You weren’t supposed to read this.

Seriously. Heaven tried to censor it, Hell tried to lawyer it, and my father tried to burn it.

But here you are—...

The Gospel According to Styx: Rants from Satan’s Daughter by Steve Goldsmith
Steve Goldsmith

Steve Goldsmith

Steve Goldsmith is the author of 5 books, including The Gospel According to Styx: Rants from Satan’s Daughter and The Last Heretic.

In addition to writing, he owns a sprawling botanical garden complex in Nuevo Arenal, Costa.  El Jardin Reverente includes a grane vivero, mariposario, and artisan gift shop.

He is also the founder of Vida Sostenible Nuevo Arenal, a community-forward foundation that raises funds for neonatal and third trimester support, school outreach and support programs, street-dog rescue and rehab, and much more.
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The Gospel According to Styx: Rants from Satan’s Daughter

You weren’t supposed to read this.
Seriously. Heaven tried to censor it, Hell tried to lawyer it, and my father tried to burn it.

But here you are—scrolling through my unauthorized, unrepentant rants.

Inside you’ll find:

  • Divine decrees that were really bureaucratic meltdowns.
  • Unicorns with better fashion sense than any prophet.
  • Kings rewriting...

Forty-Two Flash Fever Dreams, Just in Case

A strange little lantern of a book: forty-two flash-length fever dreams pulled from the surreal universe of Dear Dairy. Each dream is a tiny jolt of dream logic—sharp, uncanny, and unsettling in the way truth often is. Read them on a lunch break, a bus ride, or in the quiet minutes before sleep. And if something here whispers to you, follow it—...

The Last Heretic

In the shadow of empire, truth is a dangerous game.

Archelaus, son of Nikolaos, is no ordinary scribe. Sharp-tongued, fiercely loyal, and quietly defiant, he journeys to Nicaea as the Church prepares to confront its greatest theological crisis.

At the Emperor’s table, where bishops preen and power masquerades as piety, Archie must navigate a...