Michael Cieslak is a lifetime reader and writer of horror, mystery, and speculative fiction. A native of Detroit, he still lives with his wife and their dog Tesla (named for the inventor, natch) in a house is covered in Halloween decorations in October and dragons the rest of the year. He is an officer in the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers and editor of the Erie Tales anthologies. His works have appeared in a number of collections including DOA: Extreme Horror, Dead Science, Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes, the GLAHW anthologies, Alter Egos Vol 1, Pan’s Guide for New Pioneers (a supplement for the Pugmire RPG), and the collaborative steampunk novel Army of Brass. Urbane Decay, a collection of Michael’s short fiction, was released in 2018 by Source Point Press. He has served as the Literature Track Head for Penguicon.Michael is the Editor in Chief of Dragon’s Roost Press, a small press which published its first anthology Desolation, 21 Tales for Tails in 2014. Since then the catalog has increased to include over thirty publications (by the end of 2023) including short fiction anthologies, novellas, novels, non-fiction, and collections of poetry. See the complete catalog on-line at thedragonsroost.biz or wherever you purchase your dark speculative fiction.