EUPHEMISMS was written by Kevin Stendahl, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The collection of poems and short stories was written between 2015-2016, and was later compiled for print. During this time, he worked through a severe drug-addiction and the deaths of several close friends and family members; these events are considered to be the key influences during the creative process of EUPHEMISMS, along with an overall taste for irony and course unfiltered humor. After a series of heroin overdoses and a nearly fatal car accident, he made the decision to realign his life, and focus on the release of a book. The book was to be titled EUPHEMISMS, and was released in 2017.