Mike Allen

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Mike Allen is believed to be eligible for the John W Campbell Best New Writer Award in 2005 and 2006. See Nomineer - John W Campbell Best New Writer Award. Qualifying story: "A Ghost of Christmas Future" in The Roanoke Times, December 2004.

[edit] Biography

Mike Allen Iives in Roanoke, Va., with his wife Anita, two comical dogs and a demonic cat. He's had about 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 appeared or will appear in Flesh & Blood, H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, Interzone and Weird Tales. He's editor of the poetry journal Mythic Delirium, and serves as President of The Science Fiction Poetry Association.

Short story, "A Ghost of Christmas Future," The Roanoke Times, Dec. '04.

Poem, "TimeFlood," co-written with Ian Watson, Asimov's Science Fiction, Feb. '05.

Poem, "The Night Gardeners," Star*Line, Jan/Feb. '05.

Poem, "Asunder," co-written with Christina Sng, Star*Line, Jan/Feb. '05.

Poem, "Ghosts in the Machine," H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, Spring '05.

Poem, "Epochs in Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy," co-written with Charles Saplak, Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (reprinted from '02)

Upcoming short story, "Strange Wisdoms of the Dead," co-written with Charles Saplak, H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, Summer '05.

Upcoming poem, "The Clairvoyant, Between Dark and Dream," Jabberwocky, July '05.

Upcoming novelette, "Dee-Dee and the Dumpy Dancers," co-written with Ian Watson, Interzone.

Upcoming poem, "How I Will Outwit the Time Thieves," The Best of Strange Horizons, Vol. 3 (reprinted from '03).

Upcoming poems, "Bags," "The Nightmare Avatar's Nightmare" (co-written with Christina Sng), "The Shadow Train," H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror.

Upcoming poems, "The Psychic Above Burritoville, "Tanguy's Pebble," Jabberwocky.

Upcoming poems, "The Terrible Beauty of a Severed Neck," "The Elders," Star*Line.

Upcoming poem, "Cosmic Ego: a haiku sonnet," Asimov's Science Fiction.

Upcoming poem, "Template for a Fairy Tale," co-written with Charles Saplak, Weird Tales.

Upcoming short story, "An Invitation Via E-mail," Weird Tales.