Today at midnight (tomorrow?) the first episode of this podcast will air. My good friend Joaquin Lobo and Tim Trash (a.k.a. yours truly) will talk about books and ideas in FOREIGN, DOMESTIC, AND FORBIDDEN. We’ll cover national and international authors, weird topics, and things that delight us or make us cringe. We’re planning on recording […]

But I Don’t Know you

My new novel But I Don’t Know You will be published by Saddle Road Press in February of 2022. You can pre-order it here and here and here. After twenty-five years in the United States, Cal, an immigrant, loses his home and all personal documents and keepsakes from his childhood to a wildfire. Shortly thereafter, […]

Reading on September 30th

I’ll be part of an all-Zoom reading Thursday, September 30th, at 7:00pm hosted by Portland’s Annie Bloom’s Books. It was supposed to be in person, but has been moved to online. To register, please go to Please register in advance for this Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scOCprjkpHt3UGm4YdeHc9vNUQwZPF-ac Thursday, September 30, 2021 – 7:00pm to 8:00pm And to […]

“Stone and String” in Hoxie Gorge Review

You can read this weird story now at https://hoxiegorgereview.com/stefan-kiesbye/

Wordrunner eChapbook

Big Thanks to Jo-Anne Rosen and Wordrunner eChapbooks for including my story “Dare” in their newest edition. You can read everything online or download the complete chapbook! http://echapbook.com/anthology/2021/dare.html

2020 Brighthorse Prize for the Novel

Very happy to announce that my novel No Sound to Break, No Moment Clear won the 2020 Brighthorse Prize for the Novel. It should be available this Fall. https://www.brighthorsebooks.com/

Sergio Ceyca writes about Next Door Lived a Girl and Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone

https://www.tierraadentro.cultura.gob.mx/tu-casa-esta-en-llamas-una-radiografia-de-stefan-kiesbye/

Reading Oct. 13 in Penngrove, CA

Sunday. October 13, 8:00-9:30 p.m. Penngrove Market Reading Series at 10070 Main Street, Penngrove. The Penngrove Reading Series has been selected to be part of the Litquake 20 in 20 series. Come listen to four amazing featured readers: Nicole Zimmerman, M.J. Arcangelini, Stefan Kiesbye, and Hilary Zaid, plus a special, pre-reading, free Shut Up & […]

Episode 2 of Foreign, Domestic & Forbidden

The first pod has landed!

Podcast!!!