The Worlds of author
Roberto Calas
News From the Calaverse
Noteworthy news and events from the domain of Roberto Calas.
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Are you anywhere near Southwest Florida? Are you a fiction writer or have an itching desire to write? Come join Roberto on every 1st Saturday and/or 2nd Sunday of the month for The Quill Writers Group @ Alliance for the Arts, in Fort Myers! Click here for more info.
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If you want to separate yourself from the crowd, you need flourish.
Readers can choose from thousands of different stories. Hundreds of thousands. But what they want is a story that will jump off the page. They don’t want to be recited to. They want to be entertained. You are not a writer, you are a literary gladiator, thrilling the crowds as you knock down one sentence after the other.
“Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained?”
Come learn techniques to make your writing leap off the page, at Writing with Flourish, on July 11 (2-4pm). Location: The Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, FL.
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After 12 years of digital-only availability, Roberto has released print versions of The Beast of Maug Maurai fantasy trilogy. Books I and II come as a single volume, and book III as its own volume. Or, you can just buy the Omnibus “Director’s Cut” version with all three books in one volume. See the Works page for more info!
Some of my tales…
The Scourge
The most popular of my stories.
All three books were Amazon Bestsellers.
Book One won the Connecticut Author Award for Adult Fiction in 2018.
Click the image for the Amazon page or buy a signed,
personalized copy down below.
Historical Fantasy Trilogy
The Beast of Maug Maurai
My first trilogy of novels, eight years in the making.
Many readers still claim this series as my best.
Click the image for the Amazon page or buy a signed,
personalized copy down below.
Fantasy Trilogy
Historical Fiction Short Story
The Wages of Sin
Short story commissioned by Amazon StoryFront.
Plays into The Scourge trilogy.
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Don’t Look at Me!
DON’T LOOK AT ME!
No one really knows where Roberto Calas came from. He was found on an island in Long Island Sound—or as he calls it, “The Sound of Connecticut”—wearing nothing but a My Little Pony pool float and a raven-feather crown. Around him sat hundreds of seabirds, all facing him as though he were their divinely appointed king. He sat in the shadow of the Island’s lighthouse, babbling quietly, repeating four words over and again: “Am I not merciful?”
Since his arrival to the mainland, Roberto has written three fantasy novels, three historical fantasy novels, a novella, and a multitude of short stories. He is a Knight of the Oxford Comma, a son of Buddha and a dreamer of madness. His book The Scourge was the winner of the 2019 Connecticut Author Project Award.
Featured Products
The book that introduced us to Edward Dallingridge. Yours, with free personalization and signature. And yes, it’s Roberto Calas’s signature, wise guy. What kind of personalization? Pretty much whatever you want as long as it’s not racist, offensive, violent or bigoted.
Want it Signed for a particular person? Roberto’s kiss mark in lipstick? A lock of his hair? A picture of a zombie drawn by Roberto? Signed in Roberto’s blood ($20 additional fee and a written acknowledgement that you will not clone him. Not going to fall for that again). You choose. Within normal limits. Although Roberto-Calas-normal is probably a lot edgier than most normals. Let us know what you want. If he won’t do it then you should probably seek therapy, and we’ll ask for something else.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
God has forsaken this land.
A mysterious plague descends upon 14th century England, ravaging the country and trapping the souls of the afflicted in eternal madness. The feudal hierarchy--and even the church itself-- slowly crumbles as the dead rise to feed and the living seek whatever shelter they can. The bishops of England call for calm and obedience, but one man isn’t listening.
Sir Edward of Bodiam has been separated from the woman he loves and nothing on heaven or earth can stop him from seeking her out.
Edward and two of his knights travel through the swiftly changing landscape of England, a countryside now overrun by the minions of hell. The knights encounter madness, violence, and sorrow, but Edward fights his way ever deeper into the thickening darkness of unholy terror.
Book 2 of the Scourge trilogy. Yours, with free personalization and signature. And yes, it’s Roberto Calas’s signature, wise guy. What kind of personalization? Pretty much whatever you want as long as it’s not racist, offensive, violent or bigoted.
Want it Signed for a particular person? Roberto’s kiss mark in lipstick? A lock of his hair? A picture of a zombie drawn by Roberto? Signed in Roberto’s blood ($20 additional fee and a written acknowledgement that you will not clone him. Not going to fall for that again). You choose. Within normal limits. Although Roberto-Calas-normal is probably a lot edgier than most normals. Let us know what you want. If he won’t do it then you should probably seek therapy, and we’ll ask for something else.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The journey north ended with The Scourge.
The journey for a cure has just begun…
Sir Edward Dallingridge survived his journey through the anarchy that is now England, leaving in his wake the bodies of mad lords, foul invaders, friends, and the risen dead. There was nothing on earth that could keep him from the woman he loves.
Nothing but the horror that has already consumed her.
His journey is over, but his mission is far from complete. As a knight of the realm, he has defended England from every enemy it has. But how does one drive away a plague sent from hell? His only hope lies in the rumors of a cure–a treatment concocted by a strange man on an island fortress. Edward will do everything in his power to find this alchemist and to bring Elizabeth back from the walking terror she has become.
The Scourge: Nostrum is the follow-up to The Scourge, continuing the harrowing quest of Sir Edward in a world that knows no God, no laws, and no hope.
The third and final book in The Scourge trilogy. Yours, with free personalization and signature. And yes, it’s Roberto Calas’s signature, wise guy. What kind of personalization? Pretty much whatever you want as long as it’s not racist, offensive, violent or bigoted.
Want it Signed for a particular person? Roberto’s kiss mark in lipstick? A lock of his hair? A picture of a zombie drawn by Roberto? Signed in Roberto’s blood ($20 additional fee and a written acknowledgement that you will not clone him. Not going to fall for that again). You choose. Within normal limits. Although Roberto-Calas-normal is probably a lot edgier than most normals. Let us know what you want. If he won’t do it then you should probably seek therapy, and we’ll ask for something else.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The last mile is always the longest.
The Scourge: Emaculum is the haunting conclusion to the Scourge trilogy. Sir Edward Dallingridge’s wife, the Lady Elizabeth, waits, once more, in St. Edmund’s Abbey. And to reach her, Edward must battle a king and save a queen, break an oath and make another. He must destroy a legion of demons and take up God’s banner as two armies threaten to tear England apart.
The Red Plague that has swept England continues to burn through the populace, and the feudal hierarchy collapses. With every life he takes, Edward’s soul blackens a shade, and only his lost love can save him from his sins. But he must reach her first. And his greatest enemies are not the savage plaguers wandering the villages of his kingdom, but the men and women who have avoided the affliction.
Where is King Richard?
Where are England’s armies?
Can the Red Plague be cured?
Edward will unravel each of these mysteries . . . but the answers may not please him.
Editing and Design Services
by Roberto Calas
Are you looking to have your book edited at an affordable price? Need to have your digital book professionally laid out for print? Or maybe you just want an experienced editor to read over your work and give you his thoughts?
Roberto has spent his life writing, editing and designing. Who better to help you with your book than someone who has been on both sides of the page?
Take advantage of the low introductory prices currently on the site.