Michael Poore

{{short description|American novelist}} thumb|Michael Poore '''Michael Poore''' (born 1967 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American novelist, the author of three novels: ''Up Jumps the Devil'' (2012), ''Reincarnation Blues'' (2017) and''Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/26/543933403/take-a-walk-on-the-wilder-side-of-death-with-reincarnation-blues|title=Take A Walk On The Wilder Side Of Death With 'Reincarnation Blues'|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-poore/reincarnation-blues/|title=Reincarnation Blues|date=June 6, 2017|accessdate=April 13, 2020|work=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-399-17848-1|title=Reincarnation Blues|date=July 4, 2017|accessdate=April 13, 2020|work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-206441-7|title=Up Jumps the Devil|date=May 7, 2012|accessdate=April 13, 2020|work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-poore/two-girls-a-clock-and-a-crooked-house/|title=Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House|date=June 10, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2021|work=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref> His short fiction has appeared in ''Glimmer Train,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Poore |url=https://www.glimmertrain.com/bulletins/essays/b64poore.php |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=www.glimmertrain.com}}</ref> ''Southern Review, Agni,''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-16 |title=AGNI 81 |url=https://agnionline.bu.edu/about/the-journal/archive/agni-81/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=AGNI Online |language=en}}</ref> ''Fiction,'' and ''Asimov’s.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy |url=https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kosmatka_poore_02_16_reprint/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Clarkesworld Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Poore lives in Highland, Indiana, with his wife, poet and activist [https://janineharrison.live/ Janine Harrison], and their daughter, Jianna.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-15 |title=About |url=https://michaelpoore.live/about/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Michael Poore |language=en}}</ref>

== List of works == '''Novels'''

* ''Up Jumps the Devil'' (2012) * ''Reincarnation Blues'' (2017) * ''Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House'' (2019)

'''Short stories''' {| class="wikitable" !Title !Publication !Notes |- |Blue Earth |''Carolina Quarterly'' (Spring 2000) |as Arlo Ramirez |- |The Fall of Enrico Montoya |''Baltimore Review'' (Winter 2000) |reprinted in ''Red Wheelbarrow'' (Spring 2001) |- |The Whale in the Moon |''Haydens Ferry Review'' 29 (Fall/Winter 2001-2002) |reprinted in ''Second Writes'' inaugural issue |- |Romances |''Black Warrior Web'' (Winter 2002) | |- |Six Chinese Cooks Rose into the Air |''The Southern Review'' (Summer 2003) | |- |Chief Next Lightning's Phantom Hand |''StoryQuarterly 39'' (2004) | |- |The Wooden Mother |''Talebones 30'' (Summer 2005) |Honorable Mention: Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006 |- |The Wind in His Cotton Mountain Paradise |''The Greensboro Review'' (Fall 2005) | |- | History of the Ghosts of Judy, Tennessee |''StoryQuarterly 41'' (2005) |honorable mention: 2006 SLF Fountain Award — for speculative fiction short story |- |The Fires of Krypton |''Fiction 54'' (2008) | |- |How to Raise a Positive-Thinking Baby |''Fiction'' (2008) | |- |Three Fables About Entropy |''Pacific Review'' (2008) | |- |Crazy Horse in Retirement |''The MacGuffin'' (2008) | |- |Bury Me Under the Drugstore, Mama |''Northwest Review'' Vol. 46, Issue 2 (May 2008) | |- |The Paint Giant |''North Dakota Quarterly'' (Winter 2008) | |- |Blood Dauber |''Asimov’s Science Fiction'' (October/November 2009) |written with Nebula Award nominee Ted Kosmatka reprinted in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection'' |- |The Beekeeper |''Glimmer Train Stories'' 74 (2010) | |- |The Street of the House of the sun |''The Pinch'' (2011) |reprinted in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 |- |The Rain That Time/That Thing That Happened |''AGNI 81'' (2015) | |- |The Fool Killer |''New Limestone Review'' (2017) |[https://newlimestonereview.as.uky.edu/2017/11/01/the-fool-killer/ Read online] |- |What The Fire God Said To The Beast |''My Name Was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales Remixed'' (2019) |Michael described it as "an excerpted chapter from the 'Moby Dick' prequel / Captain Ahab book I'm working on.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poore |first=Michael |date=January 9, 2019 |title=It's Alive! |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1A91hsVvEW/ |website=Facebook}}</ref>."{{better reference needed|date=March 2025}} |} '''Essays''' {| class="wikitable" !Title !Publication !Notes |- |The Story of Writing a Story |''Glimmer Train (2012?)'' |[https://www.glimmertrain.com/bulletins/essays/b64poore.php Read online] |- |If You Build It, They Will Come: Letting Agents Come to You |Writer's Digest (10/2/2013) |[https://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-letting-agents-come-to-you Read online] |}

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