Stephen Goldhahn is a U.S. author, writer, independent publisher, and retired engineer. As a fiction novelist, Stephen’s works are largely informed by his love of history and years of experience as a consulting bio-process engineer.
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Posted Jan 7, 2024.
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Beneath the Maize
“There is a tremendous amount of depth and meaning to unpack in this engrossing novel. On the surface, it's a puzzling mystery: why does one rural Wisconsin region have so many missing persons in a sixteen-year duration, why have the missing almost always disappeared in or near cornfields, what are the disturbed soil patterns resembling ‘crop circles,’ and ... Where are the bodies?” (5-Star Goodreads Review)
Cover design by Ivan Zanchetta & Bookcoversart.com
Beneath the Maize is magical realism, sci-fi, portal-fantasy set in modern-day Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
It is the summer of 1999. A little girl mysteriously vanishes in a Wisconsin cornfield during a friendly game of hide-and-seek. Over the next sixteen years, the list of missing persons in Sheboygan County only grows. GMO corn, giant mushrooms, crop circles, sinkholes, Native American folklore…could there be a connection?
Luke Kramer, a young, aspiring news reporter, teams up with UW Madison botanist Aiyanna-Nez Black Bear, a Sheboygan County sheriff’s detective (Dan Meyers), and his rookie deputy to find the answer.
Aiyanna, of Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Native American descent, introduces Luke to the traditions and legends of her people. But the situation rapidly devolves into turmoil and chaos as Luke and Aiyanna must deal with forces beyond their control from the depths of Underworld realms grounded in Ho-Chuck myth and shamanistic religious beliefs.
In the words of Detective Dan, “A modern-day legend born of desperation and love.”
Greenwich: The Final Project
“Greenwich… is hands down one of the most riveting and well-crafted books I’ve read in quite a while…absolutely amazing for a debut novel!”— (5 stars) Danielle Hudson, Senior Reviewer—Indie Book Reviewers
Cover Design by Deborah Bradseth of Tugboat Design
What happens when time lines and family lines converge, and history and sanity are preserved only to the extent that one is willing to embrace madness? On the eve of the new millennium, John Samuel Weston, owner of a small biotech engineering firm in Haddonfield, New Jersey, is about to find out. When John’s good friend and business partner, Bob Fenwick, falls mysteriously ill following a Fourth of July weekend fishing trip, John suspects foul play and ventures to the off-the-beaten-path, bay shore community of Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ, to investigate. What he finds takes him on an unexpected journey into turmoil and madness, resurrecting ghosts and shadows from John’s personal and family past—and New Jersey’s colonial past as well.
Beyond science-fiction, Greenwich is a mixed genre story of love and passion, a quest for answers that takes the reader to a time and place where the lines between science and the supernatural are blurred, and where things are not always as they seem. Ultimately, Greenwich is a story of hopeful redemption, as John races the clock to try to take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity to fix past mistakes, to reweave history, and to set things right!
sTEPHEN gOLDHAHN
Author, writer/poet, part-time musician/songwriter, history buff, family man, and retired engineer.
You can also follow Stephen’s literary posts on Medium at www.medium.com/@stephen.goldhahn
Rigel Publishing is Stephen’s DBA name for self-publishing, registered in Camden County, NJ, and the state of New Jersey.
Radio Interview with the late talk show radio host Jack Hummel of Cruisin' 92.1 FM, July 1, 2017. Click this Dropbox link to listen or download the complete interview (MP3 file). Regrettably, Jack passed away in 2019. His passion for broadcast journalism will never be forgotten.