Pre-order SHATTERED & SPLINTERED (featuring new Mike Thorn story “The Events”)

Mike Thorn’s new realist academic horror story, “The Events”, will be included in Shattered & Splintered (edited by James Sabata and Laurel Hightower) alongside fiction by Gwendolyn Kiste, Cynthia Pelayo, Stephen Graham Jones, Eric LaRocca, Hailey Piper, Gabino Iglesias, and others. All proceeds go to The Glen Haven Area Volunteer Fire Department, a critical part of the emergency response community throughout Larimer County in Colorado that provides emergency response to the Glen Haven community and the entire Estes Valley.
Coming June 16, 2021—Terrace VI: Forbidden Fruit

Coming from The Seventh Terrace, June 16, 2021: Welcome to the Sixth Terrace of Dante’s tower of Purgatory, serving up sins of gluttony in an eternal banquet…
This exciting anthology will include Mike Thorn’s new story, “Vomitus Bacchanalius.”
Steve Stred Reviews Prairie Gothic

“‘Mini McDonagh Manor’ by Mike Thorn was pristine and showed why I love Mike’s writing so much. Following a woman who needs to confront things from the past, Mike does a really great job of encasing an entire ‘haunted house’ book in a dozen or so pages. Well done.”
Beyond the Book of Eibon: A literary tribute to Lucio Fulci

I’m thrilled to announce that my new story “Offer to the Adversary” will be included in Beyond the Book of Eibon, a literary tribute anthology to the Italian horror master, Lucio Fulci!
Secure your copy on Kickstarter.
Edited by Perry Ruhland and Astrid Rose, the book will also include contributions by Adam Cesare, Gemma Files, Orrin Grey, Michael Hoarty, Kai Perrignon, Matt Serafini, William Tea, Christopher Slatsky, and others. Featuring a foreword by Kier-La Janisse.
Darkest Hours included on Books in the Freezer’s list of recommended short story collections and anthologies

Books in the Freezer just posted a list of recommended short story collections and anthologies, which includes Darkest Hours in addition to books by Ronald Malfi, Tananarive Due, Clive Barker, Kristi DeMeester and others.




