Stevenson is a native Californian presently residing in Hemet the dig site known as Valley of the Mastodons. His career has spanned such occupations as automotive mechanic and service manager, government security officer, and newspaper reporter and editor. At the age of 26 he discovered Twilight Zone magazine and got the urge to write short stories. Shortly after he entered the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest and placed amongst the finalists. After a whirlwind of mediocre successes, including his book, Dinothon, which was nearly optioned for film, he put pen and paper aside. He s just recently taken up splashing ink again, to continue the writing career he d always dreamed of. Word Wars and Once Upon A Goddess are soon to see print with Rain Publishing Inc. They are his first novel sales. Among his credits are: Auto Repair Shams and Scams (Forward by Ralph Nader), 1990, Price Stern & Sloan, Los Angeles--226 pages, non-fiction book. Garage Sale Mania, 1988, Betterway Publications, Crozet, Virginia--190 pages, non-fiction book. Word Wars, a SF novel to Rain Publishing, Canada. Once Upon A Goddess, a Fantasy novel to Rain Publishing, Canada. 15 short stories appearing in various slick and small magazines--Amazing Stories, Space and Time, Doppelganger, Ouroborous, Alpha Adventures, Sycophant, Not One of Us. Quarter finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Two horror radio plays: The Summit, 15-minute play by Night Sounds, Embassy Cassette Inc., Santa Ana, California. Night of the Moa, 13-minute play " " " " 350 newspaper profiles, stories and interviews with Sunset Publishing Anaheim California. He served as content editor for Sunset Publications for three years. He is past member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and his current agent is Uwe Stender of TriadaUs.

ONCE UPON A GODDESS

Mason Hart has just lost his job, fiancé, and car in less than 48-hours. A short time later he accosts a cop and ends up in jail. He finally lands in a hospital as the result of a jailhouse brawl. He's helpless to quell this downhill slide into calamity. Since he believes all is lost at this point, suicide seems the only alternative left...

Until the figure of Felicity Fortune, the Roman Goddess of Luck interrupts Mason's suicidal plans in the nick of time. It seems Felicity Fortune was hampered by the bird flu and few other appointments, so she must apologize for her tardy appearance. She tells Mason that he's ripe for a cosmic alignment, and that his 15-minutes of fame and wealth are finally at hand. He is allotted six chances via the roll of the golden dice for his deserved share of the "Great Cornucopia."

But as a result of Felicity's tardiness, the cosmic alignment is about to unravel. Beshaba, the Maid of Misfortune, has ear-marked Mason at the exact same time to heap upon him the bad luck part of the equation. She is the evil incarnate daughter of Felicity, and now covets Mason for her own devious alignment. And everything that Beshaba represents is in stark contrast to her mother. It is a deliberate ploy to spite the good works of the mother, thus laying down a challenge of cosmic power. So Beshaba's minions chase Mason Hart across the country to ruin and foul every fortune he accumulates.

Their simultaneous claim to Mason forces the two Goddesses into a mythological cat fight in hell. When this push and shove reaches a fevered pitch even the destiny of mankind in called into question.

Mason complicates matters by falling in love with Felicity. He must discover the ultimate selfless act that will turn the tide in favor of the Goddess he loves. More importantly, he must find the solution and tear away the veil of darkness that could upset the divine balance between good and evil. But what Mason doesn't know is that the final key is himself.

WORD WARS

The Middle East decides to enforce an embargo of all petroleum
products to the United States in the year 2015. Infuriated, the U.S. must
scramble to find alternative sources and enlist their scientists to improve
technology, or the West will suffer economic collapse. Two years later,
Super Conductivity (The Holy Grail) is discovered, leading to advances in
hydrogen, nuclear, steam and electric-driven vehicles. In retaliation, and
for security reasons, the U.S. shuts down its borders, destroys foreign
satellites, and severs all communication links with the East, Asia, and
Europe, but not before allowing a mass exodus of willing patriots to move
within the new isolationist country--The United Western Enterprise (the
U.S., Canada, Central and South America). To keep Super Conductivity out of
the hands of the "Eastern Allegiance" the Western Enterprise adopts the
Continental Security Agency (combines F.B.I., C.I.A, N.S.A) to oversee the
now all powerful Federal Communications Commission. For security reasons,
the FCC decides to obliterate the written word, and replace it with a "color
bar" language that cannot be deciphered by foreign entities. Word Wars is
soon enforced upon the Western Enterprise populace with devastating results.

The FCC are now law enforcement officers, who use terror and coercive
interrogation to keep its people bottled up and suppressed. The elderly
become suspect (for their memories of the written word) and are thrown into
internment camps, and viciously debriefed. The United Western Enterprise
becomes the tantamount world power. All science journals, and even the
Declaration of Independence, are edited to "dumb" the public down. Society
falls into catastrophic depression and neurosis.
The story begins 100 years later--a new discovery, Project Lift
(antigravity amplifiers) galvanizes the Western Enterprise to further its
vicious grip on the populace--now, violence and executions are rampant.
Mail carriers are given the authority to break-and-enter private homes
looking for any written word (contraband). There's talk of a preemptive
strike against the Eastern Allegiance to "wipe them from the other side of
the globe." Young adults run away to join tribes and they become
teenonsters, who rebel by vandalizing government facilities. After one such
vicious beating, a language mentor, Mikus Harold Markus, decides that
society has had enough. He infiltrates the FCC by subterfuge, and finds out
about Project Lift, and the government's hidden documents, which are written
in the "old" word. He travels to Southern Mexico, for there is rumored to
be a 118-year old black man who knows how to read and write, and also has a
copy of the original Declaration of Independence. Mikus learns of his own
government's treachery toward its citizens, and must now lead a rebellion
called CAT (citizens against tyranny). He is chased for over 3,000 miles
through harsh landscape by a ruthless female captain of the FCC. He returns
to his (Emerald) city to lead a clandestine rebel force that will motivate
the people to rise up and reform the government. Along with a motley crew
of characters, Mikus must restore the written word, and break down the
isolationist walls of his own country, to restore domestic freedom, and
ultimately insure global peace.
Word Wars has very strong visuals and action sequences. It could
best be described as a cross between Fahrenheit 451 and Soylent Green, in
respect to powerful government agencies going unchecked past reason and
humility.