New Release!

These stories will take you to some unexpected places:

  • A flight ship without sails, designed for an escape…
  • An unlicensed shuttle service in a mining boom…
  • Towers of the conquered, murmuring secrets…
  • A despotic desert city, short of tales…
  • An unexpected planet rigged to baffle prying eyes…

Warning: You may hate to see the last one end.

J.K. Stephens

J.K. Stephens is author of fantasy and science fiction novels and stories, including The Ibis Door, The Singer, and In the Ring, which have earned worldwide readership, and the short-story collections The Emperor’s Golden Carp and Reboot of the Moon.

Adventure, reality, fantasy and magic

“It was hard to stop reading! I enjoyed this book tremendously.” JH
“Vivid and detailed fantasy…” DB
“I loved this story. It was a perfect read.” CGH
“A great story with a perfect ending!” VS
“I’m a fan of Kurt Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick, and find these stories to be in the same league, or perhaps in a league of
their own.” MG

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