Rolf Steimke

Rolf Steimke (born April 12, 1963 in Bremen ) is a German author who mainly writes historical western novels under the pseudonym R. S. Stone , which were mainly published by small publishers.

biography

Steimke wrote his first wild west and adventure stories at the age of 14, heavily influenced by his great role models Ernest Haycox , Wayne D. Overholser , Les Savage, Luke Short and Gordon D. Shirreffs .

His first novel Settlement in Sheela Valley was published in 2001, followed by Walker's Return, Die in Medicine Bow and Die Hand am Colt. The first three novels were published by EPLA-Verlag, the Western Die Hand am Colt 2004 by Taschenwestern-Verlag JR Wiemer.

From 2008 to 2011, numerous western novels were published by DaCoGo, initially the first volumes as hardcover versions, then as paperback editions. Later than Kindle versions. Stone has been writing new western novels for Martin-Kelter-Verlag since 2012.
The author runs an online mail order bookshop near Bremen .

He has been married since 2004 and has a daughter and two sons.

Author's style

The author's style is strongly reminiscent of the Western American authors of the early 1950s and 1960s, which are worthy of the actions, descriptions of people and landscapes, as well as the hard action of some of the leading authors of the time. He uses a concise, realistic language and values ​​striking dialogues, whereby he clearly stands out from the sex-laden lines of numerous dime novels.

The author is currently working on a series dealing with the great cattle rushes after 1866, when daring men in Texas picked up stray cattle and drove them to the Kansas and Missouri markets. The protagonist of this series is the trail boss Nolan Harper, a tough, stubborn and unyielding man, whose figure is very similar to that of Gil Favor (played by Eric Fleming) from the Rawhide series (1959-1965).

Works

• Settlement in Sheela Valley
• Walker's return
• Medicine Bow
• The hand on the Colt
• Escape to Montana (formerly: "The Innocents")
• The Texas Ranger
• The Marshal of Silver Lode
• Steel trail to Santa Fe
• The trail boss
• Glowing Irons, Series: Wild Texas Volume 1, ISBN 978-3-00-030971-7 .
• The Nolan Brothers, Series: Wild Texas Volume 2, ISBN 978-3-9813790-0-6 .
• The Ranger's Hour (together with Alfred Wallon), Series: RIO CONCHOS Volume 4, ISBN 978-3-940181-57-2
• The Seeds of Wrath Series: Wild Texas Volume 3,
• Wolves in Sweetwater County, DGW 103 wine press
• To hell with Marshal Riley McCord, Kelter DGW 106
• Bloody barbed wire, DGW 108 wine press
• Hell storm over the badlands, wine press DGW 110
• Texas fever, wine press DGW 112
• Powder smoke in the Thunder Basin, DGW 114 wine press
• Ben's bloody oath, wine press DGW 116
• The city tamer, wine press DGW 118
• Gunfight am Sturmpass, series: Harpers' Trailmen, Kelter DGW 121
• Departure of the Lost, Series: Harper's Trailmen, Kelter DGW 124
• Flaming Colts, Series: Harper's Trailmen, DGW 126
• Hot lead for Fallon, DGW 131 wine press
• Your Word, Trailboss, Series: Harper's Trailmen DGW 177
• The covered wagon track, series: Coltman Volume 2
• Terror in Yellow Springs Series: Coltman Volume 13
• The Treasure Robbers and the Rock City, Karl May's Kara Ben Nemsi, Neue Abenteuer Volume 7, Blitz Verlag

under the publishing pseudonym Nolan F. Ross

• Lead thunderstorm, Cassidy # 2
• The Hell Job, Cassidy # 7
• Trek of the Desperate, Cassidy # 12
• Black gold at Coleman Creek, Cassidy # 13
• Trailboss of the herd, Cassidy # 17
• Car trek to Idaho, Cassidy # 23
• Hot lead in Wyoming, Laredo # 1
• On a bloody trail, Laredo No. 4
• Splints, dust and hard fists, Laredo No. 9
• Power and Greed, Laredo No. 15
• Predatory wolves in Golden, Laredo No. 19
• Race against time, Laredo No. 21

Web links

• Literature by and about Rolf Steimke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author profile at EPLA-Verlag ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )