Werewolf Eulogy
A werewolf tale like no other. I tried to write a non-genre piece and a werewolf showed up. Available from Wyldblood Press.
Tag: fantasy
The Goblin Hole
For some reason, I always wanted to set a story in the trenches of WWI. When I finally did, it pretty much had to be horror. Dark fantasy if I’m feeling generous. But trying to come up with something to move the needle on the men experiencing the every day terrors of trench warfare was […]
The Boy from Buanfar
A short and violent tale set in the world of DUSTER. You get this story for FREE when you sign up for my newsletter. “No one writes bastard-son-of-a-bitch characters as brilliantly as Adam Stemple” Naomi Kritzer, Hugo award-winning author of CATFISHING ON CATNET
Duster (Mika Bare-Hand Book 1)
Book 1 of the Mika Bare-Hand Books DUSTER is my first venture into the world of self-publishing. I’ve quite enjoyed the process, probably largely because I’m such a control freak. I get to design the cover, choose the release date, write the flap copy etc. We’ll see how it goes, but I love this book […]
On Writing DUSTER
I thought I’d write a little about my process when I wrote Duster, my new novel that comes out in two weeks. I’m a huge process nerd, so this will be fun for me. You, I’m not so sure about. Duster came about during a period when I had set aside certain portions of the […]
Duster available soon
On saturday, my fantasy novel, DUSTER, will be available for pre-order on Amazon. Two weeks after that will be the official release date. I’m calling it a dark fantasy about dead gods, older heroes, and a world at war. Here’s my current blurb: “From award-winning author Adam Stemple comes a gripping story set in a […]
Still Life
Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, 2019 I wrote this story a long time ago and was my audition piece for entry into my current writers group, The Wyrdsmiths. I rewrote it many times since then and am thrilled to have it out with a SFWA qualified market like CR&ES. You can read it here. It […]
B.U.G
Penguin 2013 If you’re a middle-grader who’s made a golem, what do you do with him? Well, if you’re Sammy, you make him the drummer in your klezmer band! Buy B.U.G. from a local indie bookstore. A magical coming-of-age story that addresses the themes of bullying, friendship, good versus evil, first crushes, and making good […]
The Tsar’s Dragons
Edited by Jack Dann and Gardner DozoisAndersen Press Ltd 2009 The Russian revolution, but with dragons. Years later we turned this into the well-received novella, The Last Tsar’s Dragons. Vivid, gripping and actually riveting as the Red Danger takes a whole new meaning here. Loved it. —The Book Smugglers
Steward of Song (Sequel to SINGER OF SOULS)
Tor 2008 The sequel to Singer of Souls follows Douglas’s siblings as they deal with the fallout from magic, murder, and Faery prophecy. BUy Steward of Song from your local indie bookstore. “Stemple riffs off Native American and Celtic myths with ease while skillfully depicting a world where any move can have dire consequences.” —Publishers […]