermaid)

Short Nonfiction Appearing on This Website

Short Nonfiction For Worldbuilding Magazine

Short Nonfiction For Campfire Learn

Five Tips for Creating Relatable Characters
So You Wrote a Book. Now What?
The History of Speculative Fiction and How to Write It