The Door to the Sky

The Door to the SkyThe Door to the Sky by David Michael

Novel

Gods are at war. Dragons attack TV stations and winged gargoyles do battle with steam-powered behemoths. Gaia the Earth Mother and the woman called Blue lead the Weirdlings in their struggle against the Tyrant and his Compatriots, while the man who calls himself the Traveler walks through the chaos looking for The Door to the Sky.

Includes 2 Bonus Short Stories: “Fickle Reality; or That Explains a Lot” and “Encounter”.

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“Curtain Call”

"Curtain Call"“Curtain Call” by David Michael

Short Story (2200 words)

The White Hot Hemisphere Community Theater Company chose Shakespeare’s Hamlet for their first production after the cataclysm–and possibly their last before the end of the world. As a tragedy, as a play about loss and descent into madness, Hamlet seemed an appropriate choice, at least to those players who could still make nonliteral inferences…

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Demon Candy

Demon CandyDemon Candy by David Michael

Collection

Four linked stories of Hell, and Life, and Life in Hell. Illustrated with paintings by Don Michael, Jr.

“Summer Breeze” – The demon Jike decides he needs a change.

“Inferno” – Undead hellcat Canto goes for a night out on campus of lust and gluttony and the other deadly sins.

“Sweet Tooth” – Donut baker Ted Millet, divorced and broke, has a new customer that makes his ex-wife seem almost human.

And in the novella “Afterimage” Emily M-Something March, dead and damned for thirty years, finds herself back in her home town with a fifty-foot demon looking for her.

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“Baptism”

"Baptism"“Baptism” by David Michael

Short Story (6000 words)

Drunk on mojitos, high on love, and smelling of sex just consummated on the beach, Myra Acevedo went swimming for the last time. When she came out of the clear water of the Yucatan peninsula, she was no longer just Myra. She had become the end of the world. (My version of the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse.)

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Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl

Serene MorningSerene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl by David Michael

Collection

A small collection of flash fiction and short short stories inspired by a little girl.

“The Puppets Take a Bath” – Three year old Serene put down her spoon and her right hand became a puppet. With her fingers together and her thumb working as the lower jaw and tongue, the puppet could talk…

“Trikes and Aliens” – The little girl walked up to Rala and stood there, watching him as he repaired his zip-about…

Plus 4 more!

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