Walt Pilcher
Walt lives in Greensboro, NC (USA), with his wife, Carol, an artist. His parody radio commercials at age 11 foreshadowed a consumer products marketing career from which he retired as a former apparel company CEO. He moonlighted with fiction, poems and songs, building an impressive writing CV. Walt was published in the first issue of Galileo magazine and in The Worm Runner’s Digest. He has edited two books by other authors.
Listen to Walt speaking to Hannah Murray from Talk Radio Europe about his hilarious debut novel, 'Everybody Shrugged'. He has since embarked on his Mark Fairley, reluctant Private Eye, series, the first of which is The Accidental Spurrt, in which he takes a pop at the fizzy drinks industry.
His works have also appeared in Fresh Magazine, the Love, Life and Peace anthology by Stephanie Thomas, and Fire & Chocolate, the 2012 poetry anthology of the Writers’ Group of the Triad.
As well as including him in our anthologies, following his shortlisting in our Motherland poetry competition and our Sci-Fi Fusion competition, we are proud to have published a full collection of Walt’s own short pieces as well as his novels.
See all Walt's books on his Amazon author page.
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Fusion by Drew Wagar and various authors
A collection of 25 stories of fantasy and science fiction from around the globe, each illustrated by digital artist Alice Taylor. This collection has been compiled from the winners of the Fantastic Books Publishing International Charity Short Story Competition 2012 and features 2 stories from our professional contributors Danuta Reah and Stuart Aken. 10% of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the WCRF (World Cancer Research Fund - Registered Charity Number - 1000739) who do sterling work in the field of global cancer prevention.
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On Shallowed Ground by Walt Pilcher
The seed for Walt Pilcher’s pythonesque On Shallowed Ground might have been born the day his science teacher hurled a six-foot African spear across the classroom demolishing several books and the bookcase in which they had been sitting. Young Walt took a simple lesson from this: You can’t make this stuff up.
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That lesson has informed his writing ever since.Starting at: £3.99
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Ours by Maureen Duffy and various authors
Maureen Duffy, acclaimed modern poet, is the star of Ours, a motherland-themed anthology that also features established and up and coming poets from around the world.
This is a collection for poetry lovers and serious scholars.
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Everybody Shrugged by Walt Pilcher
If you’ve encountered Walt Pilcher before, you’ll know to buckle up for a hair-raising ride. Everybody Shrugged is his Walt’s first novel with Fantastic Books Publishing.
Hold tight to your car, French fries, beer, cigarettes, fluoride toothpaste, sexy underwear, bacon, butter, coffee, and anything else that tastes good, feels good, or is fun to do because here comes Congress to ban it. Professor Gardy Lavager leads the government’s campaign to outlaw popular products deemed harmful to your health, and the military is stripped of guns because war is hazardous too. But Major Tony Farina of the Army’s clandestine MADCOM force sets out to serve his own nefarious ends by subverting Lavager’s research in the name of national security while shadowy foreign interests prepare to leverage the imminent chaos. The ensuing Harmful Substance Race spells the difference between peace and global bedlam as Gardy Lavager fears for his life from enemies at home and abroad.
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Killing O'Carolan
Killing O’Carolan, a Mark Fairley mystery, follows the reluctant sleuth as he struggles to avoid his new case.
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Kaleidoscope
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Get lost in a world of ever-changing colours and shapes with "Kaleidoscope," the flash fiction anthology from Fantastic Books Publishing. Featuring both established and debut writers, this collection of bite-sized stories covers a wide range of topics that will leave you amazed, moved, and entertained. And the best part? Proceeds from the book support Special Effect and Stack up, making "Kaleidoscope" a good read for a good cause.
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The Accidental Spurrt by Walt Pilcher
In The Accidental Spurrt, reluctant undercover investigator Mark Fairley must unearth the dangerous secret that threatens the future of troubled energy drink company Spurr Nutritionals. In Walt Pilcher’s fast-moving tale of mystery, danger, greed and international in-fighting, he pops the cork (as it were) on the shenanigans of big business and how its tendrils reach far and wide. Learn MoreStarting at: £2.99