STEVE BENTON

At the suggestion of my daughter, I have re-entered into the world of Instagram. I shall become a narcissistic pig and post selfies three times a day, along with ridiculous video clips, in all in a vain attempt at promoting my books. https://instagram.com/sk_benton/

We are going gangbusters on the new 12-14 yrs LILI G series, starting with the first book, LILI G AND THE SECRET VAMPIRES. The story is, of course, about Liliana Gunnarsson, going by the alias Lili Gatto. She attends Max's former school, along with her best friends, the Williams twins. You know, any book about a kid with magical abilities going to school is immediately going to be compared to the most successful series of all time - Harry Potter. That is completely logical. Everything in Lili's books is consistent with COMG mythology. Just to be amusing, here are some of the similarities and differences. Just so you know, these are only the things they have in common. Lili is a much more complex character (she is an immortal lycan and mezzo angel, after all). 1) Individual skills.  Lili and Harry Potter have innate magical skills - they were born with the ability. However, Lili's magic is much more powerful than Potter's. Plus she doesn't need a wand. In Lili...

LIVES OF THE PROVECTUS has been released, and in celebration we are offering ALL THREE books in the trilogy for FREE! https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/19653 There is no registration necessary. We don't even know who the hell you are. Just go and download. Then READ! It's a complete storyline and the ending will melt your brain. Thanks to all of you readers! I'd say I love you, but that's kinda weird. But I do really like you :)

We all know what a tough job literary agents have. Thanks to modern technology, everyone and their mother's uncle can write and self-publish, so agents are peppered with daily queries. The key? Make it good. Does mine make the grade? I sure hope so, but I'm posting it here. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. Dear _____;  I would like you to consider LIVES OF FUTURE-PAST, my adult future urban fantasy novel set in a distant planet in the 29th century, as well as a restored Earth of the 43rd century. This is the first book in THE VROL TRILOGY, part of THE CHRONICLES OF MAX GUNNARSSON (COMG). PROLOGUE: Mages. Lycans. Vampires. The immortal Prīmulī, Jah's (God's) greatest creation, were sent out to seed the universe, and eventually created Mankind, who resembled them most. Some rebelled against Jah's wishes and were cast from the stars, due to the fact that humans would evolve, while the Prīmulī were static – fo...

LIVES OF THE PROVECTUS is now being edited. We hope to release this fall. This epic ending to THE VROL TRILOGY wraps up Max and Jennie's evolution, and sets them up for further adventures, namely, METATRON'S CUBE.

I forgot I had a blog. Sorry!

So it's now well into July, and we still need to finish book #3. After shoulder surgery and an unplanned family illness we're back on track and writing like the (broken) wind. With luck we'll release Lives of the Provectus before the end of summer.