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Michael Bailey (editor)

Michael Bailey (born February 18, 1979) is an American writer and editor who primarily works with horror and science fiction. His work occasionally blends into other genres such as mystery, western, and thriller, usually with a speculative angle. Most of his fiction and poetry can be categorized as psychological or literary horror. He has authored numerous novels, novellas, novelettes, and fiction & poetry collections.

Some of his writing mentors include Douglas E. Winter, F. Paul Wilson, Gary A. Braunbeck, and the late Jack Ketchum. He pays it forward by mentoring and coaching up-and-coming writers from around the world, and serves as a Senior Editor for an undisclosed publisher where he manages a team of developmental editors.

Along with being the screenwriter for Madness and Writers: The Untold Truth. Maybe?, he runs the small press Written Backwards and publishes anthologies and other unique books, most of which include poetry and illustrations. He also designs covers and provides interior layout for various authors.

Personal life

Bailey lives in Costa Rica where he is rebuilding his life after surviving one of the most catastrophic wildfires in California history, which is explored in his memoir Seven Minutes. When he is not working on his own projects, he spends his time mentoring and teaching writers how to improve their craft.

Associations

Bibliography

Novels

Novellas

  • Agatha's Barn (2020), tie-in to Carpenter's Farm by Josh Malerman
  • A Rose / Arose (2021)
  • The Call of the Void (2022), with Erinn L. Kemper
  • Luminescent (forthcoming)
  • From Me Flows What You Call Time (forthcoming)

Novelettes

  • The Trial Chair (2010)
  • Dandelion Clocks (2014)
  • SAD Face (2018)
  • Darkroom (2018)
  • Our Children, Our Teachers (2018)
  • Articles of Teleforce (2018), Fantastic Tales of Terror
  • Somnambulism / I Summon Lambs (2021)
  • Invisible Library (forthcoming)

Collections

  • Scales and Petals (2010), with a graphic adaptation by L.A. Spooner
  • Inkblots and Blood Spots (2014), illustrated by Daniele Serra
  • Enso: A Connection of Fables (2016), illustrated by L.A. Spooner
  • Oversight (2018)
  • The Impossible Weight of Life (2020)
  • Sifting the Ashes (2022), with Marge Simon
  • The Price of Feeling (forthcoming)
  • With-Craft (forthcoming)

Anthologies

Nonfiction

  • Righting Writing (2023)
  • Seven Minutes (forthcoming)

Awards

Publications

Short fiction

  • "Unstitched Love" (2006), Something Weird, Australia; 2012, Something Wicked Anthology, Vol. 1, South Africa
  • "Defenestrate" (2007), In Bad Dreams - Vol. 1: Where Real Life Awaits, Sweden
  • "Without Face" (2008), Something Wicked, Issue 6, South Africa
  • "The Dying Gaul" (2010), The Phantom Queen Awakes, Sweden
  • "Golden Rule" (2010)
  • "Wilted Flowers" (2010)
  • "The Girl in the Red Flower Pattern Dress" (2010)
  • "Empty Canvas" (2010)
  • "Portrayal" (2010)
  • "Yellow" (2010)
  • "Small Print / Pylon" (2010)
  • "I Wanted Black" (2010), Pellucid Lunacy
  • "Plasty" (2010)
  • "Habit" (2010)
  • "The Shower Curtain Man" (2010)
  • "Fix" (2010)
  • "It Tears Away" (2011), The Shadow of the Unknown
  • "A Light in the Closet" (2011), Beyond Centauri
  • "Coulrophobic" (2012), Here There Be Clowns
  • "The Mascot" (2012), Unnatural Tales of the Jackalope
  • "Bootstrap / The Binds of Lasolastica" (2012), Zippered Flesh
  • "Hiatus" (2012), Surviving the End
  • "Not the Child" (2012), Chiral Mad, writing as Julie Stipes
  • "Scrub" (2012), Uncommon Assassins
  • "Mum" (2013), Canopic Jars
  • "Skinny" (2013), Anthology: Year Two, writing as Julie Stipes
  • "Fireman / Primal Tongue (2013), Zippered Flesh 2
  • "Brick House" (2014), Blight Digest
  • "Time Is a Face on the Water" (2016), Borderlands 6
  • "I Will Be the Reflection Until the End" (2017), Tales from the Lake, Vol. 4
  • "The Other Side of Semicolons" (2018), Monsters of Any Kind
  • "Essential Oils" (2018), 18 Wheels of Science Fiction
  • "The Long White Line" (2018), Lost Highways
  • "Fade to Black / White to Black" (2019), The Horror Book of Phobias
  • "Speaking Cursive" (2018), Birthing Monsters: Frankenstein's Cabinet of Curiosities
  • "Underwater Ferris Wheel" (2019), Best New Horror #29
  • "Eavesdropping" (2020)
  • "Möbius" (2020), The Pulp Horror Book of Phobias, Vol. 2
  • "Ghosts of Calistoga" (2020), Reflections
  • "Gave" (2020), After Sundown
  • "Hourglass" (2020)
  • "Fragments of Br_an" (2020)
  • "Emergence of the Colorless" (2020)
  • "Oll Korrect" (2020)
  • "Boketto / A Murmuration of Souls" (2020), Borderlands 7
  • "Slo-Mo" (2022), Hybrid: Misfits, Monsters and Other Phenomena
  • "I Have Seen the Elephant" (2022), Blood in the Soil, Terror on the Wind
  • "Labyrinthine" (2023), Never Wake: An Anthology of Dream Horror
  • "The Speed of Healing" (2024), Bestiary of Blood

Graphic Adaptations

Poetry

  • "The End of Time / The Seed, Part 1)" (2004), ART: Mag 27
  • "Feast of Crows" (2004), The Harrow
  • "The Box" (2005), The Harrow
  • "Paper Sister" (2005), Palindrome Hannah
  • "Strangers" (2005), Palindrome Hannah
  • "The Most Beautiful Place" (2005), Palindrome Hannah
  • "The End of Time" (2010)
  • "Lost" (2010)
  • "Mon Autumn" (2010)
  • "Moth" (2010)
  • "The Hand" (2010)
  • "War" (2010)
  • "Black" (2010)
  • "The Betrayer" (2010)
  • "The Start of Forever / The Seed, Part 2" (2010)
  • "Sticks and Bones" (2011), Askew
  • "Open Aura" (2012), Poe-It
  • "All but the Things That Cannot Be Torn" (2013), Tales of Blood and Roses
  • "Whisper Dance" (2013), Angels Cried
  • "Ink" (2014), Jamais Vu: Journal of Strange Among the Familiar, Vol. 2
  • "Beneath Clouds" (2014)
  • "Alive" (2014)
  • "The Two of You" (2014)
  • "Bogey" (2014)
  • "Void" (2014)
  • "Simon the Parasite" (2014)
  • "Listen to Me" (2014)
  • "Twisted" (2014)
  • "Secret Smile" (2014)
  • "Though It Rains" (2014)
  • "Countdown to Null" (2014)
  • "Not Responding" (2014)
  • "Shades of Red" (2019), HWA Poetry Showcase, Vol. VI
  • "Loosed Earth" (2020)
  • "Hurt People Hurt People" (2020)
  • "Life (c)remains" (2020)
  • "Lest We End" (2020)
  • "Past the Past" (2020)
  • "Blink" (2020)
  • "Sands of Time" (2020)
  • "Who Will Teach Them?" (2020)
  • "The Nocturnal Waking Nightmare" (2020)
  • "Paper Earth" (2020)
  • "Apanthropy" (2020)
  • "Night Rainbows" (2020)
  • "Angel Wings of Death" (2022)
  • "Orange Borealis" (2022)
  • "Diggin' Ghosts" (2022)
  • "Arcing" (2022)
  • "Sleep, Child" (2022)
  • "The Great Build-up" (2022)
  • "First to Respond" (2022)
  • "A Warning" (2022)
  • "Freebird" (2022)
  • "Weapons of Mass Distraction" (2022)
  • "Kilned" (2022)
  • "Blocked" (2022)
  • "The Devil's Matchsticks" (2022)
  • "23 Days" (2022)
  • "Arachnid" (2022), The Call of the Void
  • "Sleep, What Might It Bring (2022)
  • "Birthday Deathbed" (2022)
  • "Wings Outstretched" (2022)
  • "Night-swimming" (2022)
  • "Conflagration" (2022)
  • "Crawling Mountains" (2022)
  • "Weather, Simplified" (2022)
  • "The Longest Drive" (2022)
  • "Spread Thin" (2022)
  • "What Day Is This?" (2022)
  • "Moonscape" (2022)
  • "The Aftermath" (2022)
  • "Inspectors" (2022)
  • "Phoenixes" (2022)
  • "Price of Freedom" (2022)
  • "Disposable Hazmat" (2022)
  • "The Word" (2022)
  • "Twins Unborn on 9/11" (2022)
  • "Cartwheels" (2022)
  • "Coverage" (2022)
  • "Masked" (2022)
  • "Take My Forest" (2022)
  • "Wor(l)ds Dissolve" (2022)
  • "Forever-Hungry Drums" (2022)
  • "Startled Awake" (2022)
  • "Let Me Go, Please" (2022)
  • "Who Are You?" (2022)
  • "One Vacant Lot" (2022)
  • "Forecast" (2022)
  • "A Recursive Cleanse" (2022)
  • "Dispatch" (2022)
  • "Trapped" (2022)
  • "One of a Thousand Calls" (2022)
  • "It's Probably Nothing" (2022)
  • "Dear Deer" (2022)
  • "Survivalism" (2022)
  • "The Firegod Cometh" (2022), with Marge Simon
  • "Pacific Gassed & Electrified" (2022), with Marge Simon
  • "Clogged Ateries" (2022), with Marge Simon
  • "Journey's End" (2022), with Marge Simon
  • "In Media Res" (2022), with Marge Simon
  • "There Until Remembered" (2022), with Marge Simon
  • "A Return to Normalcy" (2022), with Marge Simon
  • "Apposite and Opposite" (2023), HWA Poetry Showcase, Vol. X

Nonfiction / Essays

  • "Intro / Outro" (2013), Chiral Mad 2
  • "0-1" (2014), introduction to Qualia Nous
  • "Why Charlaine Harris Matters" (2015), World Horror Convention Souvenir Book
  • "Great Horror Is Something Alien" (2017), Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre
  • "Ah-ha: Beginning to End" (2018), with Chuck Palahniuk, It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life
  • "Burn After Reading" (2022), What Remains

Book Design

Note: All Written Backwards books are also designed by Michael Bailey, including original artwork.

References

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