Craig Schaefer
@craigschaeferbooks.com
Writes books, mostly about magic and outlaws. Making my nest in Providence. My latest, Firebreak, is available now. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCSJWJTR)
The audio adaptation of Firebreak (narrated by the fabulous Susannah Jones) is coming this Tuesday, the 11th, and it's up for pre-order now! (And editing on book three has begun, so we're firing on all cylinders over here.)
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The audio adaptation of Firebreak (narrated by the fabulous Susannah Jones) is coming this Tuesday, the 11th, and it's up for pre-order now! (And editing on book three has begun, so we're firing on all cylinders over here.)
In case you're wondering what Microsoft shareholders are voting on, and what the board's stance is...
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In case you're wondering what Microsoft shareholders are voting on, and what the board's stance is...
Boston, I approve of your spookiness levels, keep up the good work.
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Boston, I approve of your spookiness levels, keep up the good work.
Work on the new Daniel Faust novel is underway. Figured I'd share how it starts.
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Work on the new Daniel Faust novel is underway. Figured I'd share how it starts.
Okay, buckle up, gonna tell you the story of how these animated assholes rerouted my career.
September 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Okay, buckle up, gonna tell you the story of how these animated assholes rerouted my career.
Reading through the Wisdom's Grave trilogy for...a thing I'm working on, never mind, it's a thing okay. Reminded how it made me wait. You should wait too, okay?
August 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Reading through the Wisdom's Grave trilogy for...a thing I'm working on, never mind, it's a thing okay. Reminded how it made me wait. You should wait too, okay?
Don't give me that look, Zipcar, you know EXACTLY what you just said. In the time-out corner, now.
July 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Don't give me that look, Zipcar, you know EXACTLY what you just said. In the time-out corner, now.
I love this as a storytelling device. In our real life dystopian future of 2025, we know video stores have been dead as the dodo for ages...but Robocop came out in 1987 (38 years ago today!), and in THAT future, video stores are alive and well.
July 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I love this as a storytelling device. In our real life dystopian future of 2025, we know video stores have been dead as the dodo for ages...but Robocop came out in 1987 (38 years ago today!), and in THAT future, video stores are alive and well.
I thought Firebreak looked good as an ebook, but Rebecca Frank's cover art is even better on my shelf. I work with the best people and I will absolutely brag about them with zero provocation.
June 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I thought Firebreak looked good as an ebook, but Rebecca Frank's cover art is even better on my shelf. I work with the best people and I will absolutely brag about them with zero provocation.
Handling release-night stress by playing Arkham Horror, which may not have been the best choice, and also I'm about to be eaten by ghouls. Not COOL ghouls like Princess Dergwyn, gross and nasty ones. Also I acquired an ally who is a Very Good Boy and that's a problem because I can't use him.
June 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Handling release-night stress by playing Arkham Horror, which may not have been the best choice, and also I'm about to be eaten by ghouls. Not COOL ghouls like Princess Dergwyn, gross and nasty ones. Also I acquired an ally who is a Very Good Boy and that's a problem because I can't use him.
Roughing out the general outline of my palace in Dune: Awakening. Back left corner needs...something, to make it look less flat, but otherwise it feels like a decent start to a build. Now...to decorate.
June 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Roughing out the general outline of my palace in Dune: Awakening. Back left corner needs...something, to make it look less flat, but otherwise it feels like a decent start to a build. Now...to decorate.
Cover reveal, with art by the excellent Rebecca Frank! Firebreak is coming soon, we're in the final stretch of final-final edits now.
June 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cover reveal, with art by the excellent Rebecca Frank! Firebreak is coming soon, we're in the final stretch of final-final edits now.
Too slow, sandworm! But no seriously it almost ate me
June 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Too slow, sandworm! But no seriously it almost ate me
Post a problematic "would": Horror edition.
Y'all KNOW I have a thing for violent yanderes, I have never lied about this.
Y'all KNOW I have a thing for violent yanderes, I have never lied about this.
May 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Post a problematic "would": Horror edition.
Y'all KNOW I have a thing for violent yanderes, I have never lied about this.
Y'all KNOW I have a thing for violent yanderes, I have never lied about this.
"Well I tell ya what man that them there Goebbels fella and the broken rocket man sure musta been going on a whole dang ol Bareback Mountain kick but ya know what that probably weren't much fun cause I hear that dude's tallywhacker's all messed up"
"Boomhauer, what the hell are you talking about?"
"Boomhauer, what the hell are you talking about?"
May 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Well I tell ya what man that them there Goebbels fella and the broken rocket man sure musta been going on a whole dang ol Bareback Mountain kick but ya know what that probably weren't much fun cause I hear that dude's tallywhacker's all messed up"
"Boomhauer, what the hell are you talking about?"
"Boomhauer, what the hell are you talking about?"
Went out for a walk, met this nice family.
May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Went out for a walk, met this nice family.
"If you turned bad which horror movie villain or creature would you be?"
...turned? This is my life's goal and I'm not even remotely joking.
...turned? This is my life's goal and I'm not even remotely joking.
April 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"If you turned bad which horror movie villain or creature would you be?"
...turned? This is my life's goal and I'm not even remotely joking.
...turned? This is my life's goal and I'm not even remotely joking.
Cold, wet and overcast (like my heart)
April 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cold, wet and overcast (like my heart)
Doing a lil' location research around Brown University today.
March 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Doing a lil' location research around Brown University today.
Providence by night. Huh. Looks like something out of one of those Craig Schaefer novels.
March 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Providence by night. Huh. Looks like something out of one of those Craig Schaefer novels.
This paperback could be yours! Well, not THIS paperback, this one's mine, I'm just saying that print editions of Castaways are now available.
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This paperback could be yours! Well, not THIS paperback, this one's mine, I'm just saying that print editions of Castaways are now available.
People told me that Quahog, from Family Guy, was based on Providence but I go out for walks every day and I haven't been randomly attacked by a single giant chicken.
Yet.
Yet.
February 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
People told me that Quahog, from Family Guy, was based on Providence but I go out for walks every day and I haven't been randomly attacked by a single giant chicken.
Yet.
Yet.
Morning on the riverwalk.
February 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Morning on the riverwalk.
What's Castaways about? Mostly this.
February 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What's Castaways about? Mostly this.
Snow day! Oh, wait, I work from home. Snowy day!
February 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Snow day! Oh, wait, I work from home. Snowy day!