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Bernard Schaffer


Biography

Bernard Schaffer is the father of two children. Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, his work ranges from the Kindle Top 100 Superbia, a gritty police story of corruption and unsung heroism, international best-seller Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes, and the fantasy western series Guns of Seneca 6.
Schaffer is one of the new breed of independent authors, embracing technology (he has over 13k followers on Twitter @ApiarySociety and provides digital "Authorgraphs" for all of his books) and eschewing traditional publishing mechanisms. In 2013, he launched a brand new Star Trek series, Return Fire, that he is giving away for free via his fan-access Dropbox (Links to the Dropbox are included in each of his books).
In addition to writing and publishing his own work, he is the creator and leader of the Kindle All-Stars Project, a conglomerate of authors who donate their work in the name of raising funds for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The 1st KAS publication, Resistance Front, featured legends such as Harlan Ellison and Alan Dean Foster.
It was during the Resistance Front project that he first met Laurie Laliberte and asked her to provide editorial assistance. He has since worked with her exclusively, and Laurie has gone on to edit multiple best-selling novels for a wide variety of authors.

Where to find Bernard Schaffer online

Twitter: ApiarySociety
Facebook: Facebook profile
Wattpad: ApiarySociety
Blog: http://bernardjschaffer.blogspot.com/

Where to buy in print

https://www.createspace.com/3634208

Books

Nazareth    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: Free! 9710 words. Published on May 23, 2013. Fiction.
Provocative and entertaining humanist fiction stories sure to delight both atheist and fundamentalist alike. All right, the fundamentalists will probably not enjoy them that much.
Eye For An Eye (Detective Pulp Fiction Short Story)    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: Free! 6120 words. Published on May 23, 2013. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
A pulp fiction romp through 1950's New York City, full of that old-time tough-guy mystique where everything is one big shade of grey.
Magnificent Guns of Seneca 6 (Chamber 3 of the Guns of Seneca 6 Saga)    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $2.99 USD. 72130 words. Published on May 23, 2013. Fiction.
Chamber 3 of the Epic Sci-Fi Western from best-selling author Bernard Schaffer. Jem Clayton is back and he's on a vengeance ride.
Grendel Unit Part One: Bad Day at Khor-wa    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $0.99 USD. 18610 words. Published on May 22, 2013. Fiction.
The first part in an ongoing serial that features futuristic black ops team Grendel Unit, lead by Captain Victor Cojo as they conduct Capture/Kill missions on the galaxy's worst criminals.
Overdogs (Stories About Fighting Back)    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $2.99 USD. 31820 words. Published on May 21, 2013. Fiction.
They say that if you kick a dog enough times, it will bite. Overdogs collects seven short stories that deal with the theme of oppressive systems designed to grind us all under their boots. It's not always possible to win, but sometimes, if you are crazy enough and willing to risk it all, you can get a few good licks in before you go down.
The House on Lantern Lane    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: Free! 2820 words. Published on April 17, 2013. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
The house on Lantern Lane sat high above the hill, undisturbed by a community that knew better than to enter its courtyard. Until today.
A Reluctant Death (A Short Story About Death and Love, In That Order)    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: Free! 6020 words. Published on April 10, 2013. Fiction.
A short story about death and love (in that order) that is both historical fiction and dark romance. Wealthy plantation owner's daughter is the object of an African Death God's affection.
Old-Time Lawmen (Chamber 2 of the Guns of Seneca 6 Saga)    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $0.99 USD. 7440 words. Published on January 26, 2013. Fiction.
In this short-story prequel, fan-favorite Sheriff Sam Clayton returns, and readers will finally learn the details of what happened to Zeke, the accused child-molester, on the day Sam took him out to the desert. Zeke is about to take a short walk off a long cliff unless he can somehow manage to convince the Sheriff that it was all a big misunderstanding.
Superbia    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $0.99 USD. 43210 words. Published on July 18, 2012. Fiction.
Police Officer Frank O'Ryan's knee exploded when struck by a bullet from the kid's gun. It was a junk gun, something with duct tape wrapped around the handle. It worked just fine though and Frank was going down. His sergeant squirmed on the pavement, begging Frank not to let him die. Frank raised his weapon and fired. One round. Center mass of the suspect's chest. It was just a kid.
Resistance Front    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $0.99 USD. 115390 words. Published on December 9, 2011. Fiction.
Resistance Front features thirty-one short stories and five essays from the widest variety of authors available in literature. Famous authors such as Harlan Ellison and Alan Dean Foster, best-selling Kindle authors such as Jon F. Merz and Bernard J. Schaffer, and authors from the US, UK, New Zealand, and Nepal all come together in this collection to assemble the Resistance Front.
Guns of Seneca 6    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $0.99 USD. 73030 words. Published on October 24, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Get Your Guns Ready! Outlaws, Savages, and Lawmen ride hard in Bernard Schaffer’s novel of the Old West on a distant planet called Seneca. Jem Clayton, son of a murdered Sheriff, must give up his outlaw ways to defend the mining settlement of Seneca 6 from an evil unlike anything readers have seen before.
Women and Other Monsters    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: $2.99 USD. 24560 words. Published on May 13, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
From a loser hell-bent on taking revenge on the vampire who killed his stripper girlfriend to an African Death God who falls in love with a slave plantation owner's daughter, Bernard Schaffer delivers a mix of genres and realities so twisted, so captivating, that reviewers immediately began comparing him to Stephen King.

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Smashwords book reviews by Bernard Schaffer

  • Evolution of Insanity on May 18, 2011
    star star star star
    Haresh Daswani is not your usual author, and it is no surprise he’s written a pretty unusual book. The title “Evolution of Insanity” is an exercise in truthful advertising. Either Daswani is nuts or he’s operating on a level way up there in the stratosphere. The book is a collection of short chapters that contain virtually no dialogue. The descriptions of simple things take on a kind of poetic oscillation that are always moving and impossible to pin down. This book abandons standard narrative structure and embraces a James Joyce type stream-of-consciousness that will make you sometimes smile and sometimes scratch your head. I liked it. It felt fresh and different from the norm, even if I don’t feel smart enough to understand all of it.