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Hello, Readers! Make yourself at home and browse. An exciting information bit is that author Steve Kralick's sequel, A Fisherman's Goodbye (Part II) is now available! It's available here at Lulu and at all the big Internet stores.(Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders) Email Steve if you need any help in ordering any or all of the books.
Steve was born and educated in Bethlehem, PA. A graduate of Moravian College and Lehigh University, he's also a member of the University of Alabama Alumni Association. Now retired and living north of Andalusia, Alabama near the Gulf Coast, he has spent forty years off and on in the Caribbean as a freelance writer creating travel and B&B articles for various travel guides. He's taught English and creative writing, was a successful head coach and athletic director, a life-long sailor, a licensed ham radio operator for 50+ years, a saltwater fisherman, used to design and build surfboards and race open-wheel SCCA cars. He's had many publications from radio communications articles and short stories to various forms of poetry. His first novel, A Fisherman's Goodbye, (3rd edition) along with In the Shade of the Caribbean are must-reads. His third book, Here, There and Everywhere, a unique collection of short stories, songs, rhymes and free verse will appeal to all age groups. His long-anticipated sequel, A Fisherman's Goodbye (Part II) is now in print! Someone told me that Steve is writing a fifth novel creating another island masterpiece. Let's hope so!
The books are packed with thought-provoking Caribbean tales by the wizard of simple words, a person who lived it and loved it all. Mingle in with the characters and captivating yarns. If you enjoy Caribbean island stories, sailing, fishing, the Caribbean in general or if you just want a little book or two to keep you company with your dreams, these are for you! Keep following the sun, and save the ocean, for without her, the stories die.
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Print: $16.00 Download: $8.10 Quite often the sea propels comparisons to life. Author Steve Kralick, whose background is salt laden from years upon the Caribbean, has breathed life into Jose Caserias, an aging Spanish fisherman in this captivating novella created for all people of all ages.
Jose, whom Kralick admittedly befriended "in another life," struggles against the sea as well as the trials of life. His is an existence of treasured memories, and a monumental question about an unsure future formulated by the author in the most simplistic, yet powerfully symbolic vocabulary through a series of flashbacks in Jose's life.
Confront the turbulent oceans of our existence while seeking the satisfaction and understanding of life as she deals her cards to us in a story where reading between the lines is every bit as important as reading the words themselves.
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Print: $19.52 Download: $9.30 Writers, just like everyone else, often dream of far-off places; however, there is a tendency in the Caribbean-once you get the sand between your toes, it drives you insanely back again and again until you finally live there. What about family and friends? How do you divide the time and still keep pace with your work?
Steve Kralick, an author with more than thirty-four years spent in the islands, explains the pro's and con's of trying to live the dream through his main character, Cole Benton. Join in the magic and tragic of island life. See what it's really like, and along the way, think about the examples learned from this fascinating novel of truth, dreams, torment, desires and love as Kralick, once again, weaves a tropical spell for all of us to garner on our way to paradise. Drift back in time to the early seventies in the US Virgin Islands. It's so real,you might wonder if Benton and Kralick are one and the same. Never mind. The lessons he teaches are the real treasures in this great read.
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Print: $13.92 Download: $6.43 Prose and verse both tell stories in various styles, and you'll find them all in this facinating collection ranging from the Caribbean islands to Christmas stories. Enjoy author Steve Kralick's newest beach book, fun-loving, mesmerizing tales, yarns and poetic forms-some humorous-some descriptive-all thought provoking. It's the perfect book for your anytime, anywhere favorite place. There's something in this little production for everyone of every age; consider a few for bedtime stories. It is truly a unique treasure chest that even an old pirate like Steve enjoys.
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Print: $16.00 Download: $5.00 Not just a sequel to author Steve Kralick's powerful novella, A Fisherman's Goodbye, but a captivating continuation of the life and "other" side of an old Spanish fisherman, Jose Seville Caserias. Discover life's lessons as she deals her cards through the character's eyes during the early Caribbean days. Sail along the tropical islands and digest the wondrous style of the author's simple but descriptive nautical tale of life in the Caribbean as told by a person who lived and loved it all.
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