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Steve Wiley

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

Website

https://www.absurdistfiction.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Humor and Comedy, Fiction

Influences

J.R.R. Tolkien; J.M. Barrie; Lewis Carroll; Hans Christian Andersen; S ...more

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July 2016

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Steve is a purveyor of speculative literature from Chicago. He has authored six books and his short fiction has been published everywhere from Crannog magazine in Galway, Ireland, to Papercuts Magazine in Pakistan. His most recent title, The Strange Story of the Man Who Murdered Time, will be released in March of 2026, and is now available for pre-order.

For new title release and other information, visit Steve’s author website at https://www.absurdistfiction.com/. ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 510 ratings · 102 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Fairytale Chicago of Francesca Finnegan 3.53 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2017 — 10 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 Curious Case of the Village in the Moonlight 4.30 avg rating — 91 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 Elven Inquisition: A Woke Fairy Story 4.07 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2020 — 5 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 Imagined Homecoming of Icarus Isakov by Steve Wiley (Goodreads Author), April Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	A Beard Tangled in Dreams: The True Story of Rip Van Winkle 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings — 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
	The Strange Story of the Man Who Murdered Time 4.29 avg rating — 7 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 Strange Story of the Man Who Murdered Time it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2026	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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Advanced Reader Copies Rip Van Winkle Retelling

Kindly note to my followers. I do have a few extra advanced reader copies of my upcoming title A Beard Tangled in Dreams: The True Story of Rip Van Winkle. If you'd like one please email your mailing address to lavenderlinepress@gmail.com. Less than ten copies left so first come first serve!

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“Being a dream, the lighthouse keeper was nameless. You see, dream-folk are not ordinary people, bound by the cycle of birth and death. They are the symbols and manifestations of the collective unconscious. They are the wise old man before he was Gandalf the Grey. They are The Hero with a Thousand Faces. They are every villain that same hero overcame. They are the everlasting ideas we transform into all those mythologies which give sense to the world.”
― Steve Wiley, A Beard Tangled in Dreams: The True Story of Rip Van Winkle

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“It seemed ridiculous to judge yesterday by today’s standards. To penalize the past in the present suggested that the kingdom was better today, or would have known better than all those who came before them. Would they really have known better?”
― Steve Wiley, The Elven Inquisition: A Woke Fairy Story

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“Not only do lighthouse keepers keep secrets, they fish for them. Most waking fisherman also fish for secrets, though few realize it. The typical fisherman casts his line of hope into the wild blue yonder, hopeful the forces of fate will answer his call. Fish for long enough and all those secrets of the universe can be caught: the meaning of life, the nature of reality, to be or not to be. Fish for long enough, and the depths will disclose their own dreams.”
― Steve Wiley, A Beard Tangled in Dreams: The True Story of Rip Van Winkle

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