Rick Rawes

Author. Storyteller. Mildly confused.

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  • Unseasonably Seasonable: November Update

    At a Glance Bastet released early – now available in eBook and Paperback ‘til the End of the World – pilot short story drops 12th December 2025, free to read on the site Avalon & Avalon: Faerie Tales paperbacks – artwork underway, coming soon to join the shelf Heroes & Demons Series – penultimate novel…

  • Bastet – New Release

    The Blurby Bit 3000 BCE, Ancient Egypt. The age of Titans is ending. Bastet, one of the last pure-bloods, walks a realm slipping from divine hands into human rule — a world of betrayal, exile, and shifting sands. 1923, Cairo. Linda Loache, forging her place in a man’s world scarred by war, stumbles upon a discovery in…

  • Sequel for the Sake of Sequel: A Halloween Special, Part 2

    Sequels are hard, right? I mean, I’ve managed one so far (Avalon: Faerie Tales) and a trilogy (Hope & Fury, Fire & Water) – so I guess I’ve made it work. But it wasn’t easy. How do you do the same thing, while making its own distinct entity. Sometimes, I think it’s down to whether…

  • Horror(ible) Inspirations: A Halloween Special, Part 1

    Where are the monsters? It’s Halloween soon, are they already skulking around the graveyards? Or are they much, much closer to home? So, I’m not a critic. I mean, sure, I can be critical of something as much as the next guy, but at the end of the day it’s a personal opinion. It gets…

  • Insomniac Reveal!

    What happens when sleep becomes a luxury – and reality starts to unravel? So, it’s been a while since we’ve done one of these. Almost since…well, summer. Now, before you get too excited it’s not a brand-new book (that’s still well on track for February 16th, 2026 – Bastet if you please). Instead, since my…

  • If Music Be the Sound of Stuff…Rock On

    Music has always been a big part of my life. Big shock – and so unusual, right? Okay, so I say some obvious stuff sometimes. This time I want to take a bit of time to chat about how music has shaped the words that come onto the page. How it moves me, evokes emotions…

  • Cooler Nights, Darkly Dreaming: September Update

    So, this is my first author update. Seems weird to be saying that, because I suppose every other post is a lil’ update and insight into the wacky world of progress. Progress that occasionally appears like interval training for the masochistic author, but progress nonetheless. However, this formalises and crystalises it for anyone who happens…

  • What Would King Arthur Do? A ‘British’ Musing

    * all opinions and research are my own. I may be wrong. I frequently am. No hate, just peace & love. King Arthur. The name alone is the stuff of fairy tales – and I think it’s safe to say one which no longer solely exists in British childhoods. It evokes, for me, a kind…

  • The Worlds of Rick Rawes…Ramblingly Explained

    A Little Background There is no right or wrong when it comes to reading books. Indeed, if I’m so bold, there’s often not a lot of rights or wrongs when it comes to writing them. A writer writes, a reader reads. Sometimes what a writer writes is right for the writer, but wrong for the…

  • Who Are You?

    On the about us section you have a nutshell. But seeing as how this is not taking up precious space in a paperback, nor gracing an Amazon or Goodreads author bio which is snappier than a crocodile sandwich, I guess I can go into a little more detail. If you like. If not, feel free…