Robin Gilbert


Biography

I was born and bred in South Wales (UK) but since 2007 I have lived in Brisbane with my wife and two children. When I'm not writing or trying unsuccessfully to outwit the possums, I work as a programmer for a games company.

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Books

Disconcerting Phase (The 4th Speckledom Recital)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 18560 words. Published on March 31, 2013. Fiction.

Henry Cave, tough, resourceful Arcane Agent, was feared dead after his daring assassination mission failed. But he survived the Grand Inquisitor’s hideous caress and escaped from the Glass Tower and is alive and fleeing now from the deadly, abhorrent Hunters through the broken Earth city of Riverrun. Is there no-one who can help him escape this nightmare...
The Watchman's Prophecy - Book Two of The Watchers Series (A Tale from the Gateway Worlds)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 74880 words. Published on January 26, 2013. Fiction.

A kidnapped little girl. A new world of kingdoms replete with magnificent civilisations and exotic creatures. A desperate mother and powerful Watcher now, who will do whatever it takes to save her daughter. Mankind has gone to war for less.
The Watchman's Daughter - Book One of The Watchers Series (A Tale from the Gateway Worlds)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 69090 words. Published on September 8, 2012. Fiction.

A magic ruby. A gateway to another world. Power beyond reckoning. A life of comfort and rule. The promise of everlasting life for you and your loved ones. Who wouldn’t kill for such things?
Moving On    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 1130 words. Published on May 4, 2012. Fiction.

What are we but voices, inside a madman’s head?
Twisted Nascence (The 3rd Speckledom Recital)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 8170 words. Published on March 31, 2012. Fiction.

A beautiful, teenage girl is abducted from Earth and sent through the brightly falling to the orbiting space station of Kepler where she is mutated into a Hunter before being returned to protect the very people who betrayed her. An assassin from a righteous but secretive Pangaea Corporation division called the Arcane embarks on a mission to kill her betrayers. Only she stands in his way...
In The Shadows    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 84410 words. Published on January 25, 2012. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Five children go playing hide and seek in local woodland, but only four return. Most people believe the woods are haunted and the missing child was taken by the mysterious Fair Folk; mischievous pixies known to lure lost little boys into their world. But somebody knows exactly what happened and is about to reveal a terrible secret...
County Caught    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 45830 words. Published on December 9, 2011. Fiction.

An hilarious novella length tale with a vast cast set in the shire of Pue Damlla on the skirts of the strange and magical Vastgreen Forest. A tale of bloody murder that sees the first stumbling introduction of the revolutionary protojudiciary where twelve strange folk are charged with separating the victims from the villains from the barbers!
Galea Blu (The 2nd Speckledom Recital)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 6780 words. Published on October 27, 2011. Fiction.

Aboard the Light Transport Ship Marius a team of highly trained criminals are on a dangerous but lucrative mission to capture eels (worth millions on the black market once their hallucinogenic properties are extracted) from Jupiter’s ice-moon, Europa. Their acquisition is life threatening enough but worse; there is a traitor among them...
Mammon    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 3980 words. Published on August 19, 2011. Fiction.

A spinster devotes herself to a shamefully selfish form of charity work, until the day a stranger enters her world...
The Belar (A Tale from the Gateway Worlds)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 4610 words. Published on August 5, 2011. Fiction.

On Davox, the second moon of the Gateway World of Utainium, the Belar, majestic shepherds of the runeyan live peacefully. But now their adopted world is filling with Watchers from the home world of Omni, Watchers who, usually, take whatever they wish...
Looking Back on the Summer of ‘87    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 3600 words. Published on July 27, 2011. Fiction.

Mary is alone when her car breaks down on some god forsaken back road in the middle of nowhere. Then she hears singing and follows it... to discover something quite unexpected.
The Magic Moonstone (A Tale from the Gateway Worlds)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 2990 words. Published on July 22, 2011. Fiction.

An enigmatic stranger enters the hidden village where Lorissa the baker lives. But she knows why he comes... and what he seeks...
Brightly Falling (The 1st Speckledom Recital)    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 8670 words. Published on July 16, 2011. Fiction.

The Great Lord and Master of Al-Rani has been taken captive by the enemy from the north. Only a Sand Dancer can save him now, but Alaya-Lan has been captured by The Cripple and will surely die...
Elysium    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 12030 words. Published on July 15, 2011. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
A badly beaten prostitute dreams of a fantasy world in which she is a princess... or is Elysia the world in which she truly belongs and her current existence a nightmare?
Single Positive, Book Two in the Serendipity Trilogy    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 88350 words. Published on July 1, 2011. Fiction.

Bhark Lhouldy has found a clue he believes will lead to a great treasure he can use to save the beautiful Poplar, but it means re-entering the strange and magical Vastgreen Forest wherein lurk foxes, mystics, Greenlings with their bosoms out and other strange B'Tings. But fear not, despite not having a clue, Whindy the Brave is going on the quest too, and he's now somehow brimming with magic...
Double Negative, Book One in the Serendipity Trilogy    by Robin Gilbert
Price: Free! 88470 words. Published on June 11, 2011. Fiction.

When Bhark Lhoudly and Whindy the Brave reach Hops Castle they’re soon wanted for murder! Perhaps Cedric will sober up and help? Perhaps young Poplar, or is she just hiding a lovely pair of ulterior motives? One thing’s for sure, Ned misses nothing and his mistress, the enigmatic old fighting cook known only as Meander has a few surprises up her sleeve, one of them an impressive left hook...

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Smashwords book reviews by Robin Gilbert

  • The Waiter on July 27, 2011
    star star star star
    Sweetly sad and touching.
  • Semicolons and Colons: A Guide for the 21st Century on Aug. 29, 2011
    star star star star star
    Informative and amusing. Everything you want from non-fiction.
  • The Watchman on Nov. 15, 2011
    star star star star star
    A brilliant little tale, evocative and thought provoking. A short, sharp punch to the mind that leaves you wishing there was more back story... yet happy to go about your day imagining a back story all of your own.
  • Twice as Bright on Feb. 25, 2013
    star star star star star
    An awesome little tale!
  • Hushabye on March 11, 2013
    star star star star star
    An ambitious and imaginative story, excellently written, that tantalises the reader with thoughts of one possible distant future.
  • The Clockwork Doll on March 27, 2013
    star star star star star
    Beautifully written and wonderfully heart breaking.
  • My Ten Best Short Poems on May 09, 2013
    star star star star star
    I love Lenny’s insight, emotion and wit; “Tracing the edge of happiness” is simply a wonderful way of looking at things. If pressed I would say that, “When They Ask” was my favourite.