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Stephen Graham King

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Stephen Graham King (He/They) is a disabled survivor of metastatic synovial sarcoma, a story chronicled in the memoir, Just Breathe: My Journey Through Cancer and Back. Since then, he has concentrated on writing speculative fiction, in particular, queer-themed space opera, and his short fiction has appeared in the anthologies North of Infinity II, Desolate Places, Ruins Metropolis, and the forthcoming Nothing Without Us Too. His first novel, Chasing Cold, was released in 2012, followed by the books in the Maverick Heart Cycle: Soul’s Blood (2016), Gatecrasher (2017), A Congress of Ships (2019) and in 2022, Ghost Light Burn. He has been a frequent guest on podcasts and panels, passionately advocating for lived experience queer and disability ...more

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I was interviewed this week about my new book, A Congress of Ships, and writing in general as a Spoonie author.
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	Chasing Cold 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soul's Blood 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruins Metropolis by Eric T. Reynolds (Editor), Alycia C. Cooke (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Leslie Brown (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Without Us Too by Cait Gordon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talia C. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jayne Barnard (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gatecrasher 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Congress of Ships (The Maverick Heart Cycle, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desolate Places by Eric T. Reynolds (Editor), Camille Alexa (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Bill Ward 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Light Burn (The Maverick Heart Cycle Book 4) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Infinite Heist 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	JUST BREATHE: My Journey Through Cancer and Back 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There is man named Giri who is waiting for me in Sotari. He is my…” She paused, searching for words to describe a concept that she had no words for. “The closest words that describe it that I can think of is Soul’s Blood. He is my partner, my mate, the nourishment that gives me life. The person who fills the emptiness that hadn’t existed until it was filled.”
― Stephen Graham King, Soul's Blood

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