THE GREAT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL NOVEL IS ONLY 99 CENTS ON 11/21-22
QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK is offered as an e book to my readers and friends for two days at only 99 cents. The regular list price is $6.99. The rock ‘n’ roll novel you’ve been waiting for. It’s 1971 and young Jack Bernstein is a struggling rock ’n’ roll manager in New York City. Instead of a fancy […]
QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK; COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL RELEASE
November 23, 2022: that’s the release date Queensborough Rock.my novel about rock’ n’ roll in Queens, NYC in the late sixties and early seventies. Why are you taking so long to release the book? Queensborough Rock is utterly different than my three NJA club novels, and that’s why it’s being promoted and released differently. I have no […]
AT LAST, THE GREAT ROCK ‘N ‘ROLL NOVEL
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 07:35 GMTعربي Stephen Shaiken Noted Author, Releases His New Book“Queensborough Rock” Date 9/17/2022 2:10:24 AM(MENAFN– GetNews) It’s 1971 and young Jack Bernstein is a struggling rock ‘n’ roll manager in New York City. Instead of a fancy office in Manhattan, a flashy car, and backstage passes, he operates out of […]
BAGELNOSE GOES TO COLLEGE : A Short Story About Life In Queens
This short story was posted about a year ago. Several readers have told me how much they liked it, so I decided to repost it at the top of the blog. I really like the characters Max Flugel, aka The Weasel, and Kenny Pelko, aka Bagelnose. I used then in a […]
BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH KEYBANGERS BANGKOK
Keybangers Bangkok, March 27, 2022. Photo by Stephen Shaiken It’s been three years since I last met face-to face with Keybangers Bangkok, the writing group that has always nurtured and assisted me in countless ways. Some faces are familiar, others are new. Writers come from just about every corner of the globe: Romania, England , […]
2021 To Be A Big Year For My Writing
My cat, Curious, who keeps me company as I struggle to create. A welcome goodbye to 2020. We have just bid farewell to the worst year America has endured over my lifetime, and I was born during the second Truman Administration. 2020 ended with numerous new historical records we’d hope to never see: a raging, […]
FLORIDA AG MOODY MUST EXPLAIN HER SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY-SUBVERTING SCAM LAWSUIT
Here’s the e mail I sent to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R). I’m not holding my breath waiting for an answer, but should I receive one, I’ll post it. E MAIL TO FLORIDA AG MOODY: As a fellow Floridian, and a fellow member of our state bar, I am trying to find out what possessed you in […]
Read My Latest Short Story:”A Well-Dressed Man”
Why does a short story, whose title suggests a sartorial theme, start with a picture of a smiling crocodile? You’ll have to read it to find out! After publishing the second novel in my Bangkok-based NJA Club series ( Click here to visit Bangkok Shadows page, and Click here to visit Bangkok Whispers page) I […]
Updates: BLM Protests,Exposing Jordan Peterson, Works Of Historical Fiction
LOOKING BACK & UPDATING SOME PAST POSTS It hasn’t been all that long ago since I posted my support for BLM protests, and my concern that even the most diligent safety precautions might not prevent a spread of the virus, which none of the protesters wanted. (See MY HEART IS WITH THE PROTESTERS AND I […]
“A Shot in the Ass”: My Just-Published Short Story
I wrote this short story a few years ago, when living in Bangkok, and presented it to my writing group, KEYBANGERS BANGKOK. As usual, their input proved invaluable. I reworked it and showed it to the Tampa Writers Alliance, who liked it and persuaded me that it really fell within the historical fiction genre. Up until […]