Sean T. M. Stiennon
Runner-up (2nd place) winner in the The Sword Review 2005 Fiction Contest
2nd place winner in the 2005 Storn Cook Fantasy Fiction Contest
2nd place winner in the 2004 SFReader.com Short Story Contest
"...a must-read author of notable skill and talent." -- Daniel E. Blackston, Firebrand Fiction, 2/16/06
"A rising talent."– Howard Andrew Jones, Chief Editor of SwordandSorcery.org
"Stiennon has created a marvelous character in Jalazar Flinteye, and Axten’s dry sense of humor is not to be missed. Six with Flinteye is full of non-stop action and adventure and tightly woven,believable plots." – Angie Lofthouse, The Sword Review
"Taking archetypical character and plots, Stiennon infuses them with a sense of constant, haunting danger."
-- Nathan Meyer, about.com
1. About Me
2. Publications
3. News
4. Reviews and Interviews
5. Read Stories Online
6. Buy my Work
7. Top Ten Books
1. About Me
Hi, and welcome to my author page! Use the subject headings to navigate to the section which interests you. I’m an author of fantasy and science fiction novels and short stories with several publications under my belt. My first short story collection, Six with Flinteye, was recently released from Silver Lake Publishing, and I won 2nd place in both the 2004 SFReader.com Short Story Contest and the Storn Cook Razor-Edged Fiction Contest with my stories "Asp" and "The Sultan’s Well", respectively. "The Sultan’s Well" will be published in the anthology Sages and Swords, which will be available in bookstores in Spring 2006.
My work tends to contain lots of action and adventure, but I often include elements of tragedy and loss alongside roaring battles. A lot of my work centers around continuing characters, the most prominent of whom is Jalazar Flinteye (Six with Flinteye). I also write tales of Shabak of Talon Point("Death Marks", in issue #9 of Amazing Journeys Magazine), Blademaster ("Asp", 2nd place winner in the 2004 SFReader.com Contest), and others who have yet to see publication.
I love to read fantasy and science fiction alongside some history, mysteries, and historical novels. My favorites include Declare by Tim Powers, the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams, Stephen Lawhead’s Song of Albion trilogy, and King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard. I review books for Deep Magic: The E-zine of High Fantasy and Science Fiction as well as SFReader.com.
If you want to contact me, send me an e-mail at flinteye@gmail.com . I’m always glad to get reader feedback.
2. Publications
Forthcoming:
Spring, 2006: "The Sultan’s Well", second place winner of the Storn Cook Razor-Edged Fiction contest, to be published in the anthology Sages and Swords from Pitch-Black Books
Spring, 2007: "Black Water" to be published in the anthology Lords of Swords Volume II from Pitch-Black Books
Recent:
April 2006: "Captain Jack Bowie and the Steel Wolf Renegades" reprinted in Distant Passages: The Best From Double-Edged Publishing 2005
April 2006: "The Sultan's Well" published in the heroic fantasy anthology Sages and Swords from Pitch-Black Books
January 2006: "Old Steelfist", Runner-up in The Sword Review 2005 Fiction Contest, published in The Sword Review
January, 2006: "Flinteye and the Crystal Spear" published in issue 44 of Deep Magic
September, 2005: "Death Marks" published in issue #9 of Amazing Journeys Magazine.
Complete Bibliography
3. News
April 23, 2006: Once again, it's been a long time since I've update. Sages and Swords, containing "The Sultan's Well", is finally out and can be found either at your local Borders or on Amazon.com and other online booksellers. "Captain Jack Bowie and the Steel Wolf Renegades" has also been reprinted in Distant Passages.
February 20, 2006: Another update on the author page...I've got a few new publications, and a couple new reviews. "Flinteye and the Crystal Spear" and "Old Steelfist" have recently recieved positive reviews on Tangent, Six with Flinteye got some good ink right here on SFReader.com, and Dan Blackston wrote a glowing review of my goblin story "Old Steelfist" in his most recent Firebrand Fiction column. See the reviews section for links!
December 19, 2005: My fantasy story, "Old Steelfist", is the Runner-up in The Sword Review 2005 Fiction Contest. Yay! The story will be published in The Sword Review on January 9, avalible for free reading online.
December 15, 2005: I've added info about the interviews I've had thus far. Also, I successfully completed NaNoWriMo by writing the first 50,000 words of a new fantasy novel in the month of November. The novel should be about 70,000 words when it's complete.
4. Reviews and Interviews
February, 2006: "Old Steelfist" reviewed by Dan Blackston in his Firebrand Fiction column
February, 2006: "Old Steelfist" reviewed in Tangent Online
January, 2006: Six with Flinteye reviewed on SFReader.com
January, 2006: "Flinteye and the Crystal Spear" reviewed in Tangent Online
November 2005: "Death Marks" reviewed in Tangent Online
October 2005: Nathan Meyer reviews Six with Flinteye at About.com (Note: The book was classified under horror, but I don't think there's much in it that most people would find horrific. It's a great review, though.)
August, 2005: An interview with me is published in The Sword Review
August, 2005: Angie Lofthouse reviews Six with Flinteye in The Sword Review
July, 2005: An interview with me is published in issue 38 of Deep Magic
5. Read Stories Online
"Old Steelfist" in The Sword Review
"Captain Jack Bowie and the Steel Wolf Renegades" in The Sword Review
"Asp" , 2nd place winner in the 2004 SFReader.com Short Story Contest
"On the Road" in The Sword Review
6. Buy my Work!
Six with Flinteye, containing my first six stories of Jalazar Flinteye, is now available from Silver Lake Publishing, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Fictionwise.com, and Project Pulp .
Deeper Magic: The Second Collection, containing my short story "Lost in Shadow", is now available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com .
7. Top Ten Books
For those of you who are interested...here are my favorite ten books. This list is subject to change as a I read more great stuff. The ranking is approximate, and I reserve the right to count trilogies and series as single books. E-mail me to praise or revile me for my excellent/crummy taste.
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams
Song of Albion trilogy by Stephen Lawhead
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Brother to Shadows by Andre Norton
Declare by Tim Powers
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Illusion by Paula Volsky
Shatterpoint: A Novel of the Clone Wars by Matthew Stover (Seriously.)
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
