Author: Michael Merriam

Just what the title says. Artema Press is running a Goodreads Giveaway for three copies of Old Blood’s Fate. More information and how to enter at this Link.

I am pleased to announce that my short stories “Darkly Through the Light Waters” and “Rainfall” will be reprinted in the Artema Press anthology Magic Creatures from Celtic Mists to be published this spring.

I have my tentative Marscon schedule. Looking Forward and Being Optimistic in SF — Re(a)d Mars/Taylor (2nd Floor) — Friday 04:00 pm — So much current SF is dark, grim, and dystopian. Renowned writers of SF have sneered at any attempts to move SF to a more positive portrayal of the future. What can we… Continue reading MarsCon!

I am pleased to announce that I have signed the contract, and my novel Old Blood’s Fate will be published by Artema Press. We have a very aggressive timeline, planning to have the book ready for sale by the end of March. The editor plans to have my edits to me by this weekend. I… Continue reading Sale! Old Blood’s Fate

This is your head’s up that, according to the producer of FreshWords, my short (as in 5 minutes) story slam piece “Where’s George?” will air tomorrow on KFAI 90.3FM Minneapolis and 106.7FM St. Paul (or streaming at http://kfai.org/) “somewhere around 7:10am.” I hope you get a chance to listen and enjoy!

Now that it is up on the website and all official and stuff, I am pleased as can be to announce that I have been invited to be Author Guest of Honor at CoreCon V. CoreCon is a science fiction, fantasy, horror and anime convention in Fargo-Moorhead and it looks like a bundle of fun.… Continue reading Big News!

Every Day Publishing, a small Canadian Press, is running a Kickstarter for its latest anthology. Ray Gun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age with an eye toward paying professional rates to the authors for this anthology. I’ve been accepted for this anthology, and I would love to get paid pro-rates, and I really want… Continue reading Funding For An Anthology

I will be reading at DreamHaven Books – 2301 E. 38th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406 – on February 20th. I plan to read from my forthcoming short story collection, Whispers in Space, as well as from The Curious Case of the Jeweled Alicorn, and possibly something not yet published. Reading starts at 6:30 pm and… Continue reading Reading at DreamHaven Books

I have been tagged by the ever delightful Catherine Lundoff to participate in “The Next Big Thing Blog Hop.” Before I start, you can read Catherine’s entry! Okay, on with the questions. *************************************** What is the working title of your next book? I have the title for this one pretty much set in stone at… Continue reading The Next Big Thing Blog Hop

In all the holiday season and starting a new job chaos, I forgot to mention that a reprint of my short story “Nor to the Strong” has been selected by editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt to be included in Ray Gun Chronicles: Space Opera For A New Age, a collection of best of stories from Ray… Continue reading Reprint Sale!