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Dreamers, Book One: The Ibis Door
Ancient, lost music and magic. A race of precocious creatures. And an impossible search, launched by improbable friends…
Dangerous but thrilling. In 2065 no more exciting career exists than Trader on the Earth-Moon-Mars loop.
At White Sands Space Academy Ozzie Reed tastes the launch fumes already. But a sure thing goes bad and throws him into a fight for his right to fly.
And the fight threatens far more than just his own dreams.
In the dawning days of space travel the past and future intersect — in a mesmerizing adventure for fans of scifi and fantasy.
“The Ibis Door is a delightful mix of adventure, reality, fantasy and magic.” VS
“Fun read! The first sign of a good story is that you look forward to picking the book up again the next day to read some more. ” JC
“Fabulous array of viewpoints! I really enjoyed seeing the world from the characters’ viewpoint… Hard to put down.” MG
“Great book. I loved this story. It was a perfect read.” GCH
“Exciting adventure. It was hard to stop reading!” JH
Dreamers, Book Two: The Singer
Dreams that seem to slice through time and space. A dangerous journey in search of something that has no real location. And a treasure that may save Earth — or may not — but at what price?
Mars Colony One grasps a fragile handful of the Red Planet. But Earth politics and people still hold sway there. And there a mysterious past echoes hauntingly.
An Icelandic firefighter named Freya sees opportunity in all these. It begins with an experiment.
Where legend meets cold Martian soil a slender possibility could change the fate of Earth.
Should Freya and her friends risk everything they have on that chance?
“Awesome characters with great goals. One of the amazing things in this story is that the four main characters come from extremely different backgrounds and have diverse personal goals yet they get along very well and work as a team.” VS
“Whimsical, challenging, and a whole lot of fun. Truly insightful drama.” JM
“Really enjoyed reading this book! …The first book was already really good and this one is even better. It has everything a good book needs.” CX
Dreamers, Book Three: In The Ring
“Who are these people?”
Terrifying Earth events threaten space travel itself. The future of the solar system’s colonists and traders hangs in the balance.
When a surprise attack exposes the plans of their enemies it catapults Ozzie and Freya and friends into a heart-pounding hunt for answers.
Until only one answer remains. And they will have to bet the solar system on it.
A compelling nonstop read for fans of scifi and adventure fantasy.
“Refreshing view on what might have been/will be. A good story with nice twists and turns. I found the story to be very refreshing in terms of how history might have been and what the future could turn out to be. BC
“A fun adventure. There was also just enough humor along the way… JC
“A great story with a perfect ending! …For me the ingredient of a memorable book is one that leaves me still wondering from day to day where the characters are now and what they are doing. This book has that wonderful, lingering effect that I love so much!” VS
The Emperor’s Golden Carp and Other Stories
Golden carp, braceleted bones
This remarkable collection of fantasy scifi stories begins with
A secret trek into the ancient capital of an enslaved nation…
A hermaphroditic visitor from another planet, forced to choose…
An artist who doesn’t cure people…
Two half-crazy inmates who are just looking for a good time and have never set out to change the face of anything…
It continues with
A planet where slavery thrives, met by a freedom-loving researcher…
An Egyptian noblewoman and a revolution…
A shipwrecked herbalist who finds her own cure…
A mesmerizing voice, and a batch of genius crepes…
An improbable search for an ancient Martian artifact…
…And the ending? These are tales to savor. Warning: You may hate to see them end.
20 unusual short stories for fans of fantasy and science fiction, or for fans of the unusual.
Reader reviews, The Emperor’s Golden Carp and Other Stories
“Vivid and detailed fantasy…” DB
“I am immersed in another world, another viewpoint, and sometimes another language which is presented so well… It’s as if I have been there before.” MG
“I’m a fan of Kurt Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick, and find these stories to be i the same league, or perhaps in a league of their own.” MGr
“…I was so involved in the story and how the characters were evolving, I did not want it to end.” TK
“I was immediately drawn into the first, and the second… I said, ‘this is my favorite’ but then the next one became my favorite… I really loved it.” CH
Reboot of the Moon and other stories
A moon at risk, a silver jar
In these unique tales you’ll join some unusual company:
One who has a way to start the moon again…
A costumes flunky in an offworld showbiz enterprise…
A harried circus owner whose guests are in disguise…
An engineer who inherits from a college girlfriend…
Two families on a distant world, with plans that will collide…
You’ll travel to strange places that you may find familiar:
The flight ship that’s designed for an escape…
An unlicensed shuttle service in a mining boom…
Towers of the conquered, murmuring secrets…
One despotic desert city, short of tales…
A planet rigged to baffle prying eyes…
Warning: You may hate to see the last one end. Twenty more timeless stories from the author of The Emperor’s Golden Carp.
Advance reader reviews, Reboot of the Moon:
“How does J.K. Stephens come up with such surprising nuances, such unexpected twists and turns? I love these stories!” KH
“…A wonderful mix of science fiction, history and alternate reality.” TK
“Very entertaining!” MP
