New York Times bestselling author Chris Dolley hit the headlines in 1974 when he was tasked with publicising Plymouth Rag Week. Some people might have arranged an interview with the local paper. Chris invaded the country next door, created the Free Cornish Army and persuaded the UK media that Cornwall had declared independence. This was later written up in Punch. As he told journalists at the time, ‘it was only a small country and I did give it back.’
In 1981, he wrote Necromancer, one of the first 3D first person perspective D&D computer games. He also wrote the most aggressive chess program ever seen and invented the most dangerous game ever played.
Now he and his wife live in France. They grow their own food and solve their own crimes. The latter out of necessity after Chris’s identity was stolen along with their life savings. Abandoned by the police forces of four countries who all insisted the crime originated in someone else’s jurisdiction, he had to solve the crime himself. Which he did, driving back and forth across the Pyrenees, tracking down bank accounts and interviewing bar staff. The book, French Fried, is now a New York Times and international bestseller.
His first Reeves and Worcester Steampunk Mystery, What Ho, Automaton! was a finalist for the WSFA Small Press Award for short fiction.
by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Short Story Collection) ISBN 978-1-61138-060-6
“A fun blend of P.G. Wodehouse, steampunk and a touch of Sherlock Holmes. Dolley is a master at capturing and blending all these elements. More than fascinating, this work is also rip-roaring fun!”
—SF Revu
What Ho, Automaton! chronicles the adventures of Reggie Worcester, gentleman consulting detective, and his automaton valet, Reeves.
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Reeves & Worcester Steampunk Mysteries
by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Novella) ISBN 978-1-61138-207-5
Sequel to the WSFA Award finalist What Ho, Automaton!
Guy Fawkes is back and this time it’s a toss up who’s going to be blown up first – Parliament or Reginald Worcester, gentleman consulting detective.
But Guy might not be the only regicide to have been dug up and reanimated. He might be a mere pawn in a plan of diabolical twistiness.
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by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (spoof non-fiction) ISBN 978-1-61138-253-2
“I lost so much weight I could float above my bed!” - Lida Blair.
The hilarious new spoof diet book from New York Times bestselling author, Chris Dolley. It’s a fun, quick read (about one hour) covering everything from ‘the science of possession’ to ‘Crapper Clinic’s Demon Dating Service’ that ensures clients are possessed by the demon most compatible with their slimming needs.
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One man’s move to France with too many animals and an identity thief
by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-45247-660-5
Now an International Bestseller!
Animals behaving badly, other people’s misfortunes and the most bizarre true crime story ever. French Fried is the unfortunately true account of Chris Dolley’s first eight months in France and has been described as ‘A Year in Provence with Miss Marple and Gerald Durrell.’
Just when Chris and Shelagh think nothing more could possibly go wrong, they discover
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by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-061-3
You can’t create a world in seven days without cutting corners
Graham Smith is a 33 year old office messenger. To the outside world he’s an obsessive compulsive mute – weird but harmless. But to Graham Smith, it’s the world that’s weird. And far from harmless. He sees things other can’t…or won’t. He knows that roads can change course, people disappear, office blocks migrate across town – all at night when no one’s looking.
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by Chris Dolley
$3.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-074-3
“I was hooked by the end of page one and laughing out loud by the middle of page two. Finally, a new author as witty and sassy as Janet Evanovich.” — Lark Susak
Medium Dead is a fun urban fantasy chronicling the crime fighting adventures of Brenda – a reluctant medium – and Brian – a Vigilante Demon with an impish sense of humour. Think Stephanie Plum with magic and a dash of Carl Hiaasen.
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by Chris Dolley
$0.99 (Novelette) ISBN 978-1-61138-040-8
Magical Crimes is a fun CSI with magic and ‘a little something else’ story. The little something else being two foot long and lurking in the hero’s trousers. But don’t worry, the boinkwurst in this story is used purely for the purpose God intended – humour and crimefighting – not lustful titillation.
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A DCI Shand Mystery
by Chris Dolley
$3.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-110-8
“I gave up sleep so that I could read to the surprising and satisfying ending.” – Barth Siemens
An Unsafe Pair of Hands is a quirky murder mystery set in rural England charting the descent and rise of a detective on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Picture Book) ISBN 978-1-61138-139-9
“This book constitutes the best-spent twenty minutes I’ve had in quite some time.” — What Book is That
In an uncertain world there is one organization that stands head and small furry shoulders above the rest. Whenever the planet is in danger – be it from giant balls of wool or bands of renegade squirrels – only one group is guaranteed to answer the call. The International Kittens of Mystery!
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Zwei Engländer, zu viele Tiere, und ein Kriminalfall
by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Memoir) ISBN 978-1-61138-252-5
New York Times Bestseller
Tiere, die sich unmöglich benehmen, die Mißgeschicke anderer Leute und der bizarrste Kriminalfall, den es je gegeben hat. Der internationale Bestseller Französisch mit Spickzettel ist die—unglaubliche, aber wahre—Geschichte der ersten acht Monate, die Chris Dolley in Frankreich verbracht hat. Er wurde als ‘ein Jahr in der Provence mit Miss Marple und Gerald Durrell’ bezeichnet.
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An Out-of-Body Thriller
by Chris Dolley
$3.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-067-5
“Heart-pounding suspense and an inventive twist of science fiction” – SciFiChick.
A serial killer with multiple personalities. An astronaut who returns from higher dimensional space a changed man. And two unlikely detectives who have to get inside the mind of a killer … literally. That’s Shift – an eleven-dimensional murder mystery with a touch of out-of-body horror.
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Advice for Writers from the Authors
at Book View Café
edited by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff & Pati Nagle
$4.99 (Anthology) ISBN 978-0-98284-403-8
“Check any bookstore and you’ll find a host of titles on writing. Some are good, some not so good. Every author has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. But in Brewing Fine Fiction; Advice For Writers From the Bookview Café, you get a smorgasbord of professional advice and expertise. From the plausibility of fantasy, by Ursula LeGuin, to Deborah Ross’s comments on reviews, you’ll find every facet of the craft and writing life covered. For the wealth of information, experience, and diversity, all under one cover, you can’t beat it.” — Mary Rosenblum, Longridge Writers Group Instructor
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edited by Phyllis Irene Radford
$4.99 (Anthology) ISBN 978-0-98284-402-1
From the concrete canyons of the modern city to the halls of ancient kings, from deepest ocean to cosy homes in sprawling suburbs, nowhere and no one is immune to magic. But as many forms as magic takes, there always arrives a hero to accept the challenge, and sometimes, to pay the price.
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Edited by Deborah J. Ross
$4.99 (Anthology) ISBN 978-1-61138-328-7
From the age of steam and the heirs of Dr. Frankenstein to the asteroid belt to the halls of Miskatonic University, the writers at Book View Café have concocted a beakerful of quaint, dangerous, sexy, clueless, genius, insane scientists, their assistants (sometimes equally if not even more deranged, not to mention bizarre), friends, test subjects, and adversaries.
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edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
$4.99 (Anthology) ISBN 978-1-61138-043-9
The soul of the poet who would be king still seeks immortality — but will it find a home? And will that home be flesh or steel?
Revisit the shared Victorian world of transferable souls and intelligent machines introduced in The Shadow Conspiracy. Judith Tarr’s irrepressible Emma Rigby prances through a new adventure with automata. Nancy Jane Moore brings us more missions for the mysterious warrior woman, Jane Freemantle. Chris Dolley brings to life a wonderful parody reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse.
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