My long poem Ubbits, written in support of Black Lives Matter, will be published in the e-book anthology Resist With Every Inch and Breath in September 2021. More details to follow. The latest word from Dan Fielding, the editor from Lonely Cryptid Media, is the RWEIAEB anthology has been moved back to February 2022. Stay tuned. RWEIAB is scheduled for release on May 1, 2022.

My microfiction piece The Sad, Grievous Death of Edgar Allan Poe will be published in 42 Stories Anthology. As of December 2022, he has all 1,764 pieces needed to complete the anthology and plans to have it published in 2024. 42 Stories Anthology is alive and well and available ($30 for paperback, $9.99 for Kindle, and $50 for hardcover) at: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=42+stories+anthology&crid=3QENRRA541TTD&sprefix=42+Stoire%2Caps%2C135&ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_9

Slow Dancing with a Prosthetic Leg, a 6,000 word transgressive fiction story, has been put on hold by the editor of the anthology In Filth It Shall Be Found (Outcast Press). As explained on their website: Medieval alchemy had a saying: in sterquiliniis invenitur which translates as: in filth it shall be found. Carl Jung expounded on this saying what we most desire in life may be found in places we least want to explore. A final decision on the story will be made after the submissions window closes on 6/30/21. [Sadly, SLDWAPL did not make the final cut for IFISBF].

The Shower, a longer surrealistic and existentialist poem using Poe’s rhyme scheme for The Raven was rejected for Bonemilk. However, the editors at Gutslut Press liked the poem enough that they asked if it was still available as they want to publish it in another of their planned anthologies called Suicidal Party Aliens where it would be a better fit. I told them it was available and I would love for it to published there. I will keep you updated as I learn more. The working title for this anthology has changed again. The new title is Suicid(al)iens. The editors plan to have it published online in 2024. I withdrew the poem as it will be appearing in my poetry chapbook Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass (Alien Buddha Press) in 2025.

Wednesday 11/3/21: Just finished recording two villanelles for the NEA Big Read: Voices from the Past podcast. I wrote these poems, and read them, for my parents funerals. Even in Hardscrabble Soil was written for my mother and From on Great Heights was written for my father. Marty Achatz did the recording and editing. I will get back here with more details once the podcast is posted.

I just signed and returned a contract with Riddled with Arrows for two of my poems to appear in issue 5.3: “Eulogies, Epilogues, and Effigies.” The poems are Writing Free (of Glass Lines) and A Definition of Poetry. The editor, Shannon Connor Winward, has a quick turn-around time. The zine should be published in a couple of weeks.

It happened sooner than expected.

Riddled with Arrows Literary Journal RwA 5.3: Eulogies, Epilogues, & Effigies went live today with two of my poems. Here is the link: https://www.riddledwitharrows.com/

This takes you to the main page. Reading RwA is a multi-sensory EXPERIENCE!

Click on Please Enter Quietly, Program in Session for a cool Audio Effect to listen to while reading the beautifully written Foreword: After Words by the editor Shannon Connor Winward.

Click on “Eulogies, Epilogues, & Effigies” (in burnt-orange font) for the contents of the magazine.

In the Blood and Bone section, click on my poem A Definition of Poetry. If you click on the last line: “it is fresh?” (in burnt-orange font) it will take you to an interesting YouTube video on how to do blood-letting special effects for the movies.

Try clicking on To the Sea (again, burnt-orange font) for a soothing sea shore Audio Effect to listen to while reading my poem Writing Free (of Glass Lines). If you click on the phrase “tropical fish” it takes you to a YouTube video of a tropical fish aquarium.

Finally, if you click on the Contributors section and scroll down the alphabetized list to the “P’s” you will find my brief 3rd person bio with a flavor statement.

Monday April 18, 2022. Received this morning a full acceptance from Funemployment Quarterly, Spring Volume, for my surrealistic short story The Suits. I believe this is their inaugural issue. More details to follow. Here is the link to purchase Issue One of Funemployment Quarterly: https://funemployment.xyz/shop/ Print version is $20 CAD and virtual version is $8 CAD.

My drabble, The Gaoler, is set to appear in 101 Words on 9/20/22. Here is the link for 101 Words: https://101words.org/

Moss Puppy Magazine will be publishing my short poem, Nightmare, in November 2022 in Issue 3: Blades. The poem is now available at Moss Puppy Magazine, Issue 3. Here is the link: https://mosspuppymag.wixsite.com/home/issue-3-blades… You can purchase a print copy at this link: https://amazon.com/dp/B0BL54MP9G Trigger warning: this poem contains a graphic, nightmarish image.

Monica at Seventeen, a love poem to my beautiful bride, is forthcoming in The Lovers Literary Journal out of Sydney, Australia. Issue 2 of TLLJ will drop on 4/22/23 and will be available at Etsy. The cost for a print copy is $14.06; digital is $7.03. Note that shipping from Australia is expensive, about $16 for one journal or $28 for five journals. Here is the link: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/LoversLitJournal

The 2023 UP Reader has accepted two poems, In Echoless Regions and Dying Autumn White for Volume Seven in their series. More details to follow. Volume #7 can be purchased through Amazon at this link:

Once Upon a Crocodile will be reprinting my humorous short story The Macabre and Blasphemous Horror of Chocolate Cake Twinkles in April 2023. This will be my first reprint. Issue 12 is live and my story has a cool illustration (see below). Here is the link: https://onceuponacrocodile.weebly.com/belly-o-the-beast.html

The OUaC site is well-organized. My brief biography is available (fourth one down as of today’s date: May 12,2023) at

https://onceuponacrocodile.weebly.com/contributorstail.html

I did a quick interview with the editor of OUaC, Hansen Adcock. It can be found at:

https://onceuponacrocodile.weebly.com/an-interview-with-m-kelly-peach.html

Calliope (on the Web) plans to publish my poem So Perfect: Is it in their Summer 2023 issue. The poem is available at this link: https://www.calliopeontheweb.org/issue_180/PoetryPage08.aspx. If interested in individual print copies of this issue, you can contact the General Editor, Cynthia Sabelhaus, at cynthia@calliopeontheweb.org.

The Dig will be appearing in the Mayday issue of Cream Scene Carnival later in May 2023. It appeared online June 3, 2023 at: https://creamscenecarnival.com/2023/06/03/the-dig/

Below is an image of the cool collage accompanying the story. It has a little bit of serendipity in that the archaeologist bears a striking resemblance to my daughter Christiana who is…an archaeologist. She helped me with some of the technical parts of the story:

On Friday April 7, 2023, I will be reading and recording some of my poems on Public Radio 90/WNMU for National Poetry Month. More details to follow. The recording is available at: https://www.wnmufm.org/ . On the right-hand side of the homepage, click on National Poetry Month 2023. Scroll down to: Wed. 4/19 – M. Kelly Peach. Click on my name to hear my reading.

April 19, 2023 is a really good day for my writing. Earlier this morning I received an email from Popshot Quarterly congratulating me for my story Ize that will be appearing in their Solar Issue May 9, 2023. I think it may be illustrated by one of their artists. Here is a link to their site: https://www.popshotpopshot.com/posts/20230509-the-solar-issue-is-here/

As of today, 6/5/23, the print version does not seem to be available just yet. I have a query email to them and will provide more details when they get back to me. See below for a nice image of the cover for the Solar issue.

Later in the morning in April 19, I discovered an email from Orion Books (an imprint of Gollancz) sitting in my Spam folder since March that The Whore: or Of Bureaucracy made it into the second round for consideration. They received over 1800 submissions in 2022 for their open call for un-agented manuscripts and only 180 made it into the second round. I hope to hear back from them in June or July on whether or not I made it into the third round. Went to their website in late July and discovered I did not make it into the third round. Disappointed of course but very pleased to have at least made it into the top ten percent

Stark Nights accepted for publication two poems: The Plangent Whimperings (of My Youth) and Mirror and Shadows. More details to follow. It is always cool to be in the inaugural issue of a new publication. Here is the link for my two poems: https://starknightslit.wixsite.com/stark-nights/copy-of-abby-moeller-2

The Candle-Maker and Her Knights Questing will be appearing in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #57 in August, 2023. I am working with the editor, Adrian Simmons, for the possibility of artwork and/or an audio for the poem. More to follow. So the poem was downloaded on August 5. Here is the link: https://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?p=3984 It is accompanied by a reading from the mysterious Australian voice-actor The Bard. You should give it a listen!

The Heartland Review has accepted For Tristan: Beautiful Dreamer for their Fall 2023 Issue. Unfortunately, the editor suffered and accident and then had some institutional delays so publication has been moved back to 2024.`I will keep you posted.

Pyre Press out of Marquette, MI will be publishing All the Colors in EZ.P.ZINE (Issue 9: Red). More details to follow. Issue 9 came out on Valentine’s Day (2/14/24). I picked up a few copies while I was at Pyre Press’s Poetry Slam at Superior Culture. Though sweaty and anxious because I am an inveterate introvert and this was my first poetry slam, I was able to read three poems that night. For $5, you can obtain a copy of this issue (and others) at https://pyrepublishing.com/zines.

The 1,000 word version of my short story, Factory Rat, will be appearing in AntipodeanSF in December 2023. The editor, Ion “Nuke” Newcombe, is also interested in an audio version for The AntiSF Radio Show. Number One (and only) son, Tristan Peach has agreed to voice the recording. I will let you know how it goes. Tristan did not record the audio. Nuke is having some of his fellow creatives do the recording. Factory Rat is on-site. Here is the link: https://www.antisf.com/the-stories/factory-rat. And here is the link for the recorded version of FR: https://2nvr.org.au/show/antisf-radio-show/

AntipodeanSF is a professional, well-managed website with wonderful stories and striking images.

A gorgeous image from the main page of The AntiSF Radio Show website:

Just heard from Vital Minutiae Quarterly. It is an online magazine interested in the creative process for all art forms and is edited by Rowan Crosthwaite. They have accepted my long poem The Mosaic for their inaugural issue set for publication in December 2023. Publication has been moved back, will keep you posted. VMQ never made it out of the starting gate for its first issue.

Another acceptance in the pipeline This one is from Medical Literary Messenger for my flash fiction piece Stop Your Bleeding. MLM is associated with Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Prep work for it will begin in November 2023 for the Winter 2023 Issue. More to follow. Here is the link for SYB: https://med-lit.vcu.edu/media/med-lit/docs/MLM9.1.pdf

A new journal, Ghost Light Lit, has accepted my sonnet The Artist for publication in Issue 1, Grief Machine for November 2023. More details later. OK, here is the link for this online publication: https://www.ghostlightlit.com/read.html. My poem is on page 10.

The U.P. Reader 2024 #8 accepted my poem Hand in Mine and my short story Two Old Friends Having Lunch. Details to follow. Actually, they only accepted the short story. I’m not sure what happened with the poem. Here is the link to purchase a copy: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FU-P-Reader-Bringing-Literature%2Fdp%2F1615998101&data=05%7C02%7C%7C0b66af1b2b73432f96cc08dc570af810%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638480951866243649%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jTCtn%2FBneUuXTQEeGc7wLYe7IPlpQwmHHUTa9Kz2l2U%3D&reserved=0 You can also find copies at book shops and many other stores throughout the U.P. Hardcover is $36.95, Paperback is $19.95, Audiobook is $17.46, and Kindle is $6.95 for the best in U.P. writing.

Lumina Journal, the annual online and print journal for the Sarah Lawrence College Graduate Writers Program, has accepted my short story Slow Dancing with a Prosthetic Leg for their twentieth volume in 2024. This is very exciting news. They have published a number of top notch writers including Amy Hempel and Phillip Lopate. I will keep you posted. I will be reading an excerpt from Slow Dancing via Zoom on Thursday evening, April 25, 2024. Slow Dancing is available at this link: https://www.lumina-journal.com/vol-20 Go to The Written Word… section. It automatically scrolls through the contents but you can click on the right or left arrows to get to my story faster.

Nightmare Narratives (a part of Darkholme Publishing) has published my novelette The Horologist. This is the longest piece of mine to be published. It can be found at this link: https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/nightmare-narratives-interactive-subscription To read it you have to establish an account with an associated fee. However, the first month is free. Readers can then vote for their favorite stories for the month. Each writer winning the monthly vote will have their story appear in the year-end anthology. This is a sophisticated site and offers a number of interactive options. I encourage you to check it out.

The Last Hurrah–a heavily revised, 1300-word story whose first version was written in high school–was accepted by the bold and cutting edge webzine A Thin Slice of Anxiety. More details to follow. Here is the link: http://www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2024/07/fiction-last-hurrah.html

Another long poem, Chronological Extremes, was accepted by Dragon Soul Press for inclusion in their fantasy anthology Soul Ink, Vol. 2. More info as it becomes available. Here is the link to my author’s interview for SI, Vol. 2: https://dragonsoulpress.com/blog-2/. SI, Vol. 2 is available for $14.99 (paperback) at: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Ink-Dragon-Press-Anthology/dp/B0D5BZGLWD/ref=rvi_d_sccl_2/133-8686076-7790433?pd_rd_w=Bt8xi&content-id=amzn1.sym.f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_p=f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_r=0W64M5GNHN0SR6CRQ2S8&pd_rd_wg=QEJo1&pd_rd_r=ca109f8e-7795-4741-97ec-768254035a57&pd_rd_i=B0D5BZGLWD&psc=1

MetaStellar will be reprinting my short story Two Old Friends in the Garden on their website on 7/12/24. On that day this link to the story should go live: https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/two-old-friends-in-the-garden/

I will be doing a poetry reading at Paper Mill Books, 216 S. Cedar, in downtown Manistique, MI on Monday August 12, 2024 at 5 p.m. There will be several others there as well including music artists Ronnie Ferguson, Reagan M. Sova, and Eric Mefhta. Should be fun. Hope to see you there!

Online publisher and editor Alejandro Gonzalez has accepted my short story All Aboard for his magazine Unorthodox Stories. He looks for unusual pieces that don’t have the right fit for other markets and therefore experience multiple rejections. In this case, it was fifty. Of All Aboard, he said, “This is exactly the type of story I want.” I believe it will be available on his no-frills, no-nonsense website in September 2024. Unfortunately, this is another small market that never managed to make it off the starting line.

This morning I opened my email to find an acceptance from the editor of the fabulous Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Strider Marcus Jones, for my poem The Mad Fiddler. Here is the link: https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2024/09/one-poem-by-michael-kelly-peach.html

Below is the accompanying illustration from Marc Chagal’s painting.

Compare that to Christiana’s image from Pieces of Me:

Translucent Eyes Press has published my dark fantasy/horror novella The Death of Tintagiles Death. It is autobiographical, literary, and transgressive and is available at Amazon for $13. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Tintagiles-M-Kelly-Peach/dp/B0DH1Y1DVM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XLN2OGAX8FIJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qGuSHS9NKxVtlW81d-dauSGqwOwCKBbCX5jaYxwBQdLce_Wa79wsLxrzQJSdTg69JQxhZIANiF-bcG_1rV-EzhKIu76RxNWxJmL7AmK1ARvu64alzcz2bXb8RvDpeZ6p-2XzUd3GMmZ01OP_3gIA0xIfk8wq_XUadWp1em0VNJ-CHPN_Ce3kCe_XwGbuxzGOn2iAaIUZ066I2CyjIiqQTslgqNBg1ftPoPJgRiIHMys.tOcR3833q95GkmGW8_voXgwr-hAs6qXPZobMZm6kSQ0&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+death+of+tintagiles+death&qid=1727883439&sprefix=The+Death+of+Tinta%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1

My self-published novel, The Adventures of ArgyLe Sock, is available at Amazon in print for $19 or ebook for $8.99. (The capital ‘L’ indicates he is supposed to be worn on the left-foot and would appreciate it if humans would pay better attention and not get him mixed up with his brother ARgyle Sock who, of course, should be worn on the right foot.) It is a fun and humorous, adventure-filled fantasy for adult-readers. (Don’t forget to read the hilarious Addendum.) Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-ArgyLe-Sock-Kelly-Peach/dp/B0DH2RM82L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OEHJ647CHJXK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.f-o64x7SZ-jN-PG6llVOX9MHcgH4ODpnVh7gKeYE-hTGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.UbcmKAgw1VTSWpdpvzvQRy274laGC9ezf9vA0xmn3bg&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+adventures+of+argyle+sock&qid=1727884342&sprefix=The+Adventures+of+Argy%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-1

My weird and baroque poem, The Garden, has been accepted for publication in Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror. It is scheduled for publication in the Spring of 2025. This may not be published because The Garden is also appearing in my poetry chapbook (see below) Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass. The editor, Nicole, in her words loves the poem but will need to get permission from the GLAHW Board.

Join me and other local writers at Books and Boos this Saturday at the Marinette REC Center from 12:00 – 4:00. Meet some amazing authors and get your books signed! We also have two vendors coming!! The Book Nook will of course have a table and we’ll be setting up some authors’ books who were not able to come. See you Saturday!! Here is the address and phone number: 2501 Pierce Avenue Marinette, WI 54143 (715-732-2006)

The speculative fiction magazine Snoozine, edited by a group of Southern New Hampshire University (the school my son-in-law Gary graduated from) MFA’s in Creative Writing, has accepted my short story All Aboard. More details to follow. Here is the link for All Aboard: https://snoozine.com/2-1-peach/

On Saturday 12/7/24, I will be at Flint Local 432 (124 W. 1st St. Flint, MI 48502) to meet readers and sell and sign books from 4-7p.m. This event is called Strange & Wonderful – An Indie Author Showcase and is sponsored by The Flint Monster Society. Hope to see you there!

Authorpalooza is an annual author’s fair at Crystal Falls Library (237 Superior Ave. Crystal Falls, MI 49920). Join me and many other writers on Saturday 12/14/24 from 9a.m. – noon to meet the authors and get your books signed. Hope you can make it!

The lovely Lothlorien Poetry Journal published my poem The Candle-Maker and Her Knights Questing as a reprint on 12/27/24. Here is the link: https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2024/12/one-poem-by-michael-kelly-peach.html

Sonic Boom has accepted my concrete poem Simple Question for their January 2025 issue.

My poetry chapbook Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass (Alien Buddha Press) will launch on February 12, 2025. It will cost $10 wherever I sell it in-person. More details to follow. Here is the link for Amazon where it sells for $11.25: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=please%2C+do+not+tap+on+the+glass+book&crid=2PJSA488T1A8U&sprefix=%2Caps%2C116&ref=nb_sb_ss_recent_1_0_recent

Air and Nothingness Press has accepted my short story An Azure Infinity for a Timeless Season for its anthology Our Dust Earth. This is a good anthology with a number of strong stories and it is available at: https://aanpress.com/aanorder.html#ode . The cost for this limited and numbered edition is $27 + $6.50 S&H.

The good folks at U. P. Reader 2025 #9 have been particularly kind this year in that they have accepted three poems for publication in this year’s annual book. The poems are: Green Pants, Hand in Mine, and Gros Cap. The first two are favorites of mine for poetry readings. It should be out by Spring 2025. This large compendium of Upper Peninsula writing is now available for $25.95 at: https://www.lhpress.com/store/U-P-Reader-Volume-9-PB-p741793420

The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) has their annual Spring Conference in Marquette, MI on Saturday May 17, 2025. It’s an all day event with workshops, keynote speakers, and many fine writers from all over the U.P. This year I will be a presenter at one of the workshops doing a PowerPoint on How to Submit Your Poetry.

I did an interview with BAM, the editor of 42 Stories Anthology, on 1/13/25. It was relaxed and fun and BAM seems like a great guy. Technology is so amazing! We did the interview with him in Japan and me in the U. P. He said it would take a few months to get the video edited and downloaded. When it is ready to go, I will share the link with you all.

After 45 rejections, my flash fiction piece Last Day of School was accepted for publication by Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts Magazine for their inaugural issue. Will post more once I have more details. Here is the link (the poem is on p. 115): https://soulpoetry7.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/soul-poetry-volume-1-issue-1.pdf

My long poem The Mosaic was accepted for the 75th Milestone Edition of Alien Buddha Zine. More details to follow.

I will be reading some of my poems at the Escanaba Public Library (400 Ludington Street Escanaba, MI) on Wednesday April 2, 2025 at the Open Mic Poetry Night in celebration of National Poetry Month. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. EST. This event was canceled due to winter weather. It was rescheduled for Wednesday April 9, 2025 but I was already committed to a Lenten talk about My Writing Journey that day

I plan to do a presentation at the UPPAA Spring Conference 2025 on Saturday May 17 at the Peter White Public Library (217 N. Front Street, Marquette, MI). It will be a PowerPoint talk on How to Submit Poetry.

I will do a shortened version of How to Submit Poetry at the Business of Being an Artist event on Monday July 14, 2025. Sponsored by the Sault Area Arts Center, it will be held at the LSSU Kenneth Shouldice Library, 906 Ryan St. Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 from noon to 5 p.m. EST.

A new literary magazine called Blood+Honey accepted three of my poems for their inaugural issue: To Mr. Ford and the Whimsical Norns, Maddest Fast Skater, and My First Attempt at a Long Poem. Two of these poems were written for my Creative Writing class at Garden City East H.S. in 11th grade. The other was composed as an undergrad at LSSC. They will go live on their webpage on June 18, 2025. Here is the link: https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/poetry/to-mr-ford-and-the-whimsical-norns

Harrow House Journal, a new online literary magazine has published my poem Guinea Pig Died in their inaugural issue (which is always a very cool thing). This is another poem from my 11th grade creative writing class. It can be found at this link: https://harrowhousejournal.wixsite.com/harrowhousejournal/june-2025 After downloading, find the poem on p. 79.

I will be signing books at the Negaunee Public Library Pioneer Days authors event from 4-6 p.m. EST. The address is: 319W. Case St. Negaunee, MI 49866. Hope to see you there!

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We will be hosting a seventh author this year! Michael Peach, an author of three unique and different works, is a member of Great Lakes Area Horror Writers and UPPAA. He has a BA in English from LSSU and an M.Ed. from UNT and facilitates meetings for the Ink Society, a local writing group. Favorite activities include reading and collecting books, hiking, and baking.

His most recent book is Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass.

Book description:

In Please, Do Not Tap on the Glass, M. Kelly Peach crafts a world of fragile, quiet tension, warning against tapping too hard—lest the delicate containment of a moment shatters.

Peach’s language moves fluidly between dreamlike introspection and sharp, stinging clarity, holding a mirror to the untold and the unspoken.

From the wild reaches of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Peach blends a reverence for the natural world with an unsettling intimacy that lingers long after the final line. Please, Do. Not. Tap. On. The. Glass.

On Saturday July 12, 2025 only, I will be selling my books from underneath a green canopy at the Manistique Folk Fest 2025 from 10 a.m. to around 6 p.m. My location has been moved to site 60 near Paper Mill Books.

I will be doing a book signing at the lovely Lion’s Mouth Bookstore, 211 N. Washington St. Green Bay, WI from 11 am. to 1 p.m. CST

I am scheduled to do a podcast with Wednesday Lee Friday, host of the Mentally Oddcast and Editor-in-Chief of Sometimes Hilarious Horror Magazine, today at 2 p.m. We will be discussing my books, mental health issues, and activism. I believe it will be recorded and them broadcast later. I will share details once I get them.

On Saturday September 27, 2025, I will be at the Geek U.P. Con at the Memorial Union Building on the campus of Michigan Tech University from noon to 7 p.m. to sell and sign books and chat with all the cool people especially the cosplayers!

On Saturday October 4, 2025, I will be at A Novel Event for authors at the Fenton Community Cultural Center (150 S. Leroy St. Fenton, MI 48430) from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. for book sales and signings. Hope to see you there!

I will be at the Brighton District Library (100 Library Dr. Brighton, MI 48116) Author Showcase on Sunday from 2-4p.m. Stop by and see myself and many other multi-genre authors with their wonderful books!

I wrote a review for ABP Throwback Promos called Evolution for the Hell of It: A New Artifact for the Evolution of Literature. Here is a link to it: https://alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/evolution-for-the-hell-of-it-by-gerald-yelle-a-new-artifact-for-the-evolution-of-literature-review-by-m-kelly-peach/

My poem Young Ozymandias was accepted for Vol. 4, No. 2 issue of JOURN-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature (Mind’s Eye Publications) and should be published in mid-November 2025.

Come see me and my books at the huge Collectorabilia Con at the Resch Expo (840 Armed Forces Dr. Ashwaubenon, WI 54304) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST on Saturday 11/29/25. There will be lots to do and a number of special guests.

One of my many writing goals is to be included in a “Best of” anthology. Goal accomplished as my poem Errors of Isochronism was chosen for The Alien Buddha’s Best of 2025. This anthology should be coming out later in November 2025.

After many years and dozens of rejections, I finally signed a contract for publication of my horror novel The Whore: Or of Bureaucracy through Anxiety Press. This will probably take a while to come out but I will share more details as they become available.

A new journal, Lunar Sea Literary, will be publishing two of my poems in early 2026. A Reminiscence of Dreams (one of my newest poems) will be appearing in the print edition and First Time (I Ever Fucked) (one of my oldest poems) will appear on their webzine.