Fantasy and Science Fiction Author

02/09/2025

A bit late, but never mind - what I did last month.

I finally sent The Last Dragonrider off to my beta readers. While I'm waiting for their comments, I started on the cover design. I'd like to think it's m...

24/08/2025

My performance at the St Annes Festival today. It starts with the first half of chapter 1 of The Accidental Dragonrider. Blame the Cat is at about 6 minutes, then The Last Story is at about 9 minutes. Thanks to Breda Quirke for filming.

24/08/2025

Thanks to everyone who came to support me at the St Annes Festival (and all the other artists!). Video of my performance coming soon-ish.

24/08/2025

I redid the calligraphy. I *think* that's centered... (I wrote it all on one line, so I had to do some cutting and pasting to put it on two lines.)

24/08/2025

Getting ready for my slot at the St Annes Festival. It's today (24th August) in the square, from about 1pm.

22/08/2025

Just over 36 hours until my appearance at the St Annes festival. (Sunday, 1pm-ish.) I can now reveal my "set list" -

The Accidental Dragonrider (first half of chapter 1)
Blame the Cat (from Racing the Storm and Other Stories)
The Last Story

Here's hoping the weather stays dry and calm!

20/08/2025

The calligraphy for the cover of The Last Dragonrider. I'm a bit out of practice. I might end up redoing it. Or cheating and reusing the words "the" and "dragonrider" from the previous book.

10/08/2025

Reminder - I'm appearing at a festival in St Annes on Sunday 24th August. (See the last picture attached to this post.) I'll be doing readings from my books and maybe some new material if time permits. I'm not sure of the exact timeslot, but it'll be nearer the start (midday) than the end (5pm-ish).

06/08/2025

The first half a chapter of my fantasy novella The Accidental Dragonrider. It's about a teacher who wants to save his village from pirates, and a dragon who doesn't want to help him. Thanks to Breda Quirke for filming.

31/07/2025

What I did this month -

Editing continues on The Last Dragonrider. I took out about 1,500 words this month, so I'm down to about 128,000. That's still longer than any of my prev...

02/07/2025

I'm taking part in the Smashwords July sale. All this month, my ebooks there are at least 50% off, and some are free. If you like intelligent fantasy and science fiction with strong world-building, head over to https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/pembers and grab yourself a bargain!

Steven J Pemberton writes intelligent and witty fantasy for children, teenagers and adults, or as he puts it, "anyone old enough to understand." He was born in England in 1970, the son of a librarian and a teacher, so it was probably inevitable that he would grow up loving books. For most of his chi...

02/07/2025

This is called Vroom. It's a little poem I wrote for an open mic night, where the theme was "lights." Thanks to Breda Quirke for filming.