Location: United Kingdom
Member Since:
Feb. 21, 2014
Simon Fairbanks
Biography
Simon is the author of the Nephos novels, an ongoing fantasy series, which currently consists of The Sheriff and The Curse of Besti Bori.
He has written three short story collections, Breadcrumbs, Boomsticks and Belljars. Each contains a novella set within his Nephos fantasy world.
Simon is also the author of Treat or Trick, a multiple-pathway novel, with twenty-six different endings.
Simon studied MA English Literature at the University of Birmingham, and has been a member of the Birmingham Writers' Group since 2011.
When he is not writing, he enjoys films, television, and running. He even finds time for a little reading.
He has written three short story collections, Breadcrumbs, Boomsticks and Belljars. Each contains a novella set within his Nephos fantasy world.
Simon is also the author of Treat or Trick, a multiple-pathway novel, with twenty-six different endings.
Simon studied MA English Literature at the University of Birmingham, and has been a member of the Birmingham Writers' Group since 2011.
When he is not writing, he enjoys films, television, and running. He even finds time for a little reading.
Where to find Simon Fairbanks online
Website: https://www.simonfairbanks.com/
Twitter: @simonfairbanks
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: https://www.simonfairbanks.com/blog.html
Twitter: @simonfairbanks
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: https://www.simonfairbanks.com/blog.html
Series
Simon's Short Stories
by Simon Fairbanks
A series of short story collections written by author Simon Fairbanks, where the fantastic, the horrifying and the bizarre cross over into everyday life. Each collection contains a novella set within the world of Simon's fantasy novel The Sheriff.
Boomsticks
Belljars
Nephos
by Simon Fairbanks
The Sheriff
The Curse of Besti Bori
A series of fantasy novels taking place in Nephos, the world on top of the clouds, where the Twelve Magical Races live in peace and in secret above our own world. Nephos is protected by a team of Sheriffs, who encounter all manner of adventures as they journey across the clouds.
The Sheriff
Price:
$4.99 USD.
The Curse of Besti Bori
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Books
Red Christmas
by Simon Fairbanks
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 3,440.
Language:
British English.
Published: December 3, 2023
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Historical
On a snowy December night in 1930, two men share a bench opposite a street of Christmas shoppers. The first man is struggling to keep his shareholders happy. He owns Coca-Cola, yet sales plummet every winter. The second man - a curious man with a white beard - might have the answer...
Breadcrumbs, Boomsticks, Belljars
by Simon Fairbanks
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 215,030.
Language:
English.
Published: July 9, 2023
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Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
A boxset of the three short story collections by author Simon Fairbanks: Breadcrumbs, Boomsticks, and Belljars.
Monsters
by Simon Fairbanks
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 24,840.
Language:
British English.
Published: March 8, 2023
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
Discover stories in a modern city brimming with monsters, magic, and mischievous monkeys. An amnesiac explores an abandoned city in lockdown. A homeless man tries to rescue his friends from the mysterious Bogeyman. A loyal boyfriend joins forces with a professor of dreams when his girlfriend's nightmares become real. This isn't just a collection of urban fantasy. This is Birmingham urban fantasy.
Ghosts
by Simon Fairbanks
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 19,770.
Language:
British English.
Published: January 12, 2023
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Categories:
Fiction » Horror » Ghost
Prepare to shiver and shudder as you delve into these 7 spooky tales. A clown is haunted by his memories and something much worse. An addict checks into a hotel room with too many mirrors for his liking. Three villagers search for a sinister nuthatch. If you're brave enough to reach the end of this collection, you will discover a fundamental truth... Ghosts come in many forms.
Little Girl Lost
by Simon Fairbanks
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 21,820.
Language:
British English.
Published: December 27, 2022
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General
Sheriff Denebola is travelling across the clouds when he finds a lost little girl. The girl is alone, with nobody around for miles. If she was kidnapped, where are her kidnappers? If she was abandoned, where are those who abandoned her? Denebola vows to solve this mystery, with the help of his trusty sky-horse and a brash warrior fairy. The girl offers a single clue: a small black button...
Belljars
by Simon Fairbanks
Series: Simon's Short Stories.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 67,510.
Language:
English.
Published: January 16, 2020
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Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Belljars is the third short story collection by author Simon Fairbanks.
Discover eight new stories where everyday people encounter gods, ghosts and gorillas in worlds where magic and monsters are found both outside and within.
Belljars also features a new novella set within the world of Simon’s fantasy novel The Sheriff, in which an impossible black dragon is sighted across the clouds.
Boomsticks
by Simon Fairbanks
Series: Simon's Short Stories.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 75,860.
Language:
English.
Published: May 21, 2018
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Boomsticks is the second short story collection by author Simon Fairbanks. Discover fourteen new stories where the fantastic, the horrifying and the bizarre cross over into everyday life. Boomsticks also features a new novella set within the world of Simon's fantasy novel The Sheriff, in which four children find a magical boomstick of their own.
The Curse of Besti Bori
by Simon Fairbanks
Series: Nephos.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 108,370.
Language:
English.
Published: October 29, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Adventure » Action
The jungle cloud of Besti Bori is in quarantine, overrun by monstrous splicers.
But when Sheriff Baran visits for a routine inspection, his sky-horse is mysteriously drugged and he plummets into the darkness of the cursed jungle.
Now, Sheriff Shaula must lead a team of warrior fairies on a rescue mission to retrieve Baran from the most dangerous place in Nephos.
Breadcrumbs
by Simon Fairbanks
Series: Simon's Short Stories.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 73,530.
Language:
English.
Published: October 26, 2014
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Categories:
Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Breadcrumbs is the debut short story collection by author Simon Fairbanks.
Horror, fantasy and fairy tales merge in these twenty-one tales traversing all manner of times and worlds, including a new adventure starring Denebola from Simon's fantasy novel The Sheriff.
Follow this trail of Breadcrumbs into Simon's imagination and discover stories both dark and wonderful.
The Sheriff
by Simon Fairbanks
Series: Nephos.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 54,600.
Language:
English.
Published: March 8, 2014
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
Sheriff Denebola is recruited by young Toby to help rid his village of a winged demon. The demon has tormented the people of Angel's Keep every night for the past week so Denebola vows to capture the creature. However, the demon is not the only shadow cast over Angel’s Keep and Denebola soon finds himself caught up in a mystery where angels, demons, heroes and villains are not all that they seem.
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