Michael J. Picco

INTRODUCTION

Michael Picco writes about very bad things: things with sharp teeth and voracious appetites; things that lie waiting in dark shadows; things that chitter and howl and scream and slither. Things that burrow into the soft, wet folds of your mind… and lay their eggs there. Michael’s stories are meant to disturb. They’re meant to linger. They meant to leave you feeling unclean. Tainted.

Michael has given voice and form to the things that clamor through his skull for the better part of twenty-five years. His work has appeared in two dozen anthologies. He has produced two, award-winning short story collections which have captivated readers in the U.S. and abroad. He is currently working on Tangled In The Shadows, his third collection of strange and macabre tales (anticipated release 2027).

Michael received his B.A. in English from Western State College in Colorado. He is a member of the Denver Horror Collective, The Western Colorado Writers' Forum, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and the Colorado Independent Publishers Association.

He lives with a menagerie of monsters, both real and imagined, in the Colorado high country.

For a complete list of his publishing credits, click here.