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Steve Wiley, Author
Steve is a purveyor of the Finest in speculative literature from Chicago. Publishers Weekly called his first novel, The Fairytale Chicago of Francesca Finnegan, "Intelligent, enchanting, and playful." Wiley's second novel, The Imagined Homecoming of Icarus Isakov, recounts the experience of a mystical tavern serving memories instead of drinks. His 2022 novel, a Beard tangled in dreams: The True story of Rip van Winkle, is a dreamful reimagining of washington irving’s 1819 classic. His most recent novel, the curious case of the village in the moonlight, is another unconventional fantasy set within van gogh’s starry night.
His short fiction has been published everywhere from Crannóg magazine in Galway, Ireland, to Papercuts Magazine in Pakistan. Steve once passionately kissed a bronze seahorse in the middle of Buckingham Fountain. Seriously, he did.
“There are just enough obscenities uttered to ensure this book is never shelved in the children’s or even young adult section. The story, though, is anything but vulgar, a sweet and uplifting tale as heartwarming as the ones it’s poking fun at”
