Stephen Markley Books in Order

Frustrated by attempts to publish a novel, Stephen Markley decides to write a memoir about getting that very memoir published. His experiment turns professional ambition into an account of early adulthood, relationships, disappointments and the search for a voice.

Reporting from a Republican presidential primary debate in Michigan, Stephen Markley takes hallucinogenic mushrooms and experiences the event through an increasingly distorted lens. His account mixes personal misadventure with an attack on the political culture surrounding the 2012 election.

Stephen Markley travels around Iceland with two friends, encountering nightlife, glaciers, local legends, and a country recovering from financial collapse. Their irreverent adventures become an exploration of Icelandic identity, history, and the attraction the island holds for an American visitor.

Four former classmates return to their northeastern Ohio hometown on the same summer night, carrying private missions and unresolved histories. As their paths converge, lost love, war, addiction, and a disappearance expose the betrayals beneath their shared past.

A climate scientist's death threat connects him to activists, political strategists, and others confronting an accelerating ecological crisis. Across decades of American upheaval, their intertwined choices test what people will sacrifice to preserve a future as disasters and extremism intensify.