About me

My name is Stephen Harrington, and I’m an author living in London, UK. When I’m not writing or working, you’ll usually find me rolling on the floor with my dogs.

I’ve always loved a good story. Growing up on Bradbury, Tolkien, and Stephen King gave me an early fascination with strange worlds, ordinary heroes, and the quiet magic that hides in everyday life.

For the past fourteen years I’ve been building The Youngling Trilogy, a dark fantasy story about a girl named Synesthesia, a wanderer named Seth, and a creature called the Griffinkat. The tale crosses two worlds, the Midgarden and the Manheim, and has followed me through just about every season of my life. After all the drafts, rewrites, and late nights, the trilogy is now complete and being released into the world.

Finishing it has given me the space to return to other stories I’ve been working on in the background - including Talos, a psychological sci-fi novella now available, as well as a handful of side projects that will soon see the light of day.

Outside of writing, I have a stubborn habit of taking things apart and making new ones: flutes, cigar box guitars, and whatever else comes to hand. It’s my way of staying busy and keeping creativity moving when I’m not at the keyboard.

If there’s a thread running through everything I write, it’s this: ordinary people facing extraordinary things, with a little courage, a little fear, and whatever light they can carry.

The Youngling Trilogy is finished. More stories are coming.