J. C. Michael is a horror author from North Yorkshire, England.
His horror novel, Discoredia, was written in 2007, and self-published in 2008, as a challenge set to him by his wife. In October 2012 Discoredia was awarded a gold medal on Harper Collins' Authonomy website leading to a publishing contract with Books of the Dead Press in 2013. The novel was then re-released in September of that year, with the paperback following in November.
Following the release of Discoredia J. C has concentrated on shorter works due to the pressures of "the day job" in the tourism industry, and the joys of fatherhood. He enjoys writing the shorter formats of horror fiction, and was the winner of Grey Matter Press' St. Valentines Day Massacre Flash Fiction contest in 2014 with his piece Insufficient.
Short stories by J. C. Michael are also available in the following anthologies;
Closing the Deal in Fireside Popsicles from Fireside Press (2014)
Reasons to Kill in the Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk number 1 bestselling horror anthology Suspended in Dusk from Books of the Dead Press (2014)
Everything's Annoying in Wishful Thinking from Fireside Press (2014)
Hook a Duck in the Amazon.com number 1 bestselling horror anthology The Dark Carnival from Pen and Muse (2014)
Here Kitty Kitty in Ghosts: Revenge from James Ward Kirk Fiction (2015)
When Death Walks The Field of Battle in Savage Beasts from Grey Matter Press (2015)
Choices in Crossroads In The Dark from Burning Willow Press (2015)
The flash fiction piece Corruption in The Haunted Traveler Volume 2 Issue 1 from Weasel Press(2015)
Away Wi' 'Em and The Burden in 50 Shades of Slay from Alucard Press (2015)
Just One Pound and Meetings With The Devil in Double Barrel Horror (as both a standalone e-book and as part of the wider Double Barrel Horror collection) from Pint Bottle Press (2016)
Fryton in Graveyards from SEZ Publishing (2016)
Scarab in Unleashing The Voices Within from Stitched Smile Publications (2016)
There Was A Girl in the Madame Movara's Tales of Terror anthology in aid of Save The Children (2016)
The Nasty Old Troll in Troll from Thirteen O'Clock Press (2016)
Gytrash in Shadows At The Door (2016)
and
12 Days (Psychopath Remix) and Thy Will Be Done in Collected Christmas Horror Shorts published by Kevin Kennedy (2016)
His horror novel, Discoredia, was written in 2007, and self-published in 2008, as a challenge set to him by his wife. In October 2012 Discoredia was awarded a gold medal on Harper Collins' Authonomy website leading to a publishing contract with Books of the Dead Press in 2013. The novel was then re-released in September of that year, with the paperback following in November.
Following the release of Discoredia J. C has concentrated on shorter works due to the pressures of "the day job" in the tourism industry, and the joys of fatherhood. He enjoys writing the shorter formats of horror fiction, and was the winner of Grey Matter Press' St. Valentines Day Massacre Flash Fiction contest in 2014 with his piece Insufficient.
Short stories by J. C. Michael are also available in the following anthologies;
Closing the Deal in Fireside Popsicles from Fireside Press (2014)
Reasons to Kill in the Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk number 1 bestselling horror anthology Suspended in Dusk from Books of the Dead Press (2014)
Everything's Annoying in Wishful Thinking from Fireside Press (2014)
Hook a Duck in the Amazon.com number 1 bestselling horror anthology The Dark Carnival from Pen and Muse (2014)
Here Kitty Kitty in Ghosts: Revenge from James Ward Kirk Fiction (2015)
When Death Walks The Field of Battle in Savage Beasts from Grey Matter Press (2015)
Choices in Crossroads In The Dark from Burning Willow Press (2015)
The flash fiction piece Corruption in The Haunted Traveler Volume 2 Issue 1 from Weasel Press(2015)
Away Wi' 'Em and The Burden in 50 Shades of Slay from Alucard Press (2015)
Just One Pound and Meetings With The Devil in Double Barrel Horror (as both a standalone e-book and as part of the wider Double Barrel Horror collection) from Pint Bottle Press (2016)
Fryton in Graveyards from SEZ Publishing (2016)
Scarab in Unleashing The Voices Within from Stitched Smile Publications (2016)
There Was A Girl in the Madame Movara's Tales of Terror anthology in aid of Save The Children (2016)
The Nasty Old Troll in Troll from Thirteen O'Clock Press (2016)
Gytrash in Shadows At The Door (2016)
and
12 Days (Psychopath Remix) and Thy Will Be Done in Collected Christmas Horror Shorts published by Kevin Kennedy (2016)