Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚)

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Writer (Nebula finalist, Shirley Jackson finalist X 2), editor & publisher (World Fantasy Award finalist x 2), poet (Rhysling winner X 3), journalist (VPA winner X 4), devoted husband, obedient cat servant, metalhead \m/ \m/ https://mythicdelirum.com

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Anita and I both have COVID, ugh, so plans I had in mind for what to do on this special day just ain’t gonna happen. Here’s a picture and a reminder that SLOW BURN was released today! Get one and cheer me up 😉 mythicdelirium.com/slow-burn#Burn

… This is maybe the wildest five-star review of one of my books I’ve ever read. SLOW BURN is out tomorrow!! 🔥😱🔥

Opening this afternoon at #readercon #readercon2024 — come see us!

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I got the opportunity to blurb this book and it FUCKING RULES

Heads up to #Readercon #Reafercon2024 folks — my first reading for you in five years. No pressure!!

Six more days until the launch of my new collection, SLOW BURN. Grateful for these kind words by @aijiang.bsky.social! mythicdelirium.com/slow-burn#Burn Illustration by Paula Arwen Owen for “Thanomorphosis,” a VERY experimental poem co-written with W. Gregory Stewart

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Tell me when you lose your heart, how it turns into a knife, how the stars suddenly stop singing— grief, with all its tendrils, is so stark, so silent, a wreckage of old languages, words you no longer recall,slipping away like the shadow of a dream— breathe, darling, be brave, begin again. #TinyPoem

My newest collection of stories and poetry comes out in seven days, but also, this is proof of life! mythicdelirium.com/slow-burn#Burn

SLOW BURN launches in 8 days 😱 Amazing photograph by Anita, beautiful words from @christinasng.bsky.social! mythicdelirium.com/slow-burn#Burn

Flattered and honored to see my new story collection SLOW BURN on this list!

it's here!! another BIG BOOK POST by @mariahaskins.bsky.social! 21 SFFH Books We’re Looking Forward to in July 2024 SO MANY BOOKS check them out here: thread/ psychopomp.com/21-sffh-book...

21 SFFH Books We’re Looking Forward to in July 2024 - PSYCHOPOMP.COMpsychopomp.com 21 SFFH books coming in JULY 2024 that we are excited to read!

Docked one star for that single story that’s just … too … gross 😏😄 👹 Where to get grossed out and freaked out: mythicdelirium.com/slow-burn#Burn

MACHINE LEARNING: My new tale of terror has manifested in the physical world! This new issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly endorsed by 1) the author 2) his owner 3) Cthulhtroll cosmichorrormonthly.com/store/issue-...

This Saturday, I will be taking part (virtually!) in the 2024 Nebula Conference; I’m one of the panelists discussing a topic I am all too familiar with — regrouping after one’s story/novel/poem/proposal/etc. gets rejected.

My latest book of horror tales, SLOW BURN, is on NetGalley now for those who dare to test their mettle. 😇 Official publication date 7/16 Introduction by @christinasng.bsky.social; interior illos by Paula Arwen Owen; cover art by Lasse Paldanius www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Our publishing assistant Pandora at her desk, 14 years ago vs right this minute 😻

Great company to be in!

BCS Authors Elsewhere: work in zines and forthcoming collections by Mike Allen @mythicdelirium.bsky.social, @ephiny.bsky.social Gale, @aimeeogden.bsky.social, E. Catherine Tobler @ect.bsky.social. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/2024/04/23/b...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - <i>BCS</i> Authors Elsewhere – Allen, Gale, Ogden, Tobler by Scott H. Andrewswww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com Several BCS authors have work appearing or forthcoming in other venues recently: Mike Allen (The Butcher, the Baker in BCS #289 and podcast BCS 248; Longsleeves in BCS #190; The Ivy-Smothered Palisade...

Not every day you get to meet the mayor of Wonju, South Korea. This story I did for Cardinal News about Wonju’s mayor visiting the new Sister Cities 60th anniversary exhibition at the Taubman Museum of Art was a lot of fun to cover. cardinalnews.org/2024/05/23/n...

Who is the BESTEST KITTY?!?!? 😻 The June issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly contains my new cosmic horror (natch!) tale "Machine Learning" 😏 It does occur to me to mention, there’s no cat in my story 🐈‍⬛ though there are most assuredly monsters. 👹 Subscribe Fhtagn! cosmichorrormonthly.com/subscribe/

Nothing special planned this week. 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻

This was so much fun! Thank you @lcmarino.bsky.social for inviting me on 🙌🏻

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome @mythicdelirium.bsky.social to the show! Mike Allen is the author of UNSEAMING, AFTERMATH OF AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT, and the upcoming release, SLOW BURN. Mike is a genuinely kind individual with an especially dark gift. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/3Pq9...

Ep. 21 - Slow Burn with Mike Allenopen.spotify.com Listen to this episode from The Suspense is Killing Me on Spotify. It's Mike Allen! No, not that Mike Allen. That Mike Allen! You know, the gentleman who wrote Unseaming (love that cover) and Aftermat...

Wild news from my nonfiction side hustle: I’ve NEVER had prize-winning photographer on my bucket list. But here we are! 🏆🏆🏆 My thanks to Cardinal News for providing me with opportunities to continue practicing the journalistic arts.

Thank you, @acwise.bsky.social!

I just posted a review of @mythicdelirium.bsky.social's forthcoming collection, Slow Burn, perfect for fans of body horror, cosmic horror, and dark fantasy! acwise.net/review-slow-...

Review: Slow Burn by Mike Allen – acwise.netacwise.net

I’ve had a whirlwind week! Signed contracts for both a new novelette and for a much much longer narrative 📚— more details to come. (So exciting to have secrets!) And also this terrific review of my forthcoming collection SLOW BURN manifested in KIRKUS!! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Thank you, Maria, for this lovely review of my SLOW BURN collection and for all the stuff you do for short fiction!

I also recommend three short story collections that will be out later this year. GHOSTROOTS by 'Pemi Aguda PICK YOUR POTION by @ephiny.bsky.social SLOW BURN by @mythicdelirium.bsky.social maria-is-reading.blogspot.com/2024/04/my-s...

My Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup - #3/2024maria-is-reading.blogspot.com The art for this roundup includes a detail of the cover for Hexagon #16 by Yorgos Cotronis. More about the artist: https://cotronis.com/ ☀...

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"Artists who rely on platforms now ... are obliged to produce both art and a portrait of themselves as an artist." --fascinating article on art and influencer-ization, via @mythicdelirium.bsky.social reallifemag.com/influencer-c...

Influencer Creep — Real Lifereallifemag.com Self-documenting and self-branding are becoming basic to all forms of work

I am thrilled to at last share here the amazing cover art Lasse Paldanius created for my newest collection of horror tales and macabre poetry, SLOW BURN, forthcoming in July. Preorder info here! mythicdelirium.com/slow-burn#Burn

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The Outer Dark Presents The Call of The Weird, March 23, at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur, GA. COME ONE, COME ALL, but definitely come WEIRD! More info at www.theouterdark.org

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Just a day left to take advantage of a chance to get a huge haul of fabulous novels by fabulous writers. I've read and loved MANY of these (and, uh, wrote the introduction to one)--highly, highly recommended.

Thrilled to share the Twisted Folktale Histories StoryBundle! w/ books by @fluoritewitch.bsky.social, @leemurraywriter.bsky.social, @geneveflynn.bsky.social, @carinabissett.bsky.social, @angelaslatter.bsky.social, Isabel Yap, Eugen Bacon, CSE Cooney, Theodora Goss & more! storybundle.com/folklore

I pretty much abandoned promoting the Twisted FolkLore Histories StoryBundle on this platform — because I had so much to do, too many platforms to post on, and many of the contributing writers aren’t on BlueSky. Got hours on the train ahead, so gonna try to get caught up! storybundle.com/folklore

Been swamped [illness/injury/day job catchup] but wanting to boost Twisted Folktale Histories StoryBundle & what's in it: Spotlight #1, CHASING WHISPERS by @genni.bsky.social—puts 13 of her unforgettable, poetic, tragic, bitingly humorous stories in one sublime package. storybundle.com/folklore

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A grateful tip of my button-covered hat to Jim Mcleod with Ginger Nuts of Horror, home to the cover reveal for my next collection of horror tales and verse, SLOW BURN. Features a fun little interview with myself and artist Lasse Paldanius! gnofhorror.com/slow-burn-by...

Slow Burn by Mike Allen - Cover Reveal.gnofhorror.com Get a sneak peek at the cover of Slow Burn by Mike Allen and read an exclusive interview with cover artist Lasse Paldanius.