Author: Michael Merriam

Since Gadfly Theatre Productions has announced it on their website, my one-act play Out of the Woods: A Tale of Red, the Wolf, and the Woodcutter will be produced as part of their Final Frontier Festival: Fairy Tales. Here is the link to their actor/technician call. http://www.gadflytheatre.org/auditions-and-submissions.html

Where I will be this weekend at MarsCon. As always, things can change quickly. Friday, March 3: 5:00-5:50 p.m., Krushenko’s. Panel: Anne McCaffrey and the Dragons of Pern Posthumous GOH Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011) produced a large and diverse body of science fiction and fantasy. We’ll survey her several series, with special attention, owing to this… Continue reading Marscon 2017 Schedule

I want to talk with you more about my previous post concerning the homeless couple having sex in the Uptown Transit Station. Yes, the story was amusing. Yes, the story had a WOW! factor. Yes, the story was a bit shocking. Yes. All of that. But as entertaining and amusing as the story is, it… Continue reading Bus Tale: WUT? – Follow Up Thoughts

I enter Uptown Transit Station and discover what appears to be a homeless couple having sex on–and wrapped up in–a pile of old coats and rags on the floor of the transit center. Nearby is a large backpack, a pair of bags from a local fast food place, and a pair of heavy boots. Another… Continue reading Bus Tale #WUT? (NSFW)

I climb aboard the #17 at Uptown Station. We’re sitting there stopped because the bus is running early and as we wait, a man in his twenties climbs aboard, does that thing where he starts going through all his pockets looking for money. “Hey! Hey! Someone got fifty cents? I need fifty cents!” Finally, someone… Continue reading Bus Tales #65.62-5.9

Despite everything, I still managed to make a little art in 2016. Here is the round-up for posterity, if posterity was to really care. Theatre Performance: “Unsafe at Any Speed.” Five performances of my one-man show as part of Minnesota Fringe Festival. Spoken-Word / Storytelling Performance: “Ghost on Hennepin” as part of the Minnesota Speculative… Continue reading The Obligatory 2016 Year-in-Review Post

So I did this podcast with Phillip Andrew Bennett Low and Ben San Del. We might have had a little too much Canadian Bourbon and a little too much fun. This podcast is definitely Not Safe For Work. Listen Here!

Here is the video of my performance at the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Word Brew event at Acadia Cafe on November 20th, 2016. Enjoy!  

At the end of this last election, I found myself feeling like King Theoden watching the Orc army laying siege at Helmsdeep.  There he is, tired, shocked, his squire strapping him into his armor, and all he can think is, “How did it come to this?” How did it come to this? Well, there are… Continue reading After the Election

This is the time of day when I typically try to write. I’ve finished my medical billing work for the day, I have the place to myself, and I’ve finished as much housework as I can stand. I’m mostly ready for tomorrow’s business meeting. Once I have finished dinner, I usually settle in and do… Continue reading I’ll Make Art Tomorrow