Michael Allen Rose
@michaelallenrose.bsky.social
Award winning author, musician and performer based in Chicagoland. Library guy, cat dad, tea drinker, skeptic, lover, amateur sorcerer.
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Can I go 9 for 9?
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: KEEP SUBMITTING. This is working because I'm making myself SEND OUT STORIES. As hard as that is, as much as it feels like spinning wheels sometimes, DO IT. It's the only way. You have my sword. <3
Cat pic for tax. (Dr. Light edits all my work)
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: KEEP SUBMITTING. This is working because I'm making myself SEND OUT STORIES. As hard as that is, as much as it feels like spinning wheels sometimes, DO IT. It's the only way. You have my sword. <3
Cat pic for tax. (Dr. Light edits all my work)
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Can I go 9 for 9?
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: KEEP SUBMITTING. This is working because I'm making myself SEND OUT STORIES. As hard as that is, as much as it feels like spinning wheels sometimes, DO IT. It's the only way. You have my sword. <3
Cat pic for tax. (Dr. Light edits all my work)
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: KEEP SUBMITTING. This is working because I'm making myself SEND OUT STORIES. As hard as that is, as much as it feels like spinning wheels sometimes, DO IT. It's the only way. You have my sword. <3
Cat pic for tax. (Dr. Light edits all my work)
And of course there was the 1st place win in the Dark N' Light contest of my much beloved story Antarctica, published here: darknlight.com/projects/sho...
Antarctica - Dark 'n' Light
What comes after the end? In this short story by Michael Allen Rose, it is a frozen, lifeless, Sisyphean eternity, where two survivors are trapped in a vicious cycle of too little and just enough.
darknlight.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
And of course there was the 1st place win in the Dark N' Light contest of my much beloved story Antarctica, published here: darknlight.com/projects/sho...
In addition to those sales above, I have written a review of Kathe Koja's rereleased book "Skin" for a blog called Zona Motel zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-ski...
REVIEW: Skin by Kathe Koja
Michael Allen Rose on the new edition of Skin by Kathe Koja, published by Meerkat Press this past April
zonamotel.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In addition to those sales above, I have written a review of Kathe Koja's rereleased book "Skin" for a blog called Zona Motel zonamotel.substack.com/p/review-ski...
Last month, I received word that the podcast Tales to Terrify wanted Had He Tongue To Speak (8,412 words) which is a horror story I've been trying to find the right place for. It's going to be an audio production version, not a written/printed one! More on that when the production is ready to go!
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Last month, I received word that the podcast Tales to Terrify wanted Had He Tongue To Speak (8,412 words) which is a horror story I've been trying to find the right place for. It's going to be an audio production version, not a written/printed one! More on that when the production is ready to go!
I was incredibly excited to place my horror comedy Rashomonster (4,650 words) in an upcoming issue of Trollbreath Magazine. Cool people doing a very cool magazine. Keep an eye out, as when spooky season comes there's a rumor I might be the free story past the paywall... magazine.trollbreath.com
Issue 5, Fall 2025 - Trollbreath Magazine
Issue 5, Fall 2025 Fiction La Forêt de Fontainebleu, Les Chasseurs, Le Renard by Aimee Ogden The Water Dragons of Harney County by B. Morris Allen The Machines are Hungry by Maressa Voss Gracie ...
magazine.trollbreath.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I was incredibly excited to place my horror comedy Rashomonster (4,650 words) in an upcoming issue of Trollbreath Magazine. Cool people doing a very cool magazine. Keep an eye out, as when spooky season comes there's a rumor I might be the free story past the paywall... magazine.trollbreath.com
Then, a short horror story of mine based around the spreading water damage in my apartment ceiling The Stain (2,950 words) was published in an anthology called Costs of Living (put out by Whisper House Press) which is now available. whisperhousepress.com
Whisper House Press
Mundane horror for the people.
whisperhousepress.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Then, a short horror story of mine based around the spreading water damage in my apartment ceiling The Stain (2,950 words) was published in an anthology called Costs of Living (put out by Whisper House Press) which is now available. whisperhousepress.com
One of my stories, Gumball (2,560 words) a literary comedy based on a real life incident from when I was a kid was bought for the Fooferaw Anthology. foofaraw.press
foofaraw
a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations
foofaraw.press
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of my stories, Gumball (2,560 words) a literary comedy based on a real life incident from when I was a kid was bought for the Fooferaw Anthology. foofaraw.press
Then, Gil Malone (2,428 words) my aquatic crime comedy was accepted for the Murderfish anthology (from WonderBird Press) which is coming out later this year (they just finished up a kickstarter campaign themselves and their anthologies are gorgeous). www.mikejackstoumbos.com/wonderbird-p...
WonderBird Press | Mike Jack Stoumbos
WonderBird Press publishes scifi, fantasy, and humor anthologies and is invested in the continuing growth and education of emerging authors.
www.mikejackstoumbos.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Then, Gil Malone (2,428 words) my aquatic crime comedy was accepted for the Murderfish anthology (from WonderBird Press) which is coming out later this year (they just finished up a kickstarter campaign themselves and their anthologies are gorgeous). www.mikejackstoumbos.com/wonderbird-p...
I sold my short story Sir Percieval and the Dragon (2,232 words) A cozy fantasy to Dragon Mythicana (an anthology from Inkd Publishing which was published earlier this year. Maybe the cutest thing I've ever written.
September 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I sold my short story Sir Percieval and the Dragon (2,232 words) A cozy fantasy to Dragon Mythicana (an anthology from Inkd Publishing which was published earlier this year. Maybe the cutest thing I've ever written.
Mine is the only "mu$k" worth smelling.
March 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mine is the only "mu$k" worth smelling.