Works
(Short stories - Books)

New Releases

THE WORLD RECALLED

Ft. Wayne, IN / Denver, CO:  Wormhole Books, 2004

A man lives his life in reverse through a series of poetic and surrealistic episodes. Copiously illustrated by the author.

Available directly from Wormhole Books.

THE BOOK OF DAYS

Santa Monica, CA:  Subterranean Press, 2003

Nominated for the International Horror Guild Award

"Steve Tem possesses both the guts and the ability to try about anything with his fiction and his best work (like "The Man on the Ceiling" co-written with Melanie Tem) is often that which strays farthest from the oft-trod trail . . . In Tem's skilled hands, the intangible is made tangible through metaphor and imagery. He transcends his own gimmick to achieve a work that is both intriguing and inspirational."

-- Paula Guran, Cemetery Dance

"This contemplative odyssey is easily one of the more risk-taking and rewarding books of fantasy published this year." -- Publishers Weekly

Available directly from Subterranean Press.

IN THESE FINAL DAYS OF SALES

Ft. Wayne, IN / Denver, CO:  Wormhole Books, 2001

Winner, Bram Stoker Award, 2001

"[An] enigmatic but strangely beautiful, surreal yet personal journey through a life of self-salesmanship." -- Chizine

Available directly from Wormhole Books.

THE FAR SIDE OF THE LAKE

Ashcroft, B.C., Canada:  Ash-Tree Press, 2001

Collects his supernatural fiction, with 25 standalone stories, as well as seven additional Charlie Goode (psychic investigator) stories which are gathered here for the first time. The title story is original to this volume.

"Another blue-chip collection, another book you need to own if you're at all interested in where the literature of the uncanny is at, or in where it's going. Taken together [with City Fishing] . . . the two volumes stand alongside anything published in the field of supernatural literature over the last few years."

-- Steve Duffy, All Hallows

Available directly from Ash-Tree Press.

CITY FISHING

Seattle:  Silver Salamander Press, 2000

Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award
Winner, International Horror Guild Award, 2000

"The major collection his work has long deserved." -- The Denver Post

"You're in for a treat!" -- Douglas Clegg

"No critical analysis seems adequate to describe the twisted realities and unexpected terrors summoned by his fiction." -- William P. Simmons, Horrorfind

"City Fishing constitutes a major work both in content and in sheer mass . . . While a master of nuance, Tem also knows when to achieve his desired effect through sheer, raw, power. There are moments when it's tempting to submit this author might be the world's most softspoken splatterpunk." -- Ed Bryant, Locus

"These are new myths for the weird and dislocated times we live in . . . all [the stories] are excellent, and the best of them stand comparison with the best of any writer working in the field." -- Steve Duffy, All Hallows

Available directly from Silver Salamander Press.