John Stea
Author
John Stea is a former musician who discovered that the road teaches you as much about people as it does about sound. After years spent in dimly lit venues, cramped vans, and the electric hum of backstage green rooms, he pivoted into the world of psychotherapy—trading amplifiers for conversations that go down to the bone. Today, he brings both disciplines together: the rhythm of music and the raw honesty of counselling inform every story he writes.
John lives just outside London, Ontario, where the quiet edges of the city give way to farmland, old river paths, and the kind of dusk light that always looks like trouble is about to find you. He shares his home with his son—his favourite human—and three unapologetically opinionated cats who seem convinced that they are co-authors. When he is not writing or working with clients, you can find him playing guitar, losing track of time in local cafés, or diving into obscure folklore that probably has no business being as fascinating as it is.
His leap from psychotherapy into urban fantasy and sci-fi might seem unexpected, but for John, the genres are simply another way of exploring what has always been at the centre of his work: the fragile, powerful, beautifully strange machinery of being human. His stories blend supernatural tension with emotional authenticity, always rooted in the belief that even in worlds filled with shadows, monsters, or impossible choices, people remain the most compelling mystery of all.