Michael Stone, Official Author Website

I'm either unemployed, or a full-time writer. It depends on who's asking.

My story The Vendetta is out now in Strange Stories of Sand and Sea, published by Fine Tooth Press and available on Amazon.

Would you board a boat called the Vendetta, captained by a silver-eyed man named Mycaelis L’Angel?

I’m pleased to announce the collection of my novelettes and novellas, Fourtold, is out now in hardcover from Baysgarth Publications, priced £17.99. It will be available from Amazon in due course. Garry Kilworth wrote a glowing foreword while Stephen Player supplied the striking cover art.

Kasper reluctantly lowered himself to the floor, foisting the suitcase before him like a shield. He tried not to stare at the man's hairless body, which was the coppery red of sun-dried tomatoes and glistened with aromatic oils. Kasper could see that he was being ignored in favour of a chessboard that lay between them. He hated chess. Although not as much as he hated sitting opposite a man who was lying fully exposed, propped on one elbow and flaunting a penis large enough to merit its own cushion. He was intimidated and more than a little humiliated by the sight.

(From ‘The Reconstruction of Kasper Clark’)

My story Sacred Skin has just sold for the fourth time, this time to Glutonlump’s Chilling Tales magazine. It will feature in issue 2, scheduled for April 2008.

My story Like Cat and Dog has sold to Graveside Tales for a forthcoming anthology called The Beast Within. It is scheduled for release May/June 2008.

My story The Migrant is now online at TQR.

"On the 18th of December, 1918, a young Austrian by the name of Adolf Hitler disembarked from a train in Munich. Snow was falling from darkling skies, curling like ashes in bitter wintry draughts. It coated the stark framework of the steam sheds, glistened like sweat on the engine's black iron flanks."

My story The Migrant has sold to TQR. It is scheduled to go online January 2008.

My story The Devil's Fauna has been selected to appear in a 'Best of TQR' anthology, scheduled for release sometime in 2008.

My story Memory Bones is out now in the Undead: Flesh Feast anthology, published by Permuted Press.

Lode is clearly mad, but Dr Messinger has a duty of care to his patient and the home visit will go a lot smoother if he humours him. It’s not like he has to believe any of the rubbish Lode is trotting out. Mind you, his story is rather compelling . . .

My story The Bridge is out now in the Triangulation: End of Time anthology, published by Parsec Ink.

A cautionary tale featuring Manley and a snow angel. Be careful what you wish for.

My story Marbles is online now in audio format at The Great Beyond.

It is 2092, and Curator of the British Museum is on trial. If found guilty she will be decommissioned, dismantled, scrapped. Her crime? Allowing the lauded, time-travelling pornstar John ‘Long Prong' Silver to come to harm in the making of his final film, a jaunt to Roman-occupied Ephesus to ravish the goddess Diana!

My story Marbles has sold to the forthcoming Great Beyond website, where it will be recorded and podcast in audio format.

My story Mirror|rorriM is out now in Surreal Imaginings, available from Baysgarth Publications.

The Witch Queen’s mirror experiences a twinge of remorse for letting on about Snow White. Perhaps it should turn the tables on its wicked employer . . . ?

My story Japanese Motorcycle Clob has gone online at TQR.

It’s not always wise to follow your instincts, especially when he’s a pig.

My story Japanese Motorcycle Clob has sold to TQR. It is scheduled to go online in May 2007.

I am proud to announce that Baysgarth Publications will be producing a single-author collection of my longer works. Fourtold will consist of The Reconstruction of Kasper Clark, San Ferry Ann, Lemon Man and The Terracotta Warrior. These are all novella length stories, three of them unique to this collection.

The cover is by the internationally renowned artist, Stephen Player, while the foreword is being written by multiple award-winning author Garry Kilworth.

Baysgarth Publications are targeting a September release.

My story The Vendetta has sold to the Strange Stories of Sand and Sea anthology, to be published by Fine Tooth Press, late 2007.

My two drabbles Two Point Four Children and Night Fever are out now in issue five of FARthing magazine.

My story The Devil's Fauna is online now at TQR.

The Reverend Haplowe didn't like animals -- in his book he labelled them the devil's fauna. Edward carries the book in his satchel. Not that Edward needs an excuse to blaze away at wildlife with his trusty shotgun.

His last expedition starts out well, but it soon goes awry when he stops to think of a rhyme for 'hands'.

My story The Devil's Fauna has sold to TQR. It is scheduled to go online in January 2007.

My story Mirror | rorriM has sold to volume one of the Surreal Imaginings anthologies, to be published by Baysgarth Press in spring 2007.

My story The Bridge has sold to the Triangulations: End of Time anthology. The publication date has yet to be finalised.

My story Speaking in Forked Tongues has gone online in the winter issue of www.downinthecellar.com.

Jacob dreams of the angel Lucidus. Lucidus is a fallen angel and Jacob is bad man. Can they do business? Not if the formidable Mrs Nash has any say in the matter!

My story Soapocryphal has gone online in the autumn issue of Dred.

Philip Crowgutter's attention is drawn to the TV screen tattooed on his left wrist, the popular soap Jubilee Square being more interesting than real life. But when his whole existence begins to revolve around his favourite program, the consequences become terrifying . . .

My story Mister Pumpseed is out now in the premiere issue of Dark Jesters magazine: the best in underground comedic horror.

Mister Pumpseed -- not to be confused with Frankenstein’s Monster -- goes for a job interview.

My story Sacred Skin is now available in audio format. Download it free of charge from Pseudopod.

Simon Hodges serves the Earl of Heatherstone, loyal and true. He knows that in service, one is not paid to opine, but to do. However, when his master seeks to don a foul second skin, Hodges finds his loyalty tested to the limit.

A revised version of my story Memory Bones, which featured at Stillwaters Journal in 2002, has sold to The Undead 3 anthology. It is scheduled for release in summer 2007.

My drabble Two Point Four Children has sold to FARthing magazine. No publishing date has yet been set.

My story Sacred Skin has sold to Pseudopod where it will be recorded and released in audio format. It is scheduled for podcasting autumn 2006.

My story Speaking in Forked Tongues has sold to Down in the Cellar. It is scheduled to appear in spring 2007.

My story Mister Pumpseed has sold to Dark Jesters. It is scheduled to appear in issue 1, October 2006.

My micro fiction Quiescent was published and emailed to subscribers of Flashshot. It was Flashshot #1293.

My micro fiction Stupendo was published and emailed to subscribers of Flashshot. It was Flashshot #1279.

My micro fiction Tastes Like Chicken is out now in issue 2 of Space Squid magazine.

A little tale that explores the funny side of auto-cannibalism.

My novella The Reconstruction of Kasper Clark is available now in the Butcher Shop Quartet anthology, published by Cutting Block Press.

Kasper Clark was desperate for surgery to reconstruct his errant, sphincter-like mouth. He wanted to eat and drink the way everybody else did, he wanted people not to stare in pity and revulsion. He wanted a pretty girl on his arm. Then he found a clicnic that claimed to have the resources and skills to rebuild his face for him. But how far will Kasper need to go in his pursuit of perfection?

My micro fiction Bad Spirits was published and emailed to subscribers of Flashshot. It was Flashshot #1241.

My story Soapocryphal, which first appeard in Fusing Horizons # 3, 2004, has sold to Dred. It will appear online Autumn 2006.

My story Pretty Useless Says is online now in the Spring issue of Dred magazine.

The online gaming world is a harsh environment, where players can expect no quarter. But for Stephanie, a.k.a. Pretty Useless, it's a little too harsh. Some individuals should learn to cut some slack. And she's going to teach them.

My story The Uinta Incident has sold to Worlds Apart, a forthcoming magazine from publisher Bill Rupp. The proposed launch is mid-2006.

My story Pretty Useless Says has sold to Dred. It will appear online mid-2006.

My novella, The Reconstruction of Kasper Clark has sold to The Butcher Shop Quartet anthology. It is scheduled for release Spring 2006.

My story No Dogs Allowed is available now in the Twisted Cat Tales anthology, published by Coscom Entertainment. Click here to purchase it at Amazon.co.uk

Sophie is a werecat working in a bar where the rules are there to protect the customers. First and foremost of these rules is No Dogs Allowed! But when one of the clientele looks hellbent on disrupting the harmony, Sophie has to break another, altogether more rigid, self-imposed rule . . . and take on a wolf!

My story Raising Archie is online now in the premiere issue of Electric Spec magazine.

Jim is a down-to-earth and sensible, middle-aged man. So how does he react when his best friend tells him that a stone egg he purchased on eBay has hatched a gargoyle?

My micro fictions Tasty and Models were published in issue 5 of Fusing Horizons magazine.

My story Marbles is available now in the Robots and Time anthology, published by Altair Australia. Price is A$19.99, which works out at around £8.50 + postage.

It is 2092, and Curator of the British Museum is on trial. If found guilty she will be decommissioned, dismantled, scrapped. Her crime? Allowing the lauded, time-travelling pornstar John ‘Long Prong' Silver to come to harm in the making of his final film . . . a jaunt to Roman-occupied Ephesus to ravish the goddess Diana!

My story Sheep is online now in the Winter issue of Dred magazine.

The grand-daughter of a Jewish emigrant travels alone to the Waldviertel, Austria, seeking a way of life she fears may have been lost forever. She finds what she is looking for, but she is not the only one on a quest for the past...

My micro fiction The Long Fuse was published and emailed to subscribers of Flashshot. It was Flashshot #1127.

www.mylefteye.net launched.

My story Raising Archie has sold to Electric Spec. It will be in the launch issue, online Jan/Feb, 2006

My micro fiction Tastes Like Chicken has sold to Space Squid magazine. It should be in Issue 2, in print early 2006.

My story Sheep has sold to Dred. It will appear in Issue 2, online early 2006.

'Badass Horror', the anthology I am editing with Christopher J. Hall for Dybbuk Press, has closed to submissions. A tentative release date is Spring 2006.

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