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William Stacey

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in Port Alberni, British Colombia, Canada

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Fantasy, Horror, Historical Fiction

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A former soldier, William Stacey served his country for more than thirty years, including multiple combat tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan. William loves exercise and all things martial and is a black belt in karate.

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	Starlight (The Dark Elf War #1) 4.25 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Source Mage (The Awakened World #1) 4.31 avg rating — 373 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gunz (The Dark Elf War #2) 4.57 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vampire Queen Saga: Boxset (The Vampire Queen Saga #1-3) 4.26 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ranger (The Dark Elf War, #3) 4.65 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Firestorm (The Awakened World #3) 4.74 avg rating — 193 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Elf War Trilogy: Books 1-3 4.61 avg rating — 194 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shade King (The Awakened World #2) 4.49 avg rating — 182 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Monastery 3.83 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Fiends' Bane (The Vampire Queen Saga #1) 3.99 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Going for “better” rather than “good”

I haven’t been adding content to this site, but I’m going to try and change that. So, here we go.

If you check out the preview page, you’ll see two versions of two paragraphs from my current WIP, Blood and Honor 1: The Mask of Storms. I thought it’d be fun to see how it started and then compare it to how it ended up (at least until it gets tightened again after beta readers and professional editing Read more of this blog post »

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Series by William Stacey

The Dark Elf War (3 books)
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The Vampire Queen Saga (3 books)
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4.31 avg rating — 373 ratings

The Supernatural Activities Division (6 books)
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4.47 avg rating — 198 ratings

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Nomads of Gor (Gorean Saga Book 4)

by John Norman

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The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel

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100+ Books in 2026: Deborah's 100+ Books for 2016	32	34	Dec 16, 2016 03:27AM
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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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