Steve Bartholomew
Men in Black?
This is one of my rare blog entries. I am currently working on a novel inspired by the work of John Keel. In the course of research I...
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Steve Bartholomew
Jan 16, 20213 min
Why read old books?
I have been writing a few book reviews of old books that no one reads anymore. Personally, I find some of these old tomes to be...
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Steve Bartholomew
Nov 23, 20201 min
The Driver Trilogy
Here's my latest blog post, for the Historical Fiction Authors Co-op. Mainly about my new book. https://hfebooks.com/the-driver-trilogy-a...
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Steve Bartholomew
Jan 6, 20191 min
At last, a trilogy!
Following numerous headaches and false starts, I have published my first trilogy. I give you Ira Beard, books one, two and three. Here is...
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Steve Bartholomew
Sep 12, 20171 min
RETURN JOURNEY!
After a considerable absence, my tale JOURNEY TO RHYOLITE has returned. In 1908, Nathaniel Strange travels to Rhyolite, greatest gold...
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Steve Bartholomew
Apr 14, 20174 min
Old San Francisco
This post is another in my series of book reviews of books no longer in print or available. You can find most of them in digital form at...
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Steve Bartholomew
Mar 14, 20175 min
Photography Made Easy
I have decided to write some book reviews. These will not be your usual type of review, meant to sell books. Instead, these will be...
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Steve Bartholomew
Jul 19, 20163 min
The Cottage Physician
The Cottage Physician a sort of book review Umberto Eco once said that if you want to know what people were really up to in a previous...
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Steve Bartholomew
Jun 22, 20161 min
The Survivor and other tales
A new book! Hyram Courtenay and his wife Lisbeth have lived in San Francisco since it was Yerba Buena. They have some strange tales to...
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Steve Bartholomew
Jan 11, 20162 min
Flash Fiction Flashes By
Flash fiction is, I believe, a new literary form in the English language. I don't know about other ethnic traditions. A flash is usually...
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Steve Bartholomew
Oct 8, 20154 min
Singapore
My latest book, Spirit Catcher, has just come out and is available on line. I’ve been asked to say a few words about it, but first I’m...
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Steve Bartholomew
Aug 28, 20153 min
The Gold Ingot Lottery
One of the oddest and most forgotten episodes in California history was that of the “Ingot Lottery” of France in 1851. As sources for...
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Steve Bartholomew
Aug 28, 20152 min
Perils of the Sea
Elsewhere I have made some comments on the dangers and discomforts of travel by sea during the Nineteenth Century. Indeed, from a modern...
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Steve Bartholomew
Aug 27, 20153 min
Shipboard cuisine in the gold rush
When I was researching material for Gold, a tale of the California gold rush, I ran across many anecdotes relating to everyday life...
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Steve Bartholomew
Aug 21, 20152 min
Art of the Short Story
I have just published another short story on Amazon Kindle. This one is titled The Case of Marten Oman. It’s a tale of vigilante times,...
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Steve Bartholomew
Aug 20, 20151 min
Telegraph Ladies
The nineteenth century offered few job opportunities for an educated, single woman. She could become a servant, governess, or school...
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Steve Bartholomew
Aug 22, 20141 min
The Emperor
Recently I was honoured to be present at an actual interview of Emperor Joshua Norton I, in person. Click here to listen.
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Steve Bartholomew
Aug 10, 20141 min
The Inventor, A Tale of Old San Francisco
The Inventor is now on line and in print. You may find it on the usual Internet outlets, or ask your local book store to order one....
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Steve Bartholomew
May 2, 20141 min
Black Bart Book Trailer
check out the book trailer for black bart May 1, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l4cPVVjdWZc
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Steve Bartholomew
Apr 22, 20144 min
POETS
Yesterday I went to a local gathering. This particular event happens only once every two years. Maybe that’s one reason it was an...
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