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Upright Beasts, Coffee House Press 2015

Gigantic Worlds, Gigantic Books 2015

Tiny Crimes, Black Balloon Press 2018

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03/30: My essays appear semi-weekly over at Counter Craft.

01/05: I have a new, weird science fiction story in Lightspeed: "The Last Serving."

~~2022~~

11/01: I reviewed a new novel by Cho Nam-Joo for the New York Times.

10/21: The Body Scout is coming out in Turkey soon! Cover reveal here.

09/02: I had a great time on the Beginnings podcast. Listen here.

07/29: I have a new fable about healthcare in Outlook Springs called "Hansel and Gretel's Teeth."

07/28: I had an amazing time at the Second Life Book Club talking about The Body Scout. You can watch it here.

07/13: For Esquire, I wrote about some recent speculative novels that use a telescopic lens to tackle the issues of our day.

06/23: Very excited to have a new short story in One Story: "From the Comfort of Your Own Home."

05/15: A new interview with Split Lip Magazine about worldbuilding, dystopian capitalism, and genre omnivores.

03/21: The Body Scout was named one of the best 50 science fiction novels of all time (!) by Esquire.

03/19: My Virginia Festival of the Book panel with Ryka Aoki and Micaiah Johnson moderated by Emma Ito is online.

03/01: I have an article on book advances in the new print issue of Poets & Writers.

02/16: Analog has a very nice review of The Body Scout (temporarily online here): "Filled with shrewd neo-noir wit and smirking leftist critique, The Body Scout is layered with cultural criticism and reflections on what truly matters."

02/16: I'll be reading at Table of Contents with Hannah Lillith Assadi and Pik-Shuen Fung.

02/08: Today.com picks The Body Scout as one of 5 books every Aquarius should read.

02/04: I was interviewed by my old hometown paper about science fiction and The Body Scout.

01/27: I have a new SF story about climate change and giant mud gobblers at Lightspeed! (Also an interview here.)

01/18: I reviewed How High We Go in the Dark for The New York Times.

01/04: I have a new essay/rant in Uncanny about cyberpunk and the body in fiction.

01/01: A new short story in Lightspeed (for subscribers now, online 1/27!)

~~2021~~

12/17: Gavin Pate interviewed me for Rain Taxi (print edition) about The Body Scout. And Frieze picked my interview with Joshua Cohen as one of their 10 best pieces of 2021.

12/08: The New York Times has named The Body Scout one of the 10 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Year!

12/07: Tor.com named The Body Scout one of the best books of the year!

11/11: I had a great time talking baseball, science fiction, and The Body Scout with the Infinite Inning podcast.

11/04: Tor.com pairs my novel with Salvador Dalí in a fun article called "Eight SFF Books That Echo Famous Works of Art"

10/31: NYPL named Tiny Nightmares their book of the day! And The Body Scout was included on a list of great scary novels as picked by Hollywood screenwriters.

10/30: Somehow, Tiny Nightmares is getting some nice coverage a year after it was published! It was rounded up in great Halloween reads at Chicago Tribune and The Seattle Times. And the anthology got a very nice review at Lit Stack.

10/29: I had a great time chatting about genre, writing, and the novel at Paraphase podcast.

10/28: For Lit Hub, I take a look at the literary history of baseball in time for the World Series.

10/26: WNYC calls The Body Scout one of the best books of the fall! And the Washington Independent Review of Books says, "Despite its many wild parts, this sci-fi/murder mystery comes together in an utterly satisfying whole."

10/21: Libro.fm calls The Body Scout audiobook one not to miss: "great sci-fi noir mixed with a criticism of capitalistic greed."

10/14: Another rave for The Body Scout, this one from The Brooklyn Rail: "one hell of a mercilessly entertaining ride, one that I can’t recommend enough. Dear reader, you’re in for a treat."

10/13: Apple Books picks The Body Scout as one of the 10 debuts to read this year.

10/08: Tor.com reviews The Body Scout: "Michel’s worldbuilding here is both understated and devastating... a compelling vision of tomorrow."

10/07: I'm speaking on a panel at New York Comic Con today.

10/06: Boing Boing calls The Body Scout "a modern cyberpunk classic"!

10/01: I'll be at the Brooklyn Book Festival moderating a panel with Benjamin Percy and Catherynne M. Valente at 8pm (on Zoom).

9/30: For PW, I wrote about 10 of my favorite "strange dystopias."

9/28: I talked with Michael Hickins at "But I Digress..." about The Body Scout.

9/23: New short story about ghosts and climate change at Uncharted.

9/22: At Crime Reads, I wrote about why science fiction and noir pair so perfectly.

9/21: It's pub day for my novel The Body Scout! And I still can't believe I woke up to a rave from the New York Times: The Body Scout "blends noir, cyberpunk and sports into something at once timeless and original [...] a wild ride, sad and funny, surreal and intelligent."

9/21: I've got three new articles today! At Tor, a defense of David Lynch's strange and messy Dune. At Lit Hub, I talked about genre fiction as a generative space. And in my newsletter, I wrote about the long messy road to finishing my novel.

9/21: I interviewed Joshua Cohen about truth, fiction, and his hilarious new novel for Frieze.

09/10: I got to talk with the legendary Kim Stanley Robinson last night about our books, utopian fiction, punk rock, and philosophy. You can watch a recording here.

09/02: An extremely generous review of The Body Scout at BOMB: "A sci-fi noir with the rich, earnest character development one expects from a quieter book...A refreshing and assuredly unique work."

09/01: Extremely excited to have a (ghostly) story in the new issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

08/30: Esquire names The Body Scout one of the best books of the fall!

08/24: Had a great time chatting science fiction on the Podside Picnic podcast.

08/11: I'll be interviewing Brian Evenson about his stellar and creepy new collection for Third Place Books. UPDATE: Watch on YouTube.

08/02: A new SF story in Air/Light magazine.

07/23: I'll be making a (video) appearance at Comic-Con with my fellow debut Orbit authors.

06/29:The Body Scout reviewed in Kirkus: "a weird and hopefully not prescient techno-thriller... one part William Gibson, one part Cory Doctorow... It’s a dizzying world but catnip for cyberpunk fans."

02/19: I interviewed Swedish author Karin Tidbeck about speculative fiction and their wild new novel.

02/11: I started a substack to blog about fiction craft and weird books. Subscribe?

02/02:Cover reveal and excerpt of my forthcoming novel, The Body Scout, at Lit Hub. 

01/12:I interviewed George Saunders about writing and reading in turbulent times.

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