Stephen C Challis Author

07/02/2025

Well the end of an era today. My Troubled BMW that has cost me a lot over the years has finally left our farm. Donated to the Tunnels to Towers veterans charity. Of which I am a long time supporter. It will be auctioned off I believe in a few days .the money going to assist first responders including police officers families.
The charity is famous for paying off mortgages of families whose providers have lost their lives in the course of duty
I would encourage all who are seeking a charity to support. To look at T2T.

05/03/2025

This is a link to my new Authors website.

Steve Challis is a former UK Police Officer who emigrated to the USA in 2008.after serving in the police for 21 years,After leaving the Police Steve entered Politics and campaigned on behalf of the UK Independence Party in his home town of Eastleigh.In 2001 he was selected by his Party as the candid...

04/20/2025

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04/20/2025

Troubled child is now available on Kindle and paperback. From May 1st I will have signed copies available. Also The Dark Island is now out on Kindle as well As D2D. it has been a hard slog. But I think the result is worth the effort. The May book signing in Ohio has been cancelled by OGCA Due to criminal actions by the anti gun factions in Ohio.
I am now working with a fellow author Phil Tardivo to produce a book called Gun Collecting on a budget.which will be heavily illustrated. No publication date yet but likely.August or September .watch this space.

04/17/2025

Just a warning from personal experience. For those traveling this summer
DO NOT CONSIDER USING EXPEDIA UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. as some of you may know I recently traveled to the UK and made the mistake of booking through them. I paid for all my baggage and extra fees in advance through Expedia. They kept the money but did not pass it on result the Airline charged me again I was asked to reclaim the fees from them.
(They also informed me that Expedia was notorious for this.)

This morning I tried. To claim But they made the matter worse. They refused to speak direct and conducted the enquiry by text only. After I explained the problem and provided all my flight details and costs they demanded a refundable fee of _$5.00 to process my application. When I paid it I was told to resubmit all the details again by phone repeating the same procedure. I then realized that they had no intention of addressing the problem and no intention of issuing any refund so dealing with them cost me $125.00 extra. To top it all they did not deduct $5.00 from my account but $30.00. no explanation. It is a lesson learned. And one I need to pass on. This company is designed to RIP off unsuspecting travellers. Please feel free to copy and

04/16/2025

Troubled Child is now available on Kindle at $6.99 this is the sequel to Queen Ann's Curse and Dark Island..all of which are part of the Caroline De Winter trilogy. Enjoy

03/24/2025

It seems as if my book Troubled Child is being released at the right time. It is set in this village and I intend to visit next month when I'm in England.

03/22/2025

Finally moved Troubled Child from rewrite and editing to pre -publish. Status. Awaiting an update on a new cover design.but see no problems in the interim.
Meanwhile I have started work on a new book that I am co-authoring with my good friend Phil Tardivo. Provisionally titled Gun Collecting on a budget. It will be heavily illustrated with photography from our collection and those from other collectors. It will cover the law and procedures such as C&R licenses the CMP program and articles on various historical weapons. As of this evening we are well on the way. With around 4 chapters and a growing gallery of images.

03/13/2025

This morning, I finalized the initial draft of Troubled Child, the third book in the Caroline Dr. Winter trilogy. As authors are well aware, the tedious yet crucial tasks of editing, rewriting, and designing the cover are now underway. This page will be updated with information on the anticipated release date and any upcoming book signings.

03/05/2025

Well I am finally closing in on the rewrite of the data loss I suffered last week.with my latest book Troubled Child. I have one more chapter left. They say every cloud has a silver lining ..During the rewrites I was able to enhance and rework some of the scenes.tjat has.in my humble opinion improved the. Manuscript considerably. Onwards and upwards.

02/28/2025

Well I've heard of it happening to others but when it happens to you then it's a real bummer. I always back up text when I'm writing a story. Around every 2 to 3 pages. A couple of mornings ago I fired up the computer and resumed writing in the main manuscript.when suddenly the page disappeared then refreshed with just the sentence I had typed
No amount of attempts at recovery worked. I lost almost 2 weeks of work
The back up saves were also erased. I took the laptop in to my normal repair guy who worked on it overnight but was unable to recover any data
In all I lost 10 chapters. Around 35,000 words. This is a complex paranormal thriller with many plot twists. I now have to rewrite the missing section from memory.
It really sucks.

01/30/2025

The storms and heavy snow that cut us off for a while delayed work on my current book Troubled Child. However I have now managed to put time aside to move the project along.

This is the third book featuring My Character Caroline De Winter. And can accurately be described as a paranormal Crime thriller. Creating the book has entailed a fair amount of research. Into the controversial science of the paranormal.

In This I have made use of published papers by renowned doctors and investigators . As well as drawing on my experience in law enforcement . I hope' the final results will create both interest and debate. I will update on my progress regularly on FB.