Stephen Swartz is the author of literary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and contemporary horror novels. While growing up in Kansas City, he dreamed of traveling the world. His novels feature exotic locations, foreign characters, and smatterings of other languages--strangers in strange lands. You get the idea: life imitating art.After studying music and even composing a symphony, Stephen planned to be a music teacher before turning to fiction writing. Today Stephen teaches writing at a university in Oklahoma. Stephen Swartz has published poetry, stories, essays, and articles for scholarly journals in the U.S. and Japan. EXCHANGE (May 2020) SUNSET (conclusion to the Stefan Szekely Trilogy, Book 3) (February 2019)SUNRISE (sequel to A DRY PATCH OF SKIN, Book 2 of the Stefan Szekely Trilogy) (April 2018)EPIC FANTASY *WITH DRAGONS (February 2017)A GIRL CALLED WOLF (December 2015)AIKO (June 2015)A DRY PATCH OF SKIN (October 2014)A BEAUTIFUL CHILL (February 2014))THE DREAM LAND Book I "Long Distance Voyager" (The Dream Land Trilogy) (December 2013)THE DREAM LAND Book II "Dreams of Future's Past" (The Dream Land Trilogy) (2013)THE DREAM LAND Book III "Diaspora" (The Dream Land Trilogy) (2013)AFTER ILIUM (2012)Blog: stephenswartz.blogspot.comTwitter: @StephenSwartz1Facebook: Author Stephen SwartzEXCHANGE (2020) In the wake of a mass shooting that killed his wife and daughter, a high school teacher struggles to put his life back together even with on-going crimes and the foreign exchange student who arrives not knowing what has happened. SUNSET (2019) is the conclusion of the Stefan Szekely Trilogy, Book 3. Now Emperor of Europa, Stefan must avoid multiple assassination attempts while concocting the perfect escape from his unholy duties.SUNRISE (2018) is the sequel to A DRY PATCH OF SKIN (2014), Book 2 of the Stefan Szekely Trilogy, the story of an innocent man transforming into a vampire against his will. In SUNRISE he realizes his desire to live the vampire playboy life but finds there are serious obstacles.EPIC FANTASY *WITH DRAGONS (2017) is the brawny tale of a banished dragonslayer's quest through the Valley of Death to find and destroy the dragons' nesting ground, a quest that is not so simple as he imagines. A GIRL CALLED WOLF (December 2015) is the tale of a poor Inuit orphan girl from Greenland who grows up and saves the world. Inspired by a true life.AIKO (June 2015) is a mystery/romance set in 1980s Japan, a modern reversed version of 'Madame Butterfly' told from the man's perspective.A DRY PATCH OF SKIN (October 2014) is the only medically accurate vampire thriller set in Oklahoma City, upstate New York, New Orleans, and Eastern Europe.A BEAUTIFUL CHILL (February 2014) is a contemporary campus anti-romance where a forbidden relationship is turned inside out - available for Kindle and paperback.AFTER ILIUM (2012: 2nd edition), a romantic adventure tale of seduction and betrayal set in modern Greece and Turkey with flashbacks to ancient Troy. THE DREAM LAND Trilogy (2012-2013) is an epic of interdimensional intrigue and world domination by a pair of well-meaning nerds, marbled with twisted humor and steampunk pathos, a patina of psychological thriller, and the quirky conundrum of time and space.Book I: Long Distance VoyagerBook II: Dreams of Future's PastBook III: DiasporaRead more about this authorRead less about this author