The Journal of Michael Merriam

Selected to be an Author Guest of Honor at Marscon Minneapolis in 2024.
Sold novella “The Terror at Tierra de Cobre” to Queen of Sword Press
Sold short story “Personal Notes on Dangers of Basic Sorcery” to Space Squid.
Novella “Not Enough Midnights” sold in a Weird West Story Bundle.
Omnibus “Charming Mayhem” containing all my previous Sixguns & Sorcery novellas set for publication in January 2024
Production of my short play “Into the Woods” in Bunbury Theater Company’s One-Act Festival.

Performed “The Michigan Dogman” as part of Myth and Moonshine at Phoenix Theater.

Did readings of:
• “Clang Went the Trolley” and “Fast Gliding Down the Rails” for Story Hour
• Excerpt from Last Car to Annwn Station at MarsCon.
• Excerpt from Last Car to Annwn Station, The Terror at Tierra Cobre, and full reading of “Clang Went the Trolley” at DreamHaven Books and Comics.

Screenwriting Laurels:
• Stopping By.
o Semi-Finalist: Unproduced Short Script – Brooklyn International Short Awards 2023
o Semi-Finalist: Unproduced Short Script – Dallas Short Film Festival 2023
o Semi-Finalist: Unproduced Short Script – Phoenix Shorts Festival 2023
• The Terror at Tierra de Cobre.
o Award Winner: First Time Screenwriter – Cult Movies International Film Festival 2023.
o Official Selection: First Time Screenwriter – Mojo International Film Awards 2023.
o Award Winner: First Time Screenwriter – Movie Play International Film Festival London 2023.
o Award Winner: Unproduced Feature Script – Movie Play International Film Festival London 2023.
o Semi-Finalist: Unproduced Feature Script – Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2023.
o Honorable Mention: Feature Script – Science Fiction Horror and Action Film Festival. 2023.
o Semi-Finalist: Unproduced Script – LA Screenplay Festival. 2023.

I’ve been invited to pitch these projects to various production companies next year at a virtual pitch session.

And to keep it real: 54 rejections on various stories, poems, plays, and screenplays.