Thanks for visiting this web site where Stephen Morrill displays portions of the Sorcet Chronicles fantasy novels.

I'm starting with the "Stones" books, five books in total, featuring Sorcet (of course) and as seen through the eyes of Tachi Green Fujiwara, an Earth Human accidentally transported into the strange and sometimes violent world of Tessene. Who is the titular Sorcet? You have to read to find out, as well as why Tachi would be willing to serve as her taidar, a thankless and almost-certainly fatal mission.

Our Stones series kicks off with The Firestone. You may read portions online here, and feedback, comments, suggestions are eagerly sought. Thanks for giving me your time and attention!

Latest News: 100523 Book one, The Firestone, is completed, polished, and now being marketed. I'm in the process of polishing book 2, The Emeraldstone. This is fun! Partly, it is fun because it is so different for me. After 25 years of writing nonfiction magazine articles (short) and news stories (very short) and a few nonfiction books (longer but you have so much to cram in) and all to meet the needs of clients, to write something I get to make up is—odd. Of course there is a discipline to it, but it is a different discipline than I have been accustomed to.

100418 Big change! This may sound totally doofus, but I failed to think through the title character's name. Lethe was not only a common mythological name (it's a river in Hades) but is also commonly found on the web elsewhere. I decided to change to something that:

• Was not already taken as a URL, so I could have a dedicated web site with the name only.
• Didn't turn up all over the Web in a Google search (I think the only references now are to some obscure culinary dish).
• Turned up absolutely de nada on an Amazon.com book search.

After about a week of asking friends and fellow writers, trying all combinations, etc., I settled on Sorcet. So our title character is now Sorcet.

100411 Added rewrite of Chapter 1 and also Chapter 2. Chapter 2 has already been rewritten, so this should be the final version. Chapters going forward will be final versions as well.

100319 After only two days of frustration, I got the blog up and running. And I actually know how to do this. By Mathris' thousand eyes and ten thousand ears, it was annoying! Anyway, click here to view the blog.

100317 Finished up Book 1, The Firestone, last night. Needs the usual run-through and fleshing out and smoothing over. But at least it's essentially done. Wait until you read the ending! It's a killer.

100222 Almost done working up the web site. Social media still only a dream. Maps soon (they already exist), background info soon too.

100220: Made some changes to the Prelude to The Firestone, based on my first reader feedback. See, I do listen.

100219: Put up first actual writing, the Prelude to the first 'Stones' book, The Firestone.

100218: Got the web site up and running, sort of. More to come. Meantime, back to work on The Firestone.