Fiction


Dheghōm
Richard A. Bartle
53,000 words
2023



Erwā
Richard A. Bartle
45,000 words
2023



Lizzie Lott’s Sovereign
R A Bartle
47,000 words
2011



Lizzie Lott’s Reflection
R A Bartle
70,000 words
2016



Lizzie Lott’s Liberty
R A Bartle
94,000 words
2021



Lizzie Lott’s Spirit
R A Bartle
105,000 words
2021



Non-Fiction


How to Be a God
Richard A. Bartle
110,000 words
2022

News — Matters Dheghōm Book 2

The second novel in the Science Fiction series Matters Dheghōm is now out. Erwā continues the astounding revalations of Dheghōm, as with its predecessor composed of a number of independent, seemingly-unrelated stories that combine to cast an ominous light on the nature of our and other Realities and of their uncaring creators.


The title is available both in print format and for Kindle.
 


News — Lizzie Lott Book 4

Continuiing the popular Lizzie Lott’s Adventures series, book 4, Lizzie Lott’s Spirit, sees our heroine cross the Atlantic to investigate the apparent suicide of a retired equerry of the Order of the Knights of Saint Judas. Events take a sudden, unexpected turn for the worst, making her mission far more dangerous than she had previously envisaged.


The title is available both in print format and for Kindle.
 


News — Dheghōm

NotByUs has released the first novel in a new Science Fiction series: Dheghōm. Set in the present day, this extraordinary work is made up of a collection of very varied semi-independent writings in a wide range of styles and forms that interact to shape a chilling vision of Reality As We Don't Know It.


The title is available both in print format and for Kindle.
 


News — How to Be a God

It is with great pleasure that NotByUs has released its first work of non-fiction: How to Be a God. A work of popular science (pop-sci), it takes a philosophical look at the ethical and moral issues raised in the design of virtual worlds, or Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games as they are also known. It and asks similar questions about the reality we live in, considered as a virtual world.


Because of its copious footnotes, the title is only available in print format, not for Kindle. However, a .pdf of the book is available for free here.
 


News — Lizzie Lott Book 3

NotByUs is pleased to announce its third novel in the Lizzie Lott’s Adventures series: Lizzie Lott’s Liberty. Following the events in Lizzie Lott’s Sovereign and Lizzie Lott’s Reflection, our heroine is asked by her best friend, Chrissy Eve, to accompany her to Paris — against the wishes of the Order of the Knights of Saint Judas.


The title is available both in print format and for Kindle.
 


News — Coming Soon

Learning to Live with Orcs is a contemporary-period novel with a Fantasy twist. A recently-discovered wormhole connects Earth with the distant planet Virginia, in which evolution took a completely different path. Smaller wormholes over the year have brought some of Virginia’s denizens to Earth, where they have been variously described as elves, giants, trolls — and, of course, orcs. This story follows the humorous adventures of an English anthropologist sent to Virginia to learn more about the planet’s culture. It's Social Science Fiction!

NotByUs is a publisher of genre-busting quality fiction, written by authors with repeated experience of being told by traditional publishers that their work is highly deserving of publication “but not by us”.