RansomStephens novelist, physicist, speaker

Welcome

I like novels built on big ideas with characters that

make me laugh and cry and take me away for a

while.

I like speeches that don’t take things too seriously

but have a point and get to it quickly.

I believe in laughter and can always find

something to laugh at.

I strive for clarity of method, thought, and

philosophy in everything I do.

I believe in the power of a well placed wisecrack.

What’s new

“The band played the old songs that never failed, songs of bawdiness washed down with a sip of moral justice: serious enough to bring forth a tear and silly enough to raise a smile.” In a world of faeries, elves, maermaids, (and maerbutlers), a tyrant incites a violent rebellion that destroys a peaceful and prosperous kingdom. Only a cursed innkeeper, a powerless queen, a handful of pirates, and a dozen bastards stand in the way of total devastation. It’s fun, it’s funny, and it’s intense. • Knights of The Gold Piece Inn*, Volume 2 of The Book of Bastards Trilogy, is in its first draft. Ransom sends the second draft to beta-testers for comments/criticism/wisecracks--if you’d like to be a beta- reader, send him a note, he’d love to have your eyes on his prize--and the third draft is the one that is sent to the copy editor. That is, it’s still at least few months away from ready. * Yes, the title was supposed to be Bastard Knights but Amazon considers the word “bastard” profane and won’t allow promotion on its site; the site from which 85% of all ebooks are sold, so we bow to one of the richest men in the world, but not happily.

What’s next

• The first draft of Knights of The Gold Piece Inn, Volume 2 of the trilogy, is complete. • In Coyote Son, the story of a child raised by coyotes who learns to straddle the domesticated and wild worlds, Ransom returns to high concept fiction. It’s going to blow you away, but he has to do a ton of research--animal and insect behavior, tracking, cattle ranching, immigration enforcement--to get it just right.

Welcome

I like novels built on big ideas with characters that

make me laugh and cry and take me away for a

while.

I like speeches that don’t take things too seriously

but have a point and get to it quickly.

I believe in laughter and can always find something

to laugh at.

I strive for clarity of method, thought, and

philosophy in everything I do.

I believe in the power of a well placed wisecrack.

What’s new

“The band played the old songs that never failed, songs of bawdiness washed down with a sip of moral justice: serious enough to bring forth a tear and silly enough to raise a smile.” In a world of faeries, elves, maermaids, (and maerbutlers), a tyrant incites a violent rebellion that destroys a peaceful and prosperous kingdom. Only a cursed innkeeper, a powerless queen, a handful of pirates, and a dozen bastards stand in the way of total devastation. It’s fun, it’s funny, and it’s intense. • Knights of The Gold Piece Inn*, Volume 2 of The Book of Bastards Trilogy, is in its first draft. Ransom sends the second draft to beta- testers for comments/criticism/wisecracks-- if you’d like to be a beta-reader, send him a note, he’d love to have your eyes on his prize--and the third draft is the one that is sent to the copy editor. That is, it’s still at least few months away from ready. * Yes, the title was supposed to be Bastard Knights but Amazon considers the word “bastard” profane and won’t allow promotion on its site; the site from which 85% of all ebooks are sold, so we bow to one of the richest men in the world, but not happily.