Fact sheet
| Series | Chronicles of the Still Lake |
|---|---|
| Author | Bill McKibbin · billmckibbin.com |
| Name | Bill McKibbin — spelled with "-in" at the end (M-c-K-i-b-b-i-n). Please double-check the spelling in coverage; search engines love to "correct" it. |
| Genre | Epic fantasy — literary, character-driven, atmospheric. For readers of Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, Robin Hobb, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Ursula K. Le Guin. |
| Book One | Serialized free on Royal Road, chapter by chapter, beginning winter 2026-27 · complete edition (ebook, paperback & hardcover) follows in 2027 · title announcement forthcoming |
| Prequel novella | Stories From The Still Lake — free · out July 1, 2026 |
| Cadence | Book Two is finished before Book One's complete edition ships; the full first trilogy releases within a year of Book One — each book finished before the one before it launches |
| Contact | [email protected] |
The one-paragraph pitch
On the shores of the Still Lake, magic is not commanded — it is received. Every gift drawn from the water leaves a ripple, and ripples do not care when they land. Chronicles of the Still Lake is a quiet, character-driven epic about the ones who listen, the ones who reach, and the price the water keeps — a new series arriving first as a free Royal Road serial, its full first trilogy releasing within a year of Book One, each book finished before the one before it launches.
Author bio
Short: Bill McKibbin is the author of Chronicles of the Still Lake, a new epic fantasy series serializing free on Royal Road beginning this winter, with the complete edition to follow in 2027. The full first trilogy releases within a year of Book One, with Book Two complete before Book One's complete edition ships.
Boilerplate: Bill McKibbin writes character-driven epic fantasy, shaped by the authors who inspired him — Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Terry Brooks, and Terry Goodkind. His debut series, Chronicles of the Still Lake, is a twelve-book story spanning three thousand years before and after the cataclysm called the Surge. Book One's first draft is complete (September 2026); it will be serialized free on Royal Road — chapter by chapter — beginning this winter, with the complete edition (ebook, paperback, and hardcover) to follow in 2027; the free prequel novella Stories From The Still Lake is out now. The full first trilogy releases within a year of Book One, each book finished before the one before it launches.
Assets
Download: Stories From The Still Lake cover (PNG, 1600×2560)
Download: author photo (JPG, 800×800)
Book One cover and additional assets available on request — or on this page as they're released.
Review copies & swaps
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