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Steve Goldsmith

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in Sacramento, The United States

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https://stevegoldsmithwrites.com/

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Historical Fiction, Horror, Ebooks

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December 2025

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SteveG has lived several lives: military brat, high school dropout, Air Force tech, Silicon Valley start up survivor, math teacher, art gallery owner, flower shop co conspirator, and now caretaker of a botanical garden, butterfly sanctuary, and animal rescue center in Costa Rica.

Somewhere along the way, he started writing—and never stopped.

His fiction blends myth, theology, memory, and mischief, moving across genres with the enthusiasm of someone who never learned the rules.

He is the author of Elba Kramer, The Last Heretic, Dear Dairy, Forty Two Flash Fever Dreams, The Infernal Twins Cycle, and The Old One and The Hunger.

He writes during his endless procession of seven day weekends, accompanied by a happy dog, unreliable Wi Fi, and the oc ...more

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Average rating: 4.44 · 61 ratings · 52 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dear Dairy: A Diary Where Dreams Don’t Stay Dreams 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — 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 Last Heretic: The True Meaning Behind the Creed 4.44 avg rating — 16 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
	Elba Kramer: The True Autobiography of a Pathological Liar 4.20 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 Infernal Twins: A Series of Divine Miscommunications 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	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 Last Known Position: Lost Without Witness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Forty-Two Flash Fever Dreams, Just in Case it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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A big thank you to everyone who entered the recent giveaways for The Last Heretic and Dear Dairy! Nearly 700 readers signed up for each, and 100 copies of both books are now on their way to winners.

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The Spaces between us: Even in madness lies pockets of clarity

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