Mystery · England
Scutchamer Knob
A Sixties Mystery
Three working-class musicians fall in with a young aristocrat in 1960s England. A tale of love, music, and dark mystery at the centre of the cultural universe.
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Stories rooted in England, forged in adventure — mysteries, dark dreams, and lives at the edge of the ordinary.
From 1960s British rock mystery to the supernatural streets of San Francisco. Six books spanning fiction, suspense, and narrative non-fiction.
Mystery · England
A Sixties Mystery
Three working-class musicians fall in with a young aristocrat in 1960s England. A tale of love, music, and dark mystery at the centre of the cultural universe.
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A Novel of Adventure
A world of hidden knowledge, dangerous initiations, and secrets that can transform — or destroy. Available in Kindle and paperback.
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The Stuff of Nightmares
A short horror novella where the boundary between sleep and waking terror dissolves. Intense and visceral.
Buy Online →Supernatural · San Francisco
A Tale of Beauty, Ugliness and Strength
San Francisco, 1972. A man's fiancée, a mentor, and a self-proclaimed sorcerer with a sinister reputation. Fraud, madman — or something else?
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When the British Establishment Tried to Punish the Rolling Stones
February 1967: police raid Keith Richards's country house. The full story of the tabloid vendetta, the Acid King, and the trial that made Jagger and Richards cultural martyrs.
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The Hardcore Underworld of Hollywood
A gripping dive into the shadowy world beneath Hollywood's glittering surface — where crime, ambition, and survival collide.
Buy Online →About the Author
Keith David Cooley grew up in England and holds a degree from the University of Nottingham. In 1977 — before the Islamic revolution in Iran and before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan — he travelled through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.
He is a member of the San Francisco LaborFest Writing Group and has performed as a storyteller throughout the Bay Area. He lives in an old Spanish Revival apartment within earshot of the Golden Gate Bridge foghorns, and maintains a home in England.
Based in
San Francisco, CA
Also home
England
Education
Univ. of Nottingham
Member
SF LaborFest Writers
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