“While the setting itself serves as a character for this novel, it is the relationships between Jake, Kali and Aden that... More > show the reader redemption isn't something waiting for us in the afterlife - it's certain small moments we share with those we move with through this life. In Pilgrim's Bay, it is something lost repeatedly, to be found just as often, during Sunday morning drives, holding a loved one's hand, in the tattered booths of smoky bars, in something as simple as sharing a pitcher of beer or fishing with your childhood friend.”

~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less

"Reading writing by K.J. Stevens is like deja vu; like dreaming. You'll find yourself thinking about a particular story of... More > his, and momentarily wonder if it really happened to you in another life and you're only now remembering. And when you remember that it's a story, crafted by a most accomplished story-teller, you'll gasp at how much a part of the very fiber of your being it has become."

~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less

“While the setting itself serves as a character for this novel, it is the relationships between Jake, Kali and Aden that... More > show the reader redemption isn't something waiting for us in the afterlife - it's certain small moments we share with those we move with through this life. In Pilgrim's Bay, it is something lost repeatedly, to be found just as often, during Sunday morning drives, holding a loved one's hand, in the tattered booths of smoky bars, in something as simple as sharing a pitcher of beer or fishing with your childhood friend.”

~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less

"Reading writing by K.J. Stevens is like deja vu; like dreaming. You'll find yourself thinking about a particular story of... More > his, and momentarily wonder if it really happened to you in another life and you're only now remembering. And when you remember that it's a story, crafted by a most accomplished story-teller, you'll gasp at how much a part of the very fiber of your being it has become."

~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less

We may walk safely upon the surface level engaged in simple, straightforward prose, but it is Stevens’ knack for the... More > language, and his careful sleight-of-hand, which will snatch a few of us and pull us under.


K.J. Stevens is 31 years old. He lives in the rural, Northern Michigan town of Alpena, on the shores of Lake Huron. Infidelity is a collection of eight short stories. It is his sixth book. < Less

“Today I will visit my grave. A piece of earth in a small cemetery. Not far from the Thunder Bay River. In the township of... More > Maple Ridge. The place I grew up. Where everyday I was face-to-face with learning. With relating. With experiences that pushed and prodded, nudged me out of ignorance and stripped away innocence. The place I will be buried one day. I am only 33, but one can never be sure how many days are left. And sometimes it is good to stake your claim. Make your mark. To know something final. Put the end in sight. Give peace of mind.” < Less

"Reading writing by K.J. Stevens is like deja vu; like dreaming. You'll find yourself thinking about a particular story of... More > his, and momentarily wonder if it really happened to you in another life and you're only now remembering. And when you remember that it's a story, crafted by a most accomplished story-teller, you'll gasp at how much a part of the very fiber of your being it has become." writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less

"Reading writing by K.J. Stevens is like deja vu; like dreaming. You'll find yourself thinking about a particular story of... More > his, and momentarily wonder if it really happened to you in another life and you're only now remembering. And when you remember that it's a story, crafted by a most accomplished story-teller, you'll gasp at how much a part of the very fiber of your being it has become."

~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less

“While the setting itself serves as a character for this novel, it is the relationships between Jake, Kali and Aden that... More > show the reader redemption isn't something waiting for us in the afterlife - it's certain small moments we share with those we move with through this life. In Pilgrim's Bay, it is something lost repeatedly, to be found just as often, during Sunday morning drives, holding a loved one's hand, in the tattered booths of smoky bars, in something as simple as sharing a pitcher of beer or fishing with your childhood friend.”

~ writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less

"Reading writing by K.J. Stevens is like deja vu; like dreaming. You'll find yourself thinking about a particular story of... More > his, and momentarily wonder if it really happened to you in another life and you're only now remembering. And when you remember that it's a story, crafted by a most accomplished story-teller, you'll gasp at how much a part of the very fiber of your being it has become." writer, Courtney McCrimmon < Less