Rick Rawes

Author. Storyteller. Mildly confused.

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  • Novel Release: Sinners & Saints Today!

    Today, the world gets just a little stranger – and we take one step closer to the end. Because today, Sinners & Saints arrives in eBook and paperback, and a journey nearly two decades in the making moves into its final act. In a world where “normalcy” is being weaponised against people like me, stories…

  • My Best Books of 2026 (So Far)

    If I’m going to keep banging on about reviews (and I will – because they do matter), then I figured I should probably practice what I preach. I track everything I read over on Goodreads – as both an author and someone who reads far too much – and these are the books that really…

  • Episode Seven Now Released!

    Last Friday of the month can mean only one thing: a new beta episode of ’til the End of the World made free on the site. Episode VII: Go Down in Flames is available here. Content Warning! A little warning before this month’s short-story. It’s not an easy read. ’til the End of the World…

  • Writing Queer Characters in Today’s World: Happy Pride Month!

    A Quick Intro Welcome one, welcome all, and Happy Pride Month to everyone! Yes, even to you, Margaret, giving me that look over your half-rim glasses like some dowdy East Anglian verger. You’re one of us too, and by that I mean, a human being. And some of us, especially those a little o’ the…

  • Book Release: “New in Town” is out TODAY!

    It’s finally here, release day! Honestly, it feels a little surreal, even after all this time. It took eight novels as an adult to finally make me feel confident enough to take a look back at my roots. To revisit Ricky, Sara and the characters who were my creative world as a teenager. I was…

  • Redemption: A Crooked Straight Line – or a Loop?

    Redemption. The word itself is entangled in its own ambiguous identity. What is it, and is it truly different from atonement? From justice? From vengeance? Is it something to strive for or something granted by those we have wronged? As such, is it something that is achieved, or something that is bestowed, and does it…

  • Episode Five is (A)Live! New in Town

    There’s a moment in every series when things begin to change irrevocably. Sometimes towards greatness, sometimes towards chaos, sometimes both. Episode 5 is when it hits the fan, so to speak, when the architecture of the year as a whole begins to reveal itself. Bloodier and more brutal, this episode sees the introduction of a…

  • Other Worlds Than These: Writing Beyond the Realms as an Indie Author

    By eck, we get around a bit, don’t we? This week’s blog post is all about a quick introduction to the thinking behind the universe. Not the real one, my one – and some of the inspiration I’ve drawn upon to craft it. Very mild spoilers ahead (nothing world-ending) but I thought I would forewarn.…

  • I Think Therefore I Am: An Author’s Perspective on Neurodivergence in Fiction

    I wake in the morning and sometimes I feel grey. I’ll start a conversation in the middle, having skipped seventeen different plot twists in between. I’ll overthink an interaction with a human being to the point of simply being unable to do it. My point, and trust me I do have one, is that I…

  • Sinners & Saints Cover Reveal

    Here we go, another book, another cover! Only this time around it’s not ‘another book in the wall’. Before the reveal, I’ll share a little bit about the process that’s gone into getting here, especially for those who’ve been with me since the beginning. The Long Road to Now Over the years the Heroes &…