The Feast of Stevens

By Kristen Stieffel

On a space station far from Earth, animal liberationists inadvertently jeopardize thirty-eight innocent turkeys. The station’s cook, Stevens, ensures the fowl shall not have died in vain.

In this science fiction Christmas comedy, cultures clash, hearts are won, and dinner is served.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kristen Stieffel
• Release date: Dec 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465781710

Kristen Stieffel

Kristen Stieffel is a freelance editor specializing in speculative fiction and is associate editor of Havok, a flash fiction magazine focused on the science fiction and fantasy genres. She provides a full range of editorial services and has worked on a variety of projects including business nonfiction and Bible studies, but she is a novelist at heart and has edited novels in many genres for both the general market and the Christian submarket. Kristen is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association and Christian Editor Connection and is a Word Weavers International mentor.

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The Feast of Stevens

By Kristen Stieffel

Copyright 2011 Kristen Stieffel

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Cover Illustration: Mission Atlantis by Tijmen Koelewijn

Cover design by Kristen Stieffel

This story first appeared at The Cynic Online Magazine in December 2009.

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The Feast of Stevens

About the Author

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The Feast of Stevens

By Kristen Stieffel

After rapping twice on the door of the captain’s office, Dr. Brewster opened it and stepped in. Her usual manner. She never waited for him to bellow, Come in, and he liked it that way.

Captain, I have Stevens with me.

Captain Stanislaus got that shriveled-stomach feeling that mention of the cook’s name always inspired, ever since the escapade that summer when Stevens had delivered red-white-and-blue gelatin desserts to the docking ring. He looked up, out his window.

The office was just a few meters square, with unadorned curved steel walls. In