Book One
The Gospel in the Storm
A storm. A lost gospel. A history that refuses to stay buried.
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Historical fiction · Supernatural mystery
The past is never
quite silent.
Discover the novels of Stephen Paul Coleman. Stories of faith, buried secrets and the Sussex landscape — where history reaches into the present.
Mermaid Street · Rye, East Sussex
History beneath the surfaceFaith beyond the familiarStories rooted in Sussex
A historical & supernatural mystery series
The Hidden Gospel Chronicles
Book Two
Revelation in Ruins
Beneath the ruins, the questions deepen.
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Truth Unveiled
What happens when the past challenges what we believe?
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Book Four · Forthcoming
The Trace Upon the Stone
Some things endure without ever being written.
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The landscape behind the stories
Stone, sea
and centuries of secrets.
Rye and Winchelsea are more than settings. Their churches, cobbled streets and changing coastline bring a particular depth to stories about memory, belief and the traces we leave behind.
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The Stone at Scrapfaggot Green
Sussex. Three eras. One unsettling mystery.
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About the author
Stephen Paul Coleman
Stephen Paul Coleman is a British author of historical fiction, supernatural mysteries and books about Sussex history. His writing draws on the county’s historic landscape, with a particular interest in Rye and Winchelsea: places where stone, sea and memory bring the past close to the present.
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The Trace Upon the Stone
Some things endure without ever being written.
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