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 | December 1, 2026 · ebook & paperback · title announcement forthcoming |
| Prequel novella | Stories From The Still Lake — free · out July 1, 2026 |
| Cadence | Book Two: June 2027 · Book Three: November 2027 — 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 releasing its first trilogy across a single year, 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 beginning December 2026. The first trilogy releases across one year, with Book Two complete before Book One 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. It begins December 1, 2026 with Book One and the free prequel novella Stories From The Still Lake; Books Two and Three follow in June and November 2027, each 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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