Thousand Faces Publishing: 72 books

Stone and Karlsson. Partners in crime, who only rob the Mob. Their last job went wrong. Eyeball-witness wrong. They argue over fault in the back of a bar. Smith and Wesson on the table between them. Only one of them would live to see the dawn. "Stone Dead" a crime short...

A dozen tales of wonder, from the humorous to the adventurous to the frightening… Every month Stefon Mears' Patreon supporters enjoy two new short stories. Stories never published anywhere before. Tales of magic from other worlds, or on our doorstep. Of adventures in deep space, or hidden...

Hardened warriors melt out of the forest of evergreens. Wolves on the hunt. Surrounding Venya on the lonely dirt road. Ready to kill to claim what she carries. Venya: not just any courier. A clever warrior herself, and skilled in Arts no one ever taught warriors. Arts that might turn the ambush...

A dozen paths to adventure. Each a short story to thrill and amaze. Every month Stefon Mears' Patreon supporters enjoy two new short stories. Stories never published anywhere before. Tales of adventure from deep space, across time, or from distant lands of magic. Tales of deadly monsters --...

Darien, a man on the verge of collapse. Not eating. Not sleeping. Not since his wife died. Not since the night of their last fight. Darien visits a psychic. A specialist in hauntings. His last hope. Darien will do anything to contact his dead wife. "Broken", a tale of...

Aliens have landed in midtown Manhattan. They claim to seek out planets on the verge of deep space travel and prepare them to join the galactic community. For Charlie Evans – the star blogger known as Evansessence – the alien arrival means canceling his big job interview. Because the aliens...

Execution by Promotion? Take a small team of soldiers and escort an old man behind enemy lines? Yes, the team includes the legendary warrior Lunn, but Harkin's "promotion" still sounds like a suicide mission. Only a wizard would merit the risk. But this "wizard" acts...

Six decades after magic overthrew technology. Venus. Recently settled. As wild and untamed as the space between there and Earth. John Jacobs, the last helioship captain old enough to remember technology. Jacobs risks his fading health to command the first commercial flight to Venus. Journeyman...

Merrick's Last Stand, a small river town far from kings and magic. As far as anyone knows... Fenwick claims he saw a legendary monster. The Gargantu. His friends call him a liar and worse, but they'll take his wager. Together they venture into the woods to find proof. What they find...

Six decades after magic overthrew technology. Earth's moon, where a handful of great families live above the law. Edik Barshai, small time wizard and helioship charter pilot on the brink of ruin. Carl Jones, master duelist caught in the machinations of the great families. Together...

In the skies above, earth's superheroes battle alien invaders to a standstill. But in Portland, Oregon, a new hero arises. No code name. No cape. No mask. Derek Bergstrom's only power: to find whatever he seeks. But can Derek find a solution to alien invasion? "War and Marketing"...

Heath Cyr, conjure man. A top talent among those who sell spells in that magical melting pot -- Portland, Oregon. Heath, up too early to meet a client. Up far too early to deal with rival conjure man DeAndre McDaniels in a public place like Powell's City of Books. But DeAndre offers...

Daniel, a stuntman, hanging above a four-story drop. Loves his job. Loves pretending to work in many different worlds. Hates that sometimes he wanders into actual other worlds. Daniel, hanging above a four-story drop. And his only way down – through another world. “The...

A six-story office building in downtown Portland, Oregon. A great place to work. A terrible place to be alone. At night. When the lights go out. A worse place to be when a scream breaks the silence. “The Quality of Darkness” – a dark fantasy tale featuring a malevolent supernatural...