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Novels. Art. Coastal Life.

From the Southern Outer Banks of North Carolina

Books

A growing collection of novels by Bobby Bryan Goodwin, sharing stories rooted in Down East and North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks. These stories are shaped by faith, heritage, and the memories of our ancestors.

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King Tide

A Southern Outer Banks Novel

Three friends, a dog named Scout, and the storm that changes everything. Set on Ocracoke and Portsmouth Island.

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The Apostle

A Southern Outer Banks Novel

A fisherman, nine dream encounters, and a reckoning on Shackleford Banks. Available now.

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Coastal Artwork

This debut collection features artistic renderings created from original photographs taken over the course of three decades along North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks. Each piece began as an original photograph and was carefully developed into photographic artwork reflecting the landscapes, waters, heritage, traditions, and lifestyle of the Carolina coast.

Ebooks

A growing collection of e-books by Bobby Bryan Goodwin, sharing stories rooted in Down East and North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks. These stories are shaped by faith, heritage, and the memories of our ancestors.

Merchandise

Core Sound Media merchandise inspired by our novels, artwork, and the people, waters, heritage, traditions, and coastal lifestyle of North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks.

Bobby Bryan Goodwin

Bobby Bryan Goodwin

Author • Captain • Eighth-Generation Waterman

Bobby Bryan Goodwin is a 100-ton master captain, waterman and coastal storyteller whose debut novel marks the beginning of a venture into literary fiction. Educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has spent decades creating and producing regional and maritime television, including Down East Outdoors and Big Rock TV. His creative work spans novels, screenplays, television, and film, often rooted in coastal history, outdoor narratives, and the enduring pull of his coastal heritage.

An eighth-generation native of the Southern Outer Banks and a lifelong fisherman, he makes his home in Beaufort, North Carolina.

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