Stefon Mears earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from N.I.L.A., and his B.A. in Religious Studies (double emphasis in Ritual and Mythology) from U.C. Berkeley. Stefon's short pieces have sold to magazines such as Fireside and Strange Horizons and anthologies edited by Otto Penzler, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kevin J. Anderson, Denise Little, Kerrie L. Hughes, and John Helfers. He has published more than thirty novels to date, including the Jumpstart Duchy series, the Rise of Magic series, the Cavan Oltblood series, and still others. Look for him online at https://www.stefonmears.com, on Facebook, or @stefonmears on Twitter. Sign up for his newsletter at stefonmears.com/join
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Stefon Mears earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from N.I.L.A., and his B.A. in Religious Studies (double emphasis in Ritual and Mythology) from U.C. Berkeley. Stefon's short pieces have sold to magazines such as Fireside and Strange Horizons and anthologies edited by Otto Penzler, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kevin J. Anderson, Denise Little, Kerrie L. Hughes, and John Helfers. He has published more than thirty novels to date, including the Jumpstart Duchy series, the Rise of Magic series, the Cavan Oltblood series, and still others. Look for him online at https://www.stefonmears.com, on Facebook, or @stefonmears on Twitter. Sign up for his newsletter at stefonmears.com/join
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 15 My world, a swirl of cherry red and midnight blue. The cherry red flowing clockwise. The midnight blue, anticlockwise. Sounds in my ears. Buzzing. Like a small swarm of … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 14 The Ross Island Portal wasn’t actually on Ross Island. Apparently, nobody wanted to call it the “Toe Island Portal.” That’s right. I said “Toe Island.” See, there was this … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 13 I’d assumed our first stop would have been near the riskatan attack. That maybe something about that location was the answer. But Vasco made it clear before we left: … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 12 I was having the weirdest dream. I was sitting on a big couch in a coffee shop I’d never been to. I think my mind had pulled it out … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 11 My apartment. How long since I last saw it? I stood there now, just inside my locked front door, on the one-yard square of white tile that amounted to … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 10 I spent months, just studying under Trakatak alone. That’s not even counting the rest of my training. At least, it seems that way. When I try to think back … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 9 “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” I’m not sure how long I was falling through blackness when I started yelling. All right. I was screaming. I was falling rapidly through a shaft of pure … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 8 I’m not sure what I was expecting. Maybe that training to be a Locksmith of the Portals would be like college, and I’d join some kind of series of … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 7 Suddenly I felt vastness of that giant crystal chamber around me. Chiron and his bats were still nearby. Janna, Vasco and Magellan, even closer. And yet I stood there, … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 6 A bunch of things happened at once. The giant bat creature leaped into the air. Wings flapping. It screeched something not even close to English. All those bats flying … Continue reading →
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