Bill McKibbin is the author of Chronicles of the Still Lake, a new epic fantasy series. Book One's first draft is complete (September 2026); after revision it will be serialized free on Royal Road — chapter by chapter — beginning this winter, with the complete edition (ebook, paperback, and hardcover) following in 2027. It begins alongside the free prequel novella Stories From The Still Lake.
He takes his cues on fantasy and world-building from the authors who inspired him — Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, and many others. Chronicles of the Still Lake is a twelve-book series spanning three thousand years: the world before the cataclysm called the Surge, and the world forever changed by it.
Book Two is finished before Book One's complete edition ships, and the full first trilogy releases within a year of Book One — each book finished before the one before it launches — progress is public on the progress page.
The mailing list is the best way to reach him — and the first thing it sends you is free.