Stephanie Caye

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Writer, reader, wanderer, constantly wanting to rearrange my furniture. She/her/elle. 82% sarcasm. Author of the urban fantasy series GRAVITY'S DAUGHTER. https://stephaniecaye.com#books

A blue square background with a zigzag pattern. In the bottom right corner is a moose, and a cartoon-style talk bubble has it saying: “Fiction Fest has SO MANY awesome Canadian books and authors! Check it out today!” To the left of the moose is the book cover for THE FLAWS OF GRAVITY by Stephanie Caye.
Black text on a white background that says: How the hell was the land so silent around us? An offensively gentle wind fluttered past us, not even strong enough to try and stir the rocky sand on the side of the highway into little eddies. Seemed like a blazing, rising morning sun should make some kind of noise, a deafening choral hum, or at least some birds? Some kind of morning desert sounds? What the hell lived out here in this barren, beautiful wasteland and why wasn't it erupting into a comforting cacophony of noise? (The word silent is highlighted in yellow.)
A close-up of a cat's face and paws. The cat is long haired, fuzzy and mostly grey, with a beige stripe down her nose and her eyes closed.
A close-up of brownish-red liquor and a large ice cube in a cocktail glass, where a pair of bubbles has attached together at the top centre of the liquid to appear to be forming a pair of (sun)glasses.
Black text on a white background that says: "Still stung and feeling petty, he retreated back to the canteen on the seventh floor and took the dregs from the coffee pot without bothering to make another." The word coffee is highlighted in yellow.
Black text on a white background that says: "I reached instinctively for my gravity power to stop my tumbling descent but found only a cold, dull hollow in my core that sung with the faint bite of iron. The corner of the coffee table scraped down my upper back as I fell, its first contact sharp enough to make me gasp. It took the brunt of my body without cracking, skidding instead out from under me and dumping me onto the floor." The word coffee is highlighted in yellow.
Black text on a white background that says: The air around me felt odd and I realized it was because I seemed to be suddenly gazing into a fun house mirror. It was unnerving to have two doppelgangers gazing at me, then sizing each other up in mild surprise that they'd chosen the same form. "Okay, cool it on the shapeshiftering into me," I muttered.
Black text on white background that says the following: "It's not a bad way to go," Kevin mused into his gin and tonic. "Heart attack, I mean." "At work?" Patrick looked aghast. "Speak for yourself. No way I'm dying at the office." The word work is highlighted in yellow.
A background of pale waves crashing on dark rocks, with a book cover in the centre: Stark Raving Mab by Stephanie Caye. A dark-haired woman in a black jeans and hoodie sits at an angle on top of a dormered window holding a crown with the black and green lights of Montreal skyline tilted behind her at a 45 degree angle. Text with arrows points to the book cover and says, "With great power comes...yeah, no thanks", "Evil doppelganger hijinks", "Getting the gang back together", "Hostage situation(ship)s", "Touch him and die...even if he hates me."
A background of an orange autumn leaf shines against a faded background of blue and green, with the book cover of "A Trick of the Shade" by Stephanie Caye centred and sharpest. On the cover, a dark-haired woman in dark pants and a brown corduroy jacket sits on the bottom of a metal fire escape, holding a silver sword. Behind her, the autumn-coloured orange and yellow skyline of Montreal is upside down. Outside the book cover are arrows and tropes: "Hunting a serial killer (who's probably hunting you)", "Complicated family dynamics", "Sketchy Faeries", "Halloween", "Fistfighting on the subway", "I won't say I'm in love (with my ex)."
The book cover for The Flaws of Gravity by Stephanie Caye on a blueish green background. The cover is a woman facing away from the camera sitting upright on a glass window while the purple-lit Montreal skyline sits at a ninety-degree angle in front of her. Around the book cover is text of tropes with arrows that say: "Hidden Faerie world", "heists", "betrayal, revenge and whisky", "Low spice, lotta banter", "Lovers to enemies to...it's complicated", "car chases."
A black cat sits in a loaf on a green blanket with her front paws tucked under her and sunlight shining on one side of her face, making her right eye glow and her fur gleam. Three paperback books by Stephanie Caye are stacked in horizontally in front of her with the spines out: The Flaws of Gravity, A Trick of the Shade and Stark Raving Mab.
A photograph, in burnt-orange colour tones, of a maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole forms the background of a square image. 19 book covers are arranged in a pyramid shape down the right-hand side and across the bottom. To the left, white text in an arc says "Hidden Gems!" Below that more white text reads: "19 books by Canadian authors you may never have heard of (but will totally wonder how your bookshelves lived without!)" At the top of the pyramid of covers, to the right, it provides the date of the promo: March 1st to 15th, only on Itchi.io. The books involved are as follows, from the top of the pyramid and then down, from left to right: The Lion The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle The Dragon Next Door River of Crows Hope is the Thing with Feathers The Clockwork Empire Flesh and Bone Goblin Girl Moonshadow's Guardian Your Blood and Bones Winner Takes All The Flaws of Gravity Scrap Metal Angel Destined to be Normal Clipped Bloody Spade Baker Thief Path of the Warrior Prince Ewald the Brave
A photograph, in burnt-orange colour tones, of a maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole forms the background of a square image. 19 book covers are arranged in a pyramid shape down the right-hand side and across the bottom. To the left, white text in an arc says "Hidden Gems!" Below that more white text reads: "19 books by Canadian authors you may never have heard of (but will totally wonder how your bookshelves lived without!)" At the top of the pyramid of covers, to the right, it provides the date of the promo: March 1st to 15th, only on Itchi.io. The books involved are as follows, from the top of the pyramid and then down, from left to right: The Lion The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle The Dragon Next Door River of Crows Hope is the Thing with Feathers The Clockwork Empire Flesh and Bone Goblin Girl Moonshadow's Guardian Your Blood and Bones Winner Takes All The Flaws of Gravity Scrap Metal Angel Destined to be Normal Clipped Bloody Spade Baker Thief Path of the Warrior Prince Ewald the Brave
A photograph, in burnt-orange colour tones, of a maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole forms the background of a square image. 19 book covers are arranged in a pyramid shape down the right-hand side and across the bottom. To the left, white text in an arc says "Hidden Gems!" Below that more white text reads: "19 books by Canadian authors you may never have heard of (but will totally wonder how your bookshelves lived without!)" At the top of the pyramid of covers, to the right, it provides the date of the promo: March 1st to 15th, only on Itchi.io. The books involved are as follows, from the top of the pyramid and then down, from left to right: The Lion The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle The Dragon Next Door River of Crows Hope is the Thing with Feathers The Clockwork Empire Flesh and Bone Goblin Girl Moonshadow's Guardian Your Blood and Bones Winner Takes All The Flaws of Gravity Scrap Metal Angel Destined to be Normal Clipped Bloody Spade Baker Thief Path of the Warrior Prince Ewald the Brave
A photograph, in burnt-orange colour tones, of a maple leaf with a heart-shaped hole forms the background of a square image. 19 book covers are arranged in a pyramid shape down the right-hand side and across the bottom. To the left, white text in an arc says "Hidden Gems!" Below that more white text reads: "19 books by Canadian authors you may never have heard of (but will totally wonder how your bookshelves lived without!)" At the top of the pyramid of covers, to the right, it provides the date of the promo: March 1st to 15th, only on Itchi.io. The books involved are as follows, from the top of the pyramid and then down, from left to right: The Lion The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle The Dragon Next Door River of Crows Hope is the Thing with Feathers The Clockwork Empire Flesh and Bone Goblin Girl Moonshadow's Guardian Your Blood and Bones Winner Takes All The Flaws of Gravity Scrap Metal Angel Destined to be Normal Clipped Bloody Spade Baker Thief Path of the Warrior Prince Ewald the Brave
On the right, a long-haired, mostly grey but dilute tortoiseshell cat with yellow eyes sits in the sunlight on a brown carpet, while a sleek black cat with similar yellow eyes rests her head on the first cat's haunch and both look into the distance.
A hand holding two paperback books in a fan-like spread: in the back Hammajang Luck and at the foreground The Obake Code, both by Makana Yamamoto.
A screenshot of a Tidal playlist title with the description "Vibes playlist for the The Flaws of Gravity by Stephanie Caye", 19 tracks (1 hr 6 min), 1 FAN, then Play and Shuffle buttons.
Three book covers for The Flaws of Gravity, A Trick of the Shade, Stark Raving Mab by Stephanie Caye. The background runs from purple on the left through orange in the centre and into green on the right, matching the dominant colour of each cover. The Flaws of Gravity features a dark-haired woman with her back to the camera, sitting with a lit cityscape at a 90 degree angle in front of her. A Trick of the Shade shows the same woman sitting on the underside of a metal fire escape holding a sword, with the city skyline upside down behind her. Stark Raving Mab shows the woman facing the camera, holding a crown, perched on a dormered window roof while the city skyline is tilted at an angle behind her.
Black text on white background that says: “Where were you on last November first?” “Is that the night Guy died?” She didn’t answer, but I was confident enough in my guess that I answered, “I was at the hospital.” The inspector’s pen scraped across her paper but her eyes flickered up, inviting me to go on.
Black text on a white background that says: I had a new idea, but it probably wasn’t a good one. “Well, how about some practice?” I prompted. “Mei said there’s a kavac working at her gym.” “You saw Mei?” “This afternoon.” I veered hastily away from further explanation there. “It sounds like a perfect setup to me. Kavacs feed on fear. You’re afraid of heights. Climbing gyms are all heights. You’d be catnip to this kavac thing. Kavac-nip.”
Black text on white background that says: <Redacted character name> swung forward, catching my arm with one swipe and then flinging me backwards. I reached instinctively for my gravity power to stop my tumbling descent but found only a cold, dull hollow in my core that sung with the faint bite of iron. The corner of the coffee table tore a painful scrape down my upper back, its first contact sharp enough to make me gasp. It took the brunt of my body without cracking, skidding instead out from under me and dumping me onto the floor. My adversary pounced, thumping down hard on both knees to straddle me, pinning me to the floor with a deceptively loose hand around my throat.
A screenshot of a phone screen containing white text on a black background that says "You powered through 2025 on a vibrant blend of theatrical indie anthems and raw alt-pop confessionals, each track a potent surge of emotion and story."
Black text on a white background that says, She frowned out the window. The snow seemed higher along the sides of the road than she remembered from the woods. Plows, maybe, piling it up. Flakes filled the air, coming down harder than they had been between the trees.
Text on a blue background reads: The 2025 Award Season has Begun! Nominations Open: Nov 1 - Nov 30th. Finalists confirmed: Nov 1 - Nov 30th. Recruiting Judes: Always (which is likely a typo for Recruiting Judges.)
A white, skeletal hand emerges from the soil of a wooden planter beside a brick wall and apartment stairs, its fingers curled forward as if to catch passersby on the sidewalk.
A hand on the left holds the paperback copy of The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. Anderson in the foreground.
A long-haired, dilute tortoiseshell cat sits on a green camping mattress underneath the blond wooden slats of an Ikea bed, illuminated by a camera flash, yellow eyes aimed down. Just above her pointed ears are a set of black pointed cat ears from a second, hidden cat sitting directly behind her.
Black text on a white background that says, "Can you get a car?" Daniel asked. "We'll borrow one." Zeb was already on his phone again, starting to move toward the sidewalk. As we passed a sixplex under construction, I stooped to pluck a brick from a pile beside the street. The area around us was dark and empty, no lights in the windows. I stopped beside a plain, black sedan, but before I could smash my brick through the window, somebody caught my wrist and yanked me back. "Not that kind of 'borrow', chiquita," Zeb said. "What are you, twelve?" "Still holding a brick," I warned.
Black text on a white background, reading: “He doesn’t drink anymore.” I answered for him, weirdly proud to know something she didn’t. I’d been here for the last six months. Okay, the last three. But she hadn’t at all. “Then why do you have Scotch?” Grace cocked an eyebrow at me. “Because it took me a while to realize he was serious.” “Don’t talk about me like I’m not here,” Daniel snapped. He took another gulp of water before conceding, “I realize that I’m not . . . fully here, but—” We both gave him a second to see if he’d say more. When he didn’t, Grace extended her glass to me. “Top me up and get on with explaining why I shouldn’t kill you.” Rather than retreat to the kitchen, I just swapped the glass in my hand for hers. She eyed my half-finished amber liquid with a sigh, then drained the rest of it.
Black text on white background, starting below: Colour me impressed. “You can recognize a shapeshifter?” I asked. “Since when?” “Since—” Zeb turned flustered, waving a dismissive hand toward Soleil. “I don’t know—it’s obvious.” “It is?” Soleil looked concerned, studying themselves as if they’d left one hand covered in reptile scales or conjured mismatched shoes.
A somewhat blurry photo looking upon two cats: one, grey and fluffy, faces to the right while the other, black with piercing yellow eyes, faces to the left over the first cat's head
The cover of the book The Flaws of Gravity by Stephanie Caye. A dark-haired woman sits with her back to the viewer, looking out on the lit buildings of the city skyline of Montreal, which is tilted at a ninety-degree angle.
Three paperback books sit upright on a pair of spread black plastic skeleton hands, with a balcony railing and blurry trees in the background. The books' spines face out and are in order: The Flaws of Gravity, A Trick of the Shade, and Stark Raving Mab all by Stephanie Caye.
Top left, the cover of The Flaws of Gravity by Stephanie Caye. Top right, the text: "The existence of tequila is at stake. Oh, and humanity too." The bottom is a banner for the Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text.
A cartoon woman lounges on her stomach with her finger pressed to the screen of an e-reader under the text "Read An Ebook Week." A banner below her indicates "My Books are 50% off" and lists "smashwords.com/shelves/promos"
A purple background with lighter purple and white streaks on the edges. Text says #writingwrapped, My 2024 in writing
A black cat stands on a blond wood floor, staring at the camera with wide, yellow eyes and tiny slits of pupils.
The paperback book The Flaws of Gravity is held by a person's hand in the centre of the photo, with a grey stone building to the left, yellow autumn leaves overhead and a full bicycle rack to the right.
Three books stand with spines facing out on a base made up of black plastic fingers stretching out, which is itself sitting on a wooden balcony. The books are "The Flaws of Gravity", "A Trick of the Shade" and "Stark Raving Mab" by Stephanie Caye.
Three paperback books, spine out, sit on a pedestal shaped like two hands with fingers outstretched. The books are "The Flaws of Gravity", "A Trick of the Shade" and "Stark Raving Mab" all by Stephanie Caye.
A paperback and e-reader both showing the book Stark Raving Mab by Stephanie Caye.
A book wrapped in black paper with a strip missing from the centre, showing a set of legs on a tilted dormered window and the unreadable tops of text in silver. Readable text says: Cover reveal, October 2.
A book wrapped in black paper with a strip missing from the centre, showing a set of legs on a tilted dormered window and the unreadable tops of text in silver. Readable text says: Cover reveal, October 1.
A rough, chocolate-brown cat with giant, soulful eyes gazes at the camera over a mostly-empty food dish.
A map of the US with the states delineated in straight lines, coloured in and ranked based on whether you have lived, stayed, visited, stopped or passed through it. All states in my map are coloured except WY, SC, AK, HI and US island territories. Text says: US Level 161.
The cover of the book The Flaws of Gravity by Stephanie Caye with blurb: "Half-faerie Jude inadvertently aids a plot that could end the world. Now the existence of tequila is at stake. Oh, and humanity too." Followed by a banner for Indie Sale, fantasy, sci-fi & horror, August 24-26 2024
Black text on a white background, reading: "His deep sigh made me certain he meant to keep arguing, but instead he let me out of the suite. We returned to the private elevator and descended a few more floors to what looked like the command centre of <something big brain not working>, all computers and monitors and two uniformed guards watching them all."
A strong and very vivid rainbow projects down from the clouds behind a building at the horizon, as seen from a Montreal neighbourhood.
A generic e-reader shows the front cover of Stephanie Caye's urban fantasy novel "The Flaws of Gravity", set against a surrealistic sunset photo in pastel colours. Text indicating the price $4.99 has been struck-thru and replaced with $0.99.
A generic e-reader shows the front cover of Stephanie Caye's urban fantasy novel "The Flaws of Gravity", set against a surrealistic sunset photo in pastel colours. Text indicating the price $4.99 has been struck-thru and replaced with $0.99.
A martini glass full of clear liquid with an olive strung across it on a silver pick, sitting in the snow of a Canadian balcony.
A 3D rendering of "A Trick of the Shade" by Stephanie Caye in paperback and e-reader.
The paperback book "A Trick of the Shade" by Stephanie Caye sits amid colourful plastic pumpkins and a plaster hand candle-holder with a giant purple eye in it.