Kevin L. O'Brien

Biography

Kevin L. O'Brien was born with a pen in his hand.

Well, not quite, but he has been writing for as long as he can remember, at least since First Grade. Writing has always been his first, true love, but it hasn't always been his career. He worked for 15 years as a biomedical researcher, then for 3 years as a web designer. However, after 30 years of trying to be published in print with little success, he has decided to try his hand at self-publishing.

He writes primarily speculative fiction -- fantasy, science fiction, horror, and their sub-genres -- but he also likes to try his hand at thrillers, suspense, mystery, and even westerns. However, his stories tend to have a fantasy element, no matter how subtle.

Most of his stories involve the following three main characters:

Medb hErenn (http://www.medbherenn.com/) -- One-time queen of Ireland, she is over 3500 years old. A warrior and a sorceress, she cannot be harmed by any weapon made by the hand of man.

Eile and Sunny, Team Girl (http://www.teamgirlforever.com/) -- They are two adorable, vivacious, fun-loving young women whose motto is ONWARD TO ADVENTURE!!! Yet trouble follows them like a love-sick puppy wherever they go.

Sir Differel Van Helsing (http://www.sir-differel.com/) -- The descendent of Abraham Van Helsing and King Arthur, she heads the Caerleon Order, the premier monster-hunting organization of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. She commands Dracula, the most powerful vampire extant, and the greatsword Caliburn, better known as Excalibur.

He also writes a series of sword & sorcery stories set in an alternative universe known as the Lands of the Dreams of Men.

Kevin lives in Denver with his family and 4 cats.

For more information, see his website: http://www.kevinlobrien.com/

Where to buy in print

Books

The Adventure of the Double Image
Series: Team Girl, Book 10. Price: Free! Words: 35,800. Language: American English. Published: April 20, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
In their capacity as Team Girl! Inc., Dr. Mabuse has hired Eile and Sunny to perform preliminary investigations of the parallel Earths she discovers. On their latest, they get blackmailed into playing decoys for their in-world counterparts, Sonya and Ellen. They just hope it doesn't get them both killed. This is a short story, with a Preface and Story Excerpts.
Dribble & Maggot in the Land of Dreams
Series: Sir Differel Van Helsing, Book 15 · Dreamlands, Book 13. Price: Free! Words: 21,750. Language: American English. Published: April 6, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Sir Differel and Lady Margaret, aka "Dribble & Maggot", need a vacation in the worst way, so Differel decides to introduce her frenemy to the Land of the Dreams of Men, in the hope that she will grow to love it and give her another adventuring companion. Margaret just wants to relax; too bad she won't get her wish. This is a short story, with a Preface, a Bonus Story, and Sample Excerpts.
Differential Damsel
Series: Sir Differel Van Helsing, Book 14 · Team Girl, Book 7 · Dreamlands, Book 11. Price: Free! Words: 19,090. Language: American English. Published: March 30, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Someone has kidnapped Differel's Dream-husband, Victor Plunkett, and has demanded a huge ransom for his release. She has no intention of paying, and she mounts a rescue operation with the help of her BFFs, Eile and Sunny of Team Girl. If he's unharmed, she might not kill them. This is a short story, with a Preface, a Bonus story, and Story Excerpts.
We Deliver
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 11. Price: Free! Words: 25,100. Language: American English. Published: March 23, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
Checkers Pizza feeds the appetite of the college students of Keekishwa University in Delasalle, Illinois, by offering guaranteed 30-minute delivery or the order is free. The delivery drivers often see some weird people and happenings, but nothing tops the night they delivered 24 pies to a haunted cemetery. This is a short story, with a Preface, a Bonus Story, and Story Excerpts.
A Little Hospitality
Series: Sir Differel Van Helsing, Book 13 · Dreamlands, Book 10. Price: Free! Words: 29,630. Language: English. Published: March 16, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Kuranes has asked Differel to deliver some important messages, but she must cross a range of mountains and she cannot do it before nightfall, so she accepts of the hospitality of a fellow adventurer to share his camp for the night. Michael is a witty, mischievous rogue who puts her at ease, but he isn't what he appears to be. This is a Short Story, with a Bonus Story, Preface, and Story Excerpts.
The Surrogate
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 10. Price: Free! Words: 30,280. Language: American English. Published: March 2, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Fantasy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Shasta Taffaday, a streetwalker, is hired by Clarissa MacCandels, a rich Denver socialite, to seduce her son and initiate him in the ways of the flesh, so to speak. But Shasta soon realizes that something about the whole affair is decidedly off, and she can't be sure what Ms. MacCandels really intends. This is a short story, with a Preface and Story Excerpts.
The Adventure of the Peril Gem
Series: Team Girl, Book 14. Price: Free! Words: 29,710. Language: American English. Published: February 16, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Eile and Sunny play Braveheart and White-Lion, fighter and magic-user role-playing characters in the online game Otherworld. In their current session, they attempt what no one has accomplished: steal the Eye from the Devourer, the idol of a tribe of savages. It seems so simple; why hasn't anyone done it before? They are about to find out. This is a short story with a Preface and Sample Excerpts.
The Adventure of the Jigsaw Dragon
Series: Team Girl, Book 13. Price: Free! Words: 28,640. Language: American English. Published: February 2, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Eile, as the fighter and thief Braveheart, and Sunny, as her magic-user partner White-Lion, are playing a scenario in the online role-playing game Otherworld. They have been hired by a powerful count to rescue his young wife, kidnapped by a dragon. However, there is a snag; the mission won't be as simple as it sounds. This is a short story, with a Preface and Sample Excerpts.
Felis ex Machina
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 8. Price: Free! Words: 22,510. Language: American English. Published: January 5, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Historical, Fiction » Horror » General
January Ian Mariposa is a time traveler who studies the effect of the Cthulhu Mythos on Victorian England with his feline familiar Bastet. To support himself he poses as a consulting detective in the manner of Sherlock Holmes. He expects most of his cases to be fairly mundane, but occasionally he gets a weird one, such as when Scotland Yard asked him to examine a body.... This is a short story.
Redshirt
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 7. Price: Free! Words: 22,610. Language: American English. Published: December 23, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Fantasy » General
Ted was only looking for a good lay, to help a boring afternoon pass more quickly, and he thought he had hit the jackpot: a practicing witch who liked to perform fertility rites. Unfortunately, he didn't inquire about just what kind of rites she participates in. This is a short story.
The Price of Folly
Series: Medb hErenn, Book 8. Price: Free! Words: 29,000. Language: American English. Published: December 15, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Horror » General
In the future, Medb hErenn is sent to a colony world to evaluate an artifact that might prove, once and for all, that alien civilizations really exists. However, her primary concern is whether it is safe, and if it isn't, how she can take it from the colonists and destroy it before they can activate it. This is a short story and contains strong sexual themes. Reader discretion is advised.
In an Octopus's Garden
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 6. Price: Free! Words: 26,610. Language: American English. Published: December 8, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Horror » General
Joshua and Victoria Matisse take an extended vacation cruise in the South Pacific, hoping to conceive a baby. However, beings older than Man target them to be the surrogate parents for the physical incarnation of their alien eldritch god, a fate they cannot escape. This is a short story. It contains foul language, sexual situations, and scenes of intense violence. Reader discretion is advised.
Desperate Acts
Series: Medb hErenn, Book 7 · Dreamlands, Book 6. Price: Free! Words: 24,010. Language: American English. Published: November 17, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
The Council of Cat Elders and the High Queen of All Cats need vital information concerning a possible threat by the Fomorians of Hazuth-Kleg, but all their other sources have yielded nothing. So they call upon Medb hErenn to perform an act of desperation, one that could destroy them all. This is a short story.
Inseparable
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 5. Price: Free! Words: 20,910. Language: American English. Published: November 9, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Historical, Fiction » Fantasy » General
A horde of the walking dead is ravaging ancient Ireland, and only Donall the Red knows that they are being led by his long-dead friend Somhairle the Black. The Morrigan, the goddess of war and death, has charged him with destroying Somhairle, or the whole of the land will be scoured of human life, but Donall loves Somhairle more than life or honor, and he cannot do it. This is a short story.
Adventurer's Honeymoon
Series: Sir Differel Van Helsing, Book 12 · Dreamlands, Book 9. Price: Free! Words: 14,840. Language: American English. Published: October 20, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
(4.00 from 1 review)
When Differel Van Helsing married Victor Plunkett in the Dreamlands, it was between crises, so they never had a proper honeymoon. As such, when the opportunity arose for them to spend a week all alone on a deserted island, they jumped at it. Unfortunately, an old enemy has decided to crash the party. This is a short story.
Gruff Tolls
Series: Medb hErenn, Book 6 · Dreamlands, Book 4. Price: Free! Words: 19,900. Language: American English. Published: October 13, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Medb hErenn and her companions Morgiana the Thief and Mephitis the Apothecary are trying to get out off the Plateau of Leng, but the only way is across a deep chasm bridged by a web spun by a Leng Spider. Rumor has it that the spider offers safe passage to anyone who pays its toll, but will eat those who cannot. So the problem becomes, can they pay its price? This is a short story.
Far-Sight
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 4. Price: Free! Words: 19,180. Language: American English. Published: October 6, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Horror » General
(4.00 from 3 reviews)
All scientific research has an element of risk, especially investigations that advance beyond the edge of the known into the unknown to probe the limits of what is possible and what is not. Jeremiah Arkenton must keep this in mind as he and his wife investigate the mysterious disappearance of a colleague while trying to avoid the same fate. This is a short story and a Cthulhu Mythos tale.
Pride and Fall
Series: Dreamlands, Book 3 · Medb hErenn, Book 5. Price: Free! Words: 15,990. Language: English. Published: September 15, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Medb hErenn's confidence goes beyond arrogance to border on hubris. She often leaps into dangerous situations without thinking, and she can be goaded into doing so by pricking her pride. So when she heard of the Upas Tree and its deadly affect on anyone who saw it, she had to see if the stories were true. She just didn't consider what might happen if they were. This is a short story.
Do Unto Others...
Series: Strange & Unnatural Tales, Book 3. Price: Free! Words: 16,550. Language: American English. Published: September 8, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
(3.00 from 1 review)
Jack the Ripper had found Paradise when he went into the future. Humanity had evolved into people who knew no violence, hatred, or fear, who were governed by only two laws: Do As You Will and Do Unto Others. He believed he could slaughter them all with impunity, and no one could stop him. The problem was, he hadn't thought through the implications of the laws far enough. This is a short story.
The Adventure of the Christmas Vampires
Series: Team Girl, Book 12. Price: Free! Words: 22,060. Language: American English. Published: August 24, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
On Christmas Eve, Connie, daughter of Eile and Sunny of Team Girl, runs away from home to become a vampire. Giovanna Borgia, the vampire BFF of Team Girl, invites her to a vampire Christmas party in a cemetery and introduces her to a little girl vampire. Unfortunately, some vampire hunters have decided to crash the party, and they have targeted Connie and her new friend. This is a short story.
The Lions of Inganok
Series: Medb hErenn, Book 3 · Dreamlands, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 23,470. Language: American English. Published: August 18, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Medb hErenn is commissioned by the Cats of Ulthar to retrieve their most sacred artifact, stolen from the Temple of the Great Ones and spirited away to the onyx city of Inganok, which cats are forbidden to visit by ancient decree. Seemingly a simple enough task, but she soon discovers that the force that had the idol stolen is after more than mere financial gain. This is a short story.
The Adventure of Immanuel
Series: Team Girl, Book 11. Price: Free! Words: 13,230. Language: English. Published: July 28, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
The night before Christmas is a time of miracles. Eile and Sunny do all they can to make this true for the homeless women and their children living in Pastor Sjauken's shelter. But there is another force at work this night, which makes use of the Girls for its own ends, even though they are unaware of it at the time. This is a short story.
Sacrificial Offering
Series: Medb hErenn, Book 2. Price: Free! Words: 17,340. Language: American English. Published: July 21, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Horror » General
Medb hErenn volunteers to become the Bride of the Black Ram, the male counterpart of Shub-Niggurath, to save an innocent girl's life and rid her village of their curse. She soon discovers, however, that the circumstances are not what they seem. This is a short story. Reader discretion advised.
The Adventure of the Post-Traumatic Redemption
Series: Team Girl, Book 3. Price: Free! Words: 16,550. Language: American English. Published: June 30, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Christian » Short stories
Being turned into a vampire is a real bitch, but the ordeal doesn't end when you're cured. For someone like Eile, it can be just the beginning.... This is a short story.
Dark Vengeance
Series: Medb hErenn, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 18,890. Language: American English. Published: June 23, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Adventure » Action
During her exile from Ireland, Medb hErenn has found respite with a tribe in the Pacific Northwest of North America, which has adopted her as one of its own. Yet a malign force seeks revenge for an old wrong, and has sent against her a power greater than her own. Now she must figure out how to deal with it, without her adopted people becoming unwitting casualties. This is a short story.
No Torrent Like Greed
Price: Free! Words: 42,670. Language: American English. Published: June 16, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
NYPD Lt. Mark Thorner needs a vacation in the worst way. He heads west to Colorado, and lands in the middle of a feud over a lost gold mine between a sexy femme fatale and a greedy gangster. But other parties also want a piece of the action, and they won't take no for an answer. A noir paranormal mystery/thriller set in the 1930's, with January Ian Mariposa and his cat Bastet. This is a novella.
The Adventure of Masie's Mind
Series: Team Girl, Book 2. Price: Free! Words: 15,430. Language: American English. Published: June 2, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Adventure » General
Eile and Sunny are two adventurous young girls who share a house in Denver. However, unbeknownst to them they have a secret roommate, and she finally decides to reveal herself. This is a short story.

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