Michael Coulombe
@mcoulombewrites.bsky.social
A writer of books…also a filmmaker and photographer living in Los Angeles
https://substack.com/@mcoulombewrites
https://substack.com/@mcoulombewrites
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My novel Axe is a slow-burn horror about a man haunted by his past whose slow descent into madness causes him to hurt the one person he truly loves
🎬 Meet screenwriter Dana Olita — her stories are born from dreams and shaped by the world’s political pulse.
Read her feature now on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/dana-olita
#Screenwriting #writing #Substack #politics
Read her feature now on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/dana-olita
#Screenwriting #writing #Substack #politics
Dana Olita
Tell us about yourself and your most current project/s?
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎬 Meet screenwriter Dana Olita — her stories are born from dreams and shaped by the world’s political pulse.
Read her feature now on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/dana-olita
#Screenwriting #writing #Substack #politics
Read her feature now on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/dana-olita
#Screenwriting #writing #Substack #politics
I literally just finished the second draft of my novel AXE! 🪓
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I literally just finished the second draft of my novel AXE! 🪓
New AXE chapter on Substack: A Mother’s Devotion
A rare moment of warmth — a mother teaching her son about love and faith.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/a-mothers-...
#HorrorFiction #AXE #subtack #writing
A rare moment of warmth — a mother teaching her son about love and faith.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/a-mothers-...
#HorrorFiction #AXE #subtack #writing
A Mother's Devotion
an excerpt from my novel AXE
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New AXE chapter on Substack: A Mother’s Devotion
A rare moment of warmth — a mother teaching her son about love and faith.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/a-mothers-...
#HorrorFiction #AXE #subtack #writing
A rare moment of warmth — a mother teaching her son about love and faith.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/a-mothers-...
#HorrorFiction #AXE #subtack #writing
💫 Meet Sandee Rodriguez — writer & author.
After a car accident left her paralyzed with TBI, she reclaimed her voice through poetry, playwriting, and now a musical about her journey.
Read her interview on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sandee-rod...
#Resilience #interview #substack
After a car accident left her paralyzed with TBI, she reclaimed her voice through poetry, playwriting, and now a musical about her journey.
Read her interview on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sandee-rod...
#Resilience #interview #substack
Sandee Rodriguez
The musical is about my life after coming home from the hospital with Traumatic Brain Injury...
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
💫 Meet Sandee Rodriguez — writer & author.
After a car accident left her paralyzed with TBI, she reclaimed her voice through poetry, playwriting, and now a musical about her journey.
Read her interview on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sandee-rod...
#Resilience #interview #substack
After a car accident left her paralyzed with TBI, she reclaimed her voice through poetry, playwriting, and now a musical about her journey.
Read her interview on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sandee-rod...
#Resilience #interview #substack
🎷 New poem on Substack: …and all that jazz!
A rhythmic ode to the many styles of jazz — smooth, soulful, and alive with swing.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/and-all-th...
#Poetry #Jazz #poem #substack
A rhythmic ode to the many styles of jazz — smooth, soulful, and alive with swing.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/and-all-th...
#Poetry #Jazz #poem #substack
...and all that jazz!
Written by Michael Coulombe
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎷 New poem on Substack: …and all that jazz!
A rhythmic ode to the many styles of jazz — smooth, soulful, and alive with swing.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/and-all-th...
#Poetry #Jazz #poem #substack
A rhythmic ode to the many styles of jazz — smooth, soulful, and alive with swing.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/and-all-th...
#Poetry #Jazz #poem #substack
❄️ November’s writing prompt just dropped!
“The first snow fell that morning, soft and soundless — like the world was holding its breath.”
I give you the first line. You take it from there.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/november-2...
#writingprompt #writing #creativity #substack #november
“The first snow fell that morning, soft and soundless — like the world was holding its breath.”
I give you the first line. You take it from there.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/november-2...
#writingprompt #writing #creativity #substack #november
November 2025
Monthly Writing Prompt..
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
❄️ November’s writing prompt just dropped!
“The first snow fell that morning, soft and soundless — like the world was holding its breath.”
I give you the first line. You take it from there.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/november-2...
#writingprompt #writing #creativity #substack #november
“The first snow fell that morning, soft and soundless — like the world was holding its breath.”
I give you the first line. You take it from there.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/november-2...
#writingprompt #writing #creativity #substack #november
📚 Meet Jason Cavallero, author of Cracking Spines: Three Decades of Horror — a guide to some of the best horror fiction from the last 30 years. @jasoncavallaro.bsky.social
Read our Substack interview now ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/jason-cava...
#nonfiction #Interview #substack #horror
Read our Substack interview now ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/jason-cava...
#nonfiction #Interview #substack #horror
Jason Cavallaro
A writer of books and screenplays.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
📚 Meet Jason Cavallero, author of Cracking Spines: Three Decades of Horror — a guide to some of the best horror fiction from the last 30 years. @jasoncavallaro.bsky.social
Read our Substack interview now ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/jason-cava...
#nonfiction #Interview #substack #horror
Read our Substack interview now ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/jason-cava...
#nonfiction #Interview #substack #horror
My novel Axe is a slow-burn horror about a man haunted by his past whose slow descent into madness causes him to hurt the one person he truly loves
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My novel Axe is a slow-burn horror about a man haunted by his past whose slow descent into madness causes him to hurt the one person he truly loves
New MASSACRE MINDS episode: HE’S IN HERE WITH ME
Mandy’s babysitting a kid who says the boogeyman is real…
Script’s on Substack. Film’s on YouTube.
📖 Read the script: mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/hes-in-her...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds #screenplay #horrorshort
Mandy’s babysitting a kid who says the boogeyman is real…
Script’s on Substack. Film’s on YouTube.
📖 Read the script: mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/hes-in-her...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds #screenplay #horrorshort
He's In Here With Me
Episode 5
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New MASSACRE MINDS episode: HE’S IN HERE WITH ME
Mandy’s babysitting a kid who says the boogeyman is real…
Script’s on Substack. Film’s on YouTube.
📖 Read the script: mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/hes-in-her...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds #screenplay #horrorshort
Mandy’s babysitting a kid who says the boogeyman is real…
Script’s on Substack. Film’s on YouTube.
📖 Read the script: mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/hes-in-her...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds #screenplay #horrorshort
❄️ New poem on Substack: LOVELESS
A reflection on love lost and the loneliness that comes as winter begins to turn cold. 💔
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/loveless
#Poetry #substack #LoveAndLoss #love #writing
A reflection on love lost and the loneliness that comes as winter begins to turn cold. 💔
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/loveless
#Poetry #substack #LoveAndLoss #love #writing
Loveless
written by Michael Coulombe
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
❄️ New poem on Substack: LOVELESS
A reflection on love lost and the loneliness that comes as winter begins to turn cold. 💔
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/loveless
#Poetry #substack #LoveAndLoss #love #writing
A reflection on love lost and the loneliness that comes as winter begins to turn cold. 💔
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/loveless
#Poetry #substack #LoveAndLoss #love #writing
✨ New poem on Substack: BE
A reminder to face your fears, embrace your truth, and simply… be.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/be
#Poetry #Substack #BeYourself #poem #writing #inspiration
A reminder to face your fears, embrace your truth, and simply… be.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/be
#Poetry #Substack #BeYourself #poem #writing #inspiration
Be
written by Michael Coulombe
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
✨ New poem on Substack: BE
A reminder to face your fears, embrace your truth, and simply… be.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/be
#Poetry #Substack #BeYourself #poem #writing #inspiration
A reminder to face your fears, embrace your truth, and simply… be.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/be
#Poetry #Substack #BeYourself #poem #writing #inspiration
❤️🩹 New poem on Substack — an ode to those living with HIV/AIDS.
A brave reflection on strength, stigma, and wearing two masks to survive.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/silent-hero
#Poetry #HIVAIDSAwareness #Substack #awareness #writing
A brave reflection on strength, stigma, and wearing two masks to survive.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/silent-hero
#Poetry #HIVAIDSAwareness #Substack #awareness #writing
Silent Hero
written by Michael Coulombe
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
❤️🩹 New poem on Substack — an ode to those living with HIV/AIDS.
A brave reflection on strength, stigma, and wearing two masks to survive.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/silent-hero
#Poetry #HIVAIDSAwareness #Substack #awareness #writing
A brave reflection on strength, stigma, and wearing two masks to survive.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/silent-hero
#Poetry #HIVAIDSAwareness #Substack #awareness #writing
📖 Meet Joshua Vise — a short story author from St. Louis now living in South Korea. His latest project Bewitched Whispers is part of a collaboration with Signus Magnolia.
Read his feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/joshua-vise
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
Read his feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/joshua-vise
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
Joshua Vise
I find that the creativity in a different medium makes me think about my own creativity.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
📖 Meet Joshua Vise — a short story author from St. Louis now living in South Korea. His latest project Bewitched Whispers is part of a collaboration with Signus Magnolia.
Read his feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/joshua-vise
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
Read his feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/joshua-vise
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
🩸 New MASSACRE MINDS episode: SISTER AGATHA BLACK — the story of an evil nun with unholy intentions.
Read the script on Substack, then watch the short on YouTube.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sister-aga...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds
Read the script on Substack, then watch the short on YouTube.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sister-aga...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds
Sister Agatha Black
Episode 4
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🩸 New MASSACRE MINDS episode: SISTER AGATHA BLACK — the story of an evil nun with unholy intentions.
Read the script on Substack, then watch the short on YouTube.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sister-aga...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds
Read the script on Substack, then watch the short on YouTube.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/sister-aga...
#Horror #ShortFilm #MassacreMinds
📚 Meet Rachel Goddard, author of the BABY DOLL RECKONING series.
A proud voice from the neurodivergent & LGBTQ+ communities 🌈
Read her feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/rachel-god...
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #LGBTQ #neurodivergent
A proud voice from the neurodivergent & LGBTQ+ communities 🌈
Read her feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/rachel-god...
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #LGBTQ #neurodivergent
Rachel Goddard
Everything you see, smell, touch, taste and feel can be inspiration for a story
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
📚 Meet Rachel Goddard, author of the BABY DOLL RECKONING series.
A proud voice from the neurodivergent & LGBTQ+ communities 🌈
Read her feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/rachel-god...
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #LGBTQ #neurodivergent
A proud voice from the neurodivergent & LGBTQ+ communities 🌈
Read her feature on Substack ⬇️
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/rachel-god...
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #LGBTQ #neurodivergent
🌈 Remembering Matthew Shepard.
I wrote a poem honoring his memory — and the justice that followed his tragic death.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-reason...
#MatthewShepard #Poetry #LGBTQ
I wrote a poem honoring his memory — and the justice that followed his tragic death.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-reason...
#MatthewShepard #Poetry #LGBTQ
The Reasoning
written by Michael Coulombe
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🌈 Remembering Matthew Shepard.
I wrote a poem honoring his memory — and the justice that followed his tragic death.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-reason...
#MatthewShepard #Poetry #LGBTQ
I wrote a poem honoring his memory — and the justice that followed his tragic death.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-reason...
#MatthewShepard #Poetry #LGBTQ
🍷 New poem on Substack: THE LAST GLASS OF WINE
Each year, he drinks one glass to honor his late husband — not in sorrow, but in love. ❤️🩹
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-last-g...
#Poetry #Substack #poem #love #grief #memorial #lbgt
Each year, he drinks one glass to honor his late husband — not in sorrow, but in love. ❤️🩹
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-last-g...
#Poetry #Substack #poem #love #grief #memorial #lbgt
The Last Glass of Wine
written by Michael Coulombe
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📚 Meet David Blair, an author from Montana who reminds us to slow down and be present.
Check out his novel FIREBUG on Amazon + read our feature on Substack.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/david-blair
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
Check out his novel FIREBUG on Amazon + read our feature on Substack.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/david-blair
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📚 Meet David Blair, an author from Montana who reminds us to slow down and be present.
Check out his novel FIREBUG on Amazon + read our feature on Substack.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/david-blair
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
Check out his novel FIREBUG on Amazon + read our feature on Substack.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/david-blair
#AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity
New episode of MASSACRE MINDS is live!
🎥 THE LAST CAR — starring Shane Dorriz & Chantelle Tibbs
Written by Michael Coulombe
Directed by @alexanderthetitan
You can read the script and watch the film on Substack: Massacre Minds
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-last-car
#substack #horror
🎥 THE LAST CAR — starring Shane Dorriz & Chantelle Tibbs
Written by Michael Coulombe
Directed by @alexanderthetitan
You can read the script and watch the film on Substack: Massacre Minds
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-last-car
#substack #horror
The Last Car
Episode 3
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
New episode of MASSACRE MINDS is live!
🎥 THE LAST CAR — starring Shane Dorriz & Chantelle Tibbs
Written by Michael Coulombe
Directed by @alexanderthetitan
You can read the script and watch the film on Substack: Massacre Minds
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-last-car
#substack #horror
🎥 THE LAST CAR — starring Shane Dorriz & Chantelle Tibbs
Written by Michael Coulombe
Directed by @alexanderthetitan
You can read the script and watch the film on Substack: Massacre Minds
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/the-last-car
#substack #horror
👻 October Writing Prompt:
“I buried the body last night, but it was sitting on my porch this morning.” 🩸
You get the first line—now write the rest. Post your paragraphs in the Substack comments.
Dare to join in → mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/october-2025
#WritingPrompt #SpookySeason #Substack
“I buried the body last night, but it was sitting on my porch this morning.” 🩸
You get the first line—now write the rest. Post your paragraphs in the Substack comments.
Dare to join in → mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/october-2025
#WritingPrompt #SpookySeason #Substack
October 2025
Monthly writing prompt...
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
👻 October Writing Prompt:
“I buried the body last night, but it was sitting on my porch this morning.” 🩸
You get the first line—now write the rest. Post your paragraphs in the Substack comments.
Dare to join in → mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/october-2025
#WritingPrompt #SpookySeason #Substack
“I buried the body last night, but it was sitting on my porch this morning.” 🩸
You get the first line—now write the rest. Post your paragraphs in the Substack comments.
Dare to join in → mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/october-2025
#WritingPrompt #SpookySeason #Substack
🎬 New Substack interview with UK writer/filmmaker Carly Street.
We talk her new animated short NEVER EVER, her novels, & her podcast Speakeasy Noir.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/carly-street
#substack #Writer #documentarian #podcaster #interview #unitedkingdom
We talk her new animated short NEVER EVER, her novels, & her podcast Speakeasy Noir.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/carly-street
#substack #Writer #documentarian #podcaster #interview #unitedkingdom
Carly Street
Just keep writing, keep reading, keep learning
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🎬 New Substack interview with UK writer/filmmaker Carly Street.
We talk her new animated short NEVER EVER, her novels, & her podcast Speakeasy Noir.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/carly-street
#substack #Writer #documentarian #podcaster #interview #unitedkingdom
We talk her new animated short NEVER EVER, her novels, & her podcast Speakeasy Noir.
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/carly-street
#substack #Writer #documentarian #podcaster #interview #unitedkingdom
Big thanks to Chantelle Tibbs for reading my chapter THE PERILS OF EVIL (from my horror novel AXE) on Substack Live today. 🪓 The replay is up now!
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/reading-of...
#SubstackLive #HorrorFiction #substack #writing #substack
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/reading-of...
#SubstackLive #HorrorFiction #substack #writing #substack
Reading of THE PERILS OF EVIL
A reading from my upcoming novel: AXE
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Big thanks to Chantelle Tibbs for reading my chapter THE PERILS OF EVIL (from my horror novel AXE) on Substack Live today. 🪓 The replay is up now!
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/reading-of...
#SubstackLive #HorrorFiction #substack #writing #substack
mcoulombewrites.substack.com/p/reading-of...
#SubstackLive #HorrorFiction #substack #writing #substack
Tomorrow September 27, 2025 at 3pm PST. I will be live on my Substack page with actress Chantelle Tibbs who will be doing a reading of my chapter THE PERILS OF EVIL
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
Michael Writes | Michael Coulombe | Substack
A writer of books and screenplays. Click to read Michael Writes, by Michael Coulombe, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tomorrow September 27, 2025 at 3pm PST. I will be live on my Substack page with actress Chantelle Tibbs who will be doing a reading of my chapter THE PERILS OF EVIL
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
mcoulombewrites.substack.com
Just wrote my first evil Nun horror short…
Excited to create the next episode for Massacre Minds…
Excited to create the next episode for Massacre Minds…
September 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just wrote my first evil Nun horror short…
Excited to create the next episode for Massacre Minds…
Excited to create the next episode for Massacre Minds…