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Stephen M. DeBock
Biography
Stephen DeBock writes on just about any topic but for fun concentrates on sci-fi/fantasy adventure and supernatural fiction.
As a teenager, Steve would entertain (and frighten) the neighborhood children by retelling them stories from E.C. horror comics like The Crypt of Terror. As a middle school teacher, he continued the tradition by reading his students a horror story to initiate the school year. Now retired, he has time to write his own stories.
His first writing success came as a high school senior, when a 25-word essay won him an all-expenses-paid vacation in Alaska. Upon his return he entered the Marines and was chosen to serve in the President’s Honor Guard. Vignettes from that venue have appeared in American Heritage magazine and in various newspapers.
Upon leaving the Corps, Steve worked days, went to college at night, and spent weekends earning a private pilot’s certificate. A flying narrative he wrote was published in AOPA Pilot Online.
During his teaching career, Steve garnered an award by the State of New Jersey for his work in consumer education. He served briefly as a consultant for Consumers Union and contributed to essays in Time magazine, ABC’s World News Tonight, and CNBC.
Having founded and later sold a video rental business, Steve and his wife also sold their home and lived for three years aboard a 42-foot sea-going trawler yacht. An article describing one of their summer cruises was sold to Living Aboard magazine.
Steve has written newsletters for both private and non-profit organizations; a flash fiction story for the children’s magazine Spider; and the text for a coffee-table book on one of America’s most-collected living artists: The Art of H. Hargrove.
He and his wife Joy live in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
As a teenager, Steve would entertain (and frighten) the neighborhood children by retelling them stories from E.C. horror comics like The Crypt of Terror. As a middle school teacher, he continued the tradition by reading his students a horror story to initiate the school year. Now retired, he has time to write his own stories.
His first writing success came as a high school senior, when a 25-word essay won him an all-expenses-paid vacation in Alaska. Upon his return he entered the Marines and was chosen to serve in the President’s Honor Guard. Vignettes from that venue have appeared in American Heritage magazine and in various newspapers.
Upon leaving the Corps, Steve worked days, went to college at night, and spent weekends earning a private pilot’s certificate. A flying narrative he wrote was published in AOPA Pilot Online.
During his teaching career, Steve garnered an award by the State of New Jersey for his work in consumer education. He served briefly as a consultant for Consumers Union and contributed to essays in Time magazine, ABC’s World News Tonight, and CNBC.
Having founded and later sold a video rental business, Steve and his wife also sold their home and lived for three years aboard a 42-foot sea-going trawler yacht. An article describing one of their summer cruises was sold to Living Aboard magazine.
Steve has written newsletters for both private and non-profit organizations; a flash fiction story for the children’s magazine Spider; and the text for a coffee-table book on one of America’s most-collected living artists: The Art of H. Hargrove.
He and his wife Joy live in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Books
The Second Time Around
by Stephen M. DeBock
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 90,370.
Language:
English.
Published: November 20, 2023
by
Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Adult
Four distinct stories sharing one theme: How losing your first love can pave the way for a deeper, more sensitive, more mature love with another.
To Love a Vampire
by Stephen M. DeBock
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 16,030.
Language:
English.
Published: October 14, 2022
by
Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » Vampires
The good news is, a vampire lives forever; the bad news is, a vampire lives forever.
Terror Times Three
by Stephen M. DeBock
Price:
$3.94 USD.
Words: 18,130.
Language:
English.
Published: March 25, 2022
by
Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » General
Three tales testify to horror’s presence in varied venues of time and place.
Lady Killer
by Stephen M. DeBock
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 12,450.
Language:
English.
Published: October 18, 2021
by
Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
How does a drug lord dismiss a mistress when he tires of her? He hires a hit man, of course.
The Bridge Between Worlds
by Stephen M. DeBock
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 49,910.
Language:
English.
Published: November 30, 2011
by
Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General
An American pilot/skydiver is transported to an alternate Earth, where he must defeat a race of humanoid vampire bats bent on destroying both worlds.
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