Bio

Mike Allen lives in Roanoke, with his wife Anita, two comical dogs and a demonic cat. He's had around 150 poems published in places like Asimov's Science Fiction, Nebula Awards Showcase 2005, The Pedestal Magazine, Strange Horizons and Weird Tales. His short stories have appear in Flesh & Blood, H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, Interzone and Weird Tales. He is editor of the poetry journal Mythic Delirium, and serves as President of the Science Fiction Poetry Association.

Published/Upcoming - Short Stories

Short Story, A Ghost of Christmas Future , The Roanoke Times (Dec 2004)

Short Story, One Shoe Left , Macabre No. 3 (2004)

Short Story, Humpty , Flesh & Blood No. 9 (2002)

Short Story, Stolen Souls , Altair No. 3 (Feb 1999)

Short Story, That Which Devours , White Knuckles No. 8 (Summer 1998)

Short Story, Let There Be Darkness , Penny Dreadful No. 6 (Winter 1998)

Short Story, The Girl or the Goddess? , The Fractal No. 4 (Spring 1995)

Short Story, Ancient Taboos in New Dominions: Fantasy Stories by Virginia Writers (1995)

Short Story, A Cannibal's Cornucopia , Heliocentric Net 3 No. 4 (Autumn 1994)

Short Story, An Invitation Via E-mail , Weird Tales, forthcoming

Short Story, Strange Wisdoms of the Dead , H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror 1 No. 3, with Charles M. Saplak (Summer 2005)

Poems

Poem, The Clairvoyant, Between Dark and Dream , Jabberwocky (Jul 2005)

Poem, Time Flood , Asimovs Science Fiction, with Ian Watson (Feb 2005)

Poem, The Night Gardeners , Star*Line (Jan 2005)

Poem, Asunder , Star*Line, with Christina Sng (Jan 2005)

Poem, Ghosts in the Machine , H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror (Spring 2005)

Poem, Zombie Luck , H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror (Spring 2005)

Novelette

Novelette, Dee-Dee and the Dumpy Dancers , Interzone No. 197, with Ian Watson (Mar 2005)