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Karl Drinkwater

Biography

Karl Drinkwater writes dystopian space opera, dark suspense and diverse social fiction. If you want compelling stories and characters worth caring about, then you're in the right place. Welcome!

Karl lives in Scotland and owns two kilts. He has degrees in librarianship, literature and classics, but also studied astronomy and philosophy. Dolly the cat helps him finish books by sleeping on his lap so he can't leave the desk. When he isn't writing he loves music, nature, games and vegan cake.

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Series

Non-fiction by
From Idea To Item
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Lost Tales Of Solace by
Helene
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Grubane
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Clarissa
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Ruabon
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UESI
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Lost Solace by
Lost Solace
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Chasing Solace
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Hidden Solace
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Raising Solace
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Finding Solace
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Standalone Suspense by
Turner
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They Move Below
Price: $6.99 USD.
Harvest Festival
Price: $2.99 USD.
Contemporary Short Stories by
It Will Be Quick
Price: $2.99 USD.
Collected Editions by
Karl Drinkwater's Horror Collection
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Lost Solace Five Book Edition
Price: $6.99 USD.
Manchester Summer by
Cold Fusion 2000
Price: $6.99 USD.
2000 Tunes
Price: $6.99 USD.

Books

From Idea To Item by
Series: Non-fiction. Pre-release—available June 30, 2024. Price: $6.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing & books, Nonfiction » Reference » Personal & Practical Guides, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Creativity
A brief overview of publishing options for authors. Do you know the difference between an independent publisher and a self publisher? Have you written a book but don't know what your options are? Are you baffled by how the publishing industry has transformed in the last twenty years? How does crowdfunding fit in? If you have pondered these questions, then this could be the book for you! Join...
UESI by
Series: Lost Tales Of Solace, Book 5. Pre-release—available June 30, 2024. Price: $3.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
Humans designed artificial intelligences, but the AIs no longer need us. They are gods, and can create – or even recreate – themselves. The two most advanced AIs in the universe need to rescue a friend from the clutches of their powerful enemies. Their method is to create millions of offshoots: restricted, cut-down versions of themselves, to fulfil specific tasks such as generating ideas. The...
Finding Solace by
Series: Lost Solace, Book 5. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 94,550. Language: English. Originally Published: May 7, 2023 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
She has a family. Now it's time to find a home. Opal, Athene and Clarissa are finally free of Aseides' torture ship, but the past always catches up. Their enemies remain powerful, persistent and cruel. True escape will require more courage and strength than ever before, in order to achieve what others believed is impossible. To go home. Every journey has an end. But freedom comes at a price.
Raising Solace by
Series: Lost Solace, Book 4. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 65,670. Language: English. Originally Published: October 10, 2022 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. At the end of Hidden Solace, Athene made a promise: "I'm coming for you. Anything that stands in my way will be neutralised. Destroyed. It will be probability-manipulated out of the equation. Out of existence. It will be absolutely Sevened. Please, my precious Opal, hold on just a bit longer. I am on my way." The most powerful AI in the universe is...
Turner by
Series: Standalone Suspense, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 65,510. Language: English. Originally Published: September 15, 2016 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
"Welcome to Ynys Diawl, our beautifully isolated Welsh island. We greet visitors in a special way! What? Oh, true, the English translation is Devil Island, but that's just slander." "Yes, it was the perfect escape for three strangers. Each had their own reasons for visiting. We don't care why anyone comes here! Hey now, who said the locals are violent? Surly, maybe, but we love all types, here...
It Will Be Quick by
Series: Contemporary Short Stories, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 63,100. Language: English. Originally Published: January 1, 2021 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Coming of age
A single decision can save – or ruin – a life. An opportunistic baby theft by a young woman in pain. Two strangers shipwrecked on a lifeless rock, unable to speak the same language. A remote cycling holiday descends into terror. One woman seeks the courage to destroy her life. A miracle unites a community, and teenagers take a stand against hypocrisy. Karl Drinkwater presents characters to root...
Grubane by
Series: Lost Tales Of Solace, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 25,940. Language: English. Originally Published: June 13, 2020 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
Major Grubane is commander of the Aurikaa, the most feared cruiser in the UFS arsenal. His crew is handpicked and fiercely loyal. Together, they have never failed a mission. But this time he's been sent to a key planet that is caught up in political tensions at the centre of the freedom debate. What he thought was a simple diplomatic mission turns out to be the hardest choice of his career. His...
They Move Below by
Series: Standalone Suspense, Book 2. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 65,160. Language: English. Originally Published: February 21, 2017 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Horror lives in the shadows. It exists under the earth's surface in ancient caves. Below the vast sea's undulating waves. Under dense forest cover. Within a storm's thick, rolling clouds. And downstairs in our homes, when we hear the knife drawer rattle in the night. Even our minds and bodies harbour the alien under the skin, the childhood nightmares in our subconscious. Darkness hides things...
Helene by
Series: Lost Tales Of Solace, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 17,440. Language: English. Originally Published: October 3, 2019 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
Helene Vermalle is an expert in Emergent AI Socialisation, invited to assist a secret military project. Her role? Helping ViraUHX, the most advanced AI in the universe, to pass through four theoretical development stages. But it's not easy training a mind that surpasses Helene in raw intellect, and is capable of killing her with a single tantrum. On top of this, she must prove her loyalty to...
Ruabon by
Series: Lost Tales Of Solace, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,660. Language: English. Originally Published: July 1, 2021 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
Welcome to Tecant. Nothing ever happens here. Until today. Ruabon Nadarl is just another low-ranking member of the scan crew, slaving away for the oppressive UFS government which "liberated" his homeworld. To help pass the time during long shifts he builds secret personalities into the robots he controls. Then Ruabon detects an intruder on the surface of a vital communications tower. He could...
Karl Drinkwater's Horror Collection by
Series: Collected Editions, Book 1. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 152,070. Language: English. Originally Published: February 28, 2017 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Three horror books in one tense collection. Turner An isolated Welsh island seemed like the perfect escape for a convict on the run, a jilted woman, and a policeman seeking a quiet life. When the surly locals turn to murderous violence the three visitors are forced to flee together, trying to stay one step ahead of their increasingly insane pursuers. They Move Below In this collection of...
Clarissa by
Series: Lost Tales Of Solace, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,680. Language: English. Originally Published: June 1, 2021 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
If you're reading this: HELP! I've been kidnapped. Me and my big sister stayed together after our parents died. We weren't bothering anybody. But some mean government agents came anyway, and split us up. Now I'm a prisoner on this space ship. The agents won't even say where we're going. I hate them. And things have started to get a bit weird. Nullspace is supposed to be empty, but when I look...
Lost Solace Five Book Edition by
Series: Collected Editions, Book 2. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 216,230. Language: English. Originally Published: September 27, 2022 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Lost Solace was a semifinalist in the international SPSFC science fiction competition in 2022. Opal has stolen a sentient AI military craft and entered the cloud of interstellar debris surrounding a neutron star. Hidden within this cloud is a mysterious "Lost Ship" that may answer a mystery that has haunted Opal for half her life. But Lost Ships are also rumoured to host strange and horrifying...
Cold Fusion 2000 by
Series: Manchester Summer, Book 1. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 64,170. Language: English. Originally Published: August 15, 2017 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Can love defeat the laws of physics? Science teacher Alex Kavanagh's love life is imploding, his job repels him, and there's friction with the teenagers who bully him at the bus stop. Even his super-power – being pedantic – doesn't help much. Enter his ex, Lucy, in what seems to be a chance meeting. Her betrayal marked the point when his life went nuclear. But – holy protons! – he still loves...
Lost Solace by
Series: Lost Solace, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 57,560. Language: English. Originally Published: October 31, 2017 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
They're called the Lost Ships … but sometimes they come back. And when they do the crews are missing, while the ships have been strangely altered, rumoured to be full of horrors. Opal Imbiana has been seeking something her whole life. It's a secret so precious she's willing to risk her life recovering it from a recently discovered Lost Ship, in a lonely nebula far from colonised space. She's...
Harvest Festival by
Series: Standalone Suspense, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 22,460. Language: English. Originally Published: May 31, 2016 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
First the birds went quiet. Then the evening sky filled with strange clouds that trapped the heat below. Now Callum wakes, dripping in sweat. Something has come to his isolated Welsh farm. If he's going to keep his family alive during this single night when all hell breaks loose, he'll have to think fast. And when he sees what he's facing, he suspects even that may not be enough. Otherworldly...
Chasing Solace by
Series: Lost Solace, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 94,190. Language: English. Originally Published: April 15, 2019 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(3.00 from 1 review)
Opal's first Lost Ship was horrifying. The second will test her limits. The legendary Lost Ships exist, and they harbour nightmarish horrors. Opal knows. She barely survived her first encounter with one. Despite escaping, she failed to find what she was looking for: her lost sister. Now Opal must board a second derelict Lost Ship to seek answers, and this one's even more monstrous, a sickening...
Hidden Solace by
Series: Lost Solace, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 102,830. Language: English. Originally Published: September 1, 2022 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
She survived hell. Now her real problems begin. Opal Imbiana is many things to many people. Hero. Traitor. Soldier. Deserter. Criminal. Explorer. Survivor. She finally achieved her life's goal: to rescue her little sister from the utterly alien Null zone. But the world she returns to has changed. Her friends are gone, and her enemies are more powerful than ever. In the bleakest situations, it...
2000 Tunes by
Series: Manchester Summer, Book 2. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 119,090. Language: English. Originally Published: March 20, 2020 by Organic Apocalypse. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
2000 Tunes. One summer of love. Mark Hopton is twenty-four, single, and obsessed with Manchester music. It's his escape into a better world. Oh man, he needs that escape. His psycho brother's on his case and in his face, his dad's in prison, and the local gangsters are twisting his melons to make him smuggle drugs. Heaven knows he's miserable now. His one ray of hope is work colleague Samantha...

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