C. J. Carter-Stephenson

Christian James Carter-Stephenson is an English writer of fiction, poetry and drama. He writes primarily in the genres of

• "Do You Really Want to Know?" published in Witch Wizard Warlock, August 2023
• "Stranded" published in Dark Moments and Patreon Year Four: A Black Hare Press Anthology, January 2023
• "The Cat's Tale" published in Speculative North, Issue 4 - February 2021
• "The Apparition" published in Frost Zone Zine, Issue 2 - December 2020
• "They Come From Below" published in Insurgence: A Fae Rebellion Anthology, November 2020
• "Freeing the Flames" published in Scary Snippets: A Halloween Microfiction Anthology, October 2019
• "In the Mirror" published in Breaking Bizarro: An Anthology, September 2019
• "The Mind Minder" published in Serial Magazine, Issue 5 - March 2019
• "The Interdimensional Megastar" published in The Colored Lens, Issue 28 - Summer 2018
• "A Space Pirate in Love" published in Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly, Issue 1 - January to March 2011
• "Living on Borrowed Time" published in Title Goes Here, Issue 4 - Summer 2010
• "A Costly Wager" published in Mystic Signals, Issue 4 - November 2009
• "Different Worlds" published in The Bracelet Charm, Volume 5, Issue 41 - Fall 2009
• "Kiss of Death" published in Macabre Cadaver, Issue 7 - March/April 2009
• "Meeting Charon" published in Ethereal Tales, Issue 2 - January 2009
• "All I Want for Christmas" (graphic strip with artwork by Mark Chilcott) published in Murky Depths, Issue 6 - December 2008^[3]
• "Seeing Spirits" published in Sinister Tales, Volume 3, Issue 2 – Fall 2008
• "They Come From Below" published in Ethereal Tales, Issue 1 - October 2008
• "A Puzzle in the Churchyard" published in The Willows, Volume 2, Issue 1 - May 2008
• "All By Myself" published in Twisted Tongue, Issue 8 – December 2007
• "Into the Pit" published in La Fenêtre, Issue 5 (Reflections) - 2007
• "Love in a Cemetery" published in Sinister Tales, Volume 2, Issue 3 – Fall 2007
• "Destination Earth" published in The Literary Bone, Volume 1, Issue 1 - Summer 2007
• "The Rock Medium" published in Thirteen, Volume 2, Issue 4 - April 2005
• "And Justice For One" published in Seasons in the Night, Volume 4 - March 2005^[4]
• "The Gorgon" published in Dark Horizons (the journal of the British Fantasy Society), Issue 46 - Autumn/Winter 2004^[5]
• "Of Body and Soul" published in Night to Dawn, Issue 4 - Summer 2004
• "A Tale of the Major Arcana" published in Waxing & Waning, Volume 3, Issue 10 - May/June 2004
• "The Oldest Profession On Earth" published in Scared Naked, Volume 2, Issue 2 - March 2004^[6]
• "Picture This" published in Hadrosaur Tales, Volume 17 - 2003^[7][8]
• "Memories" published in Night to Dawn, Issue 3 - Winter 2003
• "The Heart of a King" published in Legend: Worlds of Possibility, Issue 7 - Spring/Summer 2003^[9]
• "The Fashion Victim" published in Writer's Muse, Issue 20 - November 2002
• "The Statuette" published in Monas Hieroglyphica, Issue 13 - 2002

Short stories (online)

• "Stranded" published in Black Hare Press Patreon Monthly Challenge, October 2022
• "Dog Woman" published in Page & Spine: Fiction Showcase, January 2021
• "The Ether Existence" published in The New Accelerator, Volume 2, Issue 9 - February 2019
• "The Decision" published in Jitter, Issue 7 - October 2018
• "The Animal Inside" published in Eastern Iowa Review Dark Fiction, July 2018
• "The Timeless Dance" published in Youth Imagination, Issue 57 - February 2018
• "Through the Eyes of Another" published in the WiFiles, December 2014
• "Hobz Gobbling" published in Bunbury Magazine, Issue 6 - October 2014
• "The Experiment" (graphic strip with artwork by Marcello Abreu & lettering by Brant W. Fowler) published in AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, Issue 10 - Spring 2013
• "A Costly Wager" published in Sorcerous Signals, November 2009 to January 2010 (no longer available)
• "Moonlit Rendezvous" published in Lucrezia, March 2009 (no longer available)
• "In Pursuit of a Castle" published in Static Movement, April 2008 (no longer available)

Short stories (podcast)

• "The Timeless Dance" performed for The Nights End Podcast, Season 2, Episode 1 - January 2021
• "The Last Centurion" performed for Tales of Old, Issue 28 - January 2012

Novellas (print)

• "The Threat From Within, Part Two" published in Twisted Tongue, Issue 13 – October 2009
• "The Threat From Within, Part One" published in Twisted Tongue, Issue 12 – November 2008

Short story collections (print)

• "Bloodlust Variations" published by Bonito Books, 2012.
  ISBN 978-1-4716-5980-5

• "The Crystal Ship" published by Bonito Books, 2010.
  ISBN 978-1-4457-1369-4

• "These Lips are Death" published by Bonito Books, 2017.
  ISBN 978-1-9745-0891-4
• "Michael Steel is Dead" published by New Theatre Publications, 2003.
  ISBN 1-84094-391-2

External links

• C.J. Carter-Stephenson's home page
• Official Website for "The Crystal Ship"