The Journal of Michael Merriam

On Thursday the 2nd of May, my short piece "The Sixth Son" will air sometime around 7:00am on The Morning Blend on KFAI FM 90.3 Minneapolis and 106.7 St. Paul. This little tale is a riff on and gentle poke at fantasy tropes.

I have two short stories—"Darkly Through the Light Waters" and "Rainfall"— appearing in a just released anthology, Magical Creatures from Celtic Mists, from Artema Press. You can check it out and buy a copy here.

Offered without comment, except to say that the writers organization I am help organize, MinnSpec, plans to sign up: Coffee and Books.

I listened to METAtropolis: Cascadia, and while I enjoyed every novella in the audio book, Jay Lake's The Bull Dancers and Ken Scholes's A Symmetry of Serpents and Doves stood out. Both of these stories really struck me as a reader and have stuck with me days later. I'll review the entire anthology later, but for now, I highly recommend you give it a listen.

Mr. Belyn remains Very Fuzzy Indeed, as befits a Maine Coon.

We now return to preparing for CoreCon.

Originally posted at michaelmerriam.net. You can comment here or there.

In case you missed the broadcast on Saturday!


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I will be interviewed on KFAI radio's "Disabled and Proud" program this Thursday at 6:30pm about my participation as a disabled storyteller in this year's Minnesota Fringe Festival!

KFAI - 90.3 FM Minneapolis - 106.7 FM St. Paul on the air.

This is the link to the program if you want to stream it over your computer.
http://www.kfai.org/disabledandproud

I am thrilled to announce that my space opera novelette “Memory” has been recorded for the Beam Me Up! Podcast.

Part One
Part Two

Enjoy!

My space opera story "Memory" will be broadcast on WRFR 93.3 in Rockland, Maine and archived as a podcast at Beam Me Up.

We survived and even had some fun! This link will probably vanish after a week or two.

http://www.kfai.org/node/19960

Hilary Moon Murphy (hilarymoonmurph), Jaye Lawrence (wordswoman), and Michael Merriam (mmerriam) will join Terry Faust to discuss speculative fiction, rejection letters, and writing in the face of everyday life on The Writer's Reject Sack. The show will air live on Sunday, May 17, 6 p.m. KFAI is 90.3 FM in Minneapolis and 106.7 FM St. Paul.

I believe KFAI streams all of their programming: http://www.kfai.org/

Hillary Moon Murphy, Jaye Lawrence, and Michael Merriam will join Terry Faust to discuss speculative fiction, rejection letters, and writing in the face of everyday life on The Writer's Reject Sack. The show will air live on Sunday, May 17, 6 p.m. KFAI is 90.3 FM in Minneapolis and 106.7 FM St. Paul.