Ken Lehnig

Biography

Ken Lehnig lives in San Diego and is a long-time singer/songwriter, producer musician, poet, author and podcast host for Creatives with Ken Lehnig on Spotify, Breaker, and Goggle Podcasts. Ken's music is on Spotify and most music sites.

"I have always been interested in the dark at the edge of the light. The reality of the light and dark reality is both in the lit physical world as well as the more dimly lit world of our psyche's. What inhabits that place? What do we do when all that we know is not enough to explain what appears before us?
I suppose the relationship between the dark and the light was solidified when I acquired a life-threatening auto-immune disease that introduced me to unbearable pain and put me in a wheelchair for 4 years. Most of the short stories and poems in my books were written during that time. I have looked long and well into the dark, clear that it was to me my destination and have recovered and remain to be a Creative."

Smashwords Interview

What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
I started writing in earnest after I had contracted a deadly disease that put me in a wheel chair, in terrible pain and a growing addiction to morphine. During those times of lucidity and very aware of the finite days ahead I began to write in hopes of leaving a legacy for my children. All three of the dark and weird "Jongleur' series are the output of that time (I suppose in some way from the influence of the dragon). When I did not die and recovered, including the ability to walk, I realized how very much writing had redefined me. I wrote the 'Elm's Chronicles' as a cathartic romp through a different world, and for casting out the demons from that dark place I had once been. I'm just finishing another novel, a closer to mainstream thriller. So...what gets me out of bed? The answer is simple for me. I get my stories and ideas when I sleep - and that wakes me up ready to put those stories as best as I am able onto pages. A gift I believe gained in a time of great trial.
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
I have been a musician and singer/songwriter for 40 years. My band 'Ken Lehnig and the Burning Sage Band' of nearly two decades just finished a rock album called 'Keep The Sun From Going Down' (Available everywhere) and I'm currently working on an eclectic Americana project 'The American Music Show'. A great deal of time is spent on Dave Dodds and my website , Songwritersmarketplace.com. I interview up and coming singer/songwriters and industry folks and write articles on lyric writing and performing. We pulled it down and are currently building a new and improved site. I'll give a heads up when it's live again.
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Series

Sozzel The Jongleur
The Jongleur walked through the alehouse door once again into the dim and din. Here the Storyteller was acknowledged and urged on and on. He felt anxious but well prepared to offer some strange reflections, stories, and poetry to puzzle, shock, and entertain. He climbed up on the stage and yelled out 'Sozzel the Jongleur'. Strange dark tales, poetry. PG_14 Adult themes.
The Elms Chronicles
Am I smaller than the challenge? Will there be arrows in midstream, or dire thoughts and tales to tell of the darkness in my dreams? When Dr. Kendra Evans, a talented psychologist with unwanted psychic abilities, visits her parents at their Texas ranch, she is drawn into a murder investigation after experiencing terrifying visions of the crime - what's worst is she sees the murderer in her mind's eye. Kendra Evans is drawn into a perilous and ghostly adventure against a murderous foe connected to two worlds by an ancient evil. The world is in peril and doesn't know it, and only a few brave gifted people have the understanding, capacity, or the will to try to stop it, but only if they can survive

Books

Cassandra Reems
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 75,650. Language: English. Published: February 6, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
The world had barely survived the arrival of a celestial invader. Destroying all life on the surface. Mars and Earth now shared the same orbit and the blue invader became a second moon to Earth. Life, somehow, returned. Cassandra, a beautiful and dangerous clone created in a lab has a mission. Samson is a bounty hunter, an ancient and dangerous enigma with plans of his own. Rated 17+
Carving Wood Finding Shendra Lieghton Book Two
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 59,860. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Shendra Leighton would best be described as a profoundly unhappy woman. With the death of both her parents, she discovers that she had a brother, of whom she was unaware. The fact that he had died and bequeathed to her a fortune and an entire town in east Texas was inexplicable. The real reason her brother bought and financed the town and who Shendra truly is, will be dangerously reveale
Carving Wood Searching for Shendra Lieghton Book One
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 66,820. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Shendra Leighton would best be described as a profoundly unhappy woman. With the death of both her parents, she discovers that she had a brother, of whom she was unaware. The fact that he had died and bequeathed to her a fortune and an entire town in east Texas was inexplicable. The real reason her brother bought and financed the town and who Shendra truly is, will be dangerously revealed.
Truthful Tall Tales
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 66,290. Language: English. Published: January 4, 2021 . Categories: Nonfiction » Inspiration » Personal inspiration
High Strangeness in an Ordinary Life It has taken a challenge by a family member to tell the true story of a lifetime of high strangeness. This is not an autobiography, but a light cast on parts of an ordinary life colored by high strangeness. I never reported any of these events to any authority but took them as a personal, unwanted journey down the rabbit hole on my own,
Sozzel the Jongleur 3, Strange Reflections
Series: Sozzel The Jongleur. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 56,800. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Anthologies » Poetry - single author
The Jongleur walked through the ale house door once again into the dim and din. Here the Storyteller was acknowledged and urged on and on. He felt anxious but well prepared to offer some strange reflections, dark stories and poetry to puzzle, shock, and entertain.He climbed upon the stage and yelled out 'Sozzel the Jongleur'. Strange tales, poetry, and a play. PG_14 Adult themes.
The Elms Chronicles - A Truer Night (Book Two)
Series: The Elms Chronicles. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 103,310. Language: English. Published: March 28, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Dr. Kendra Evans is drawn into a perilous and ghostly adventure against a murderous foe connected to two worlds by an ancient evil. The world is in peril and doesn't know it, and only a few brave gifted people have the understanding, capacity, or the will to try to stop it, but only if they can survive. PG-14 some sexual content, violence, language.
The Elms Chronicles - A Deeper Well (Book One)
Series: The Elms Chronicles. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 82,950. Language: English. Published: February 23, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
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Book Am I smaller than the challenge? Will there be arrows in midstream, or dire thoughts and tales to tell of the darkness in my dreams? When Kendra, a talented psychologist with unwanted psychic abilities, visits her parents at their Texas ranch, she is drawn into a murder investigation after experiencing terrifying visions of the crime - what's worst is she sees the murderer in her mind's eye
Sozzel The Jongleur 2 Peculiar Tellings
Series: Sozzel The Jongleur. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 56,740. Language: English. Published: December 29, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
The Jongleur walked through the ale house door into the dim and din. He had played and recited here just last week and was well received. He felt well prepared to offer some peculiar tellings, stories and poetry to puzzle, shock, and entertain.He climbed upon the stage and yelled out 'Sozzel the Jongleur.' Weird and strange stories and poems by Ken Lehnig PG-14