Welcome to my website. Here you will find some examples of my fiction and non-fiction writing, as well as details of how you can buy my published work -- if you want to!
See the Contact Me page if you'd like to purchase personally signed copies of any of my books. Thanks.
Bibliography
Michael O'Connor has had stories and poems published in a large number of UK/North American print and online magazines (including A Collection of Words 3, All Hallows, BAD Press, Bloodletters, Book of the Dead, Connections, Crystal, Delivered, Dementia 13, Doppelganger Broadsheet, The Dragon Chronicle, The Dream Zone, the Electric Acorn, Fire, Footsteps, Gateway Monthly, Gentle Reader, Gravity’s Angels, The Heliograph, Kimota, Lateral Moves, Lost In The Dark, The Magpie's Nest, Mensa Magazine Short Story Supplement, Nasty Piece of Work, The New Cauldron, Omega, Peep Show, Pennine Ink, Pendragon, Revelation, Roadworks, Sepia, Sierra Heaven, Strix, The Errorist, The Weekly News, The Writers’ Cauldron, Thirteen, Threads, Twa Dugs, Verse Noir, Xenos, and Zest.) One of his stories received an Honorable Mention (sic) in the tenth annual edition of the international publication Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and another in the thirteenth annual edition. Others have been successful in the 1998 Department for Education Cancer Research Campaign competition (First Prize) and the Camberley Writers' Circle 1998 Competition (Highly Commended), as well as in the 1997, 1998 and 2001 Lewis Wright Competitions and the 1996 Redcar Writers' Competition. One of his stories and two of his poems were short-listed in Writers’ News competitions, and in 2011 he won first prize in their ghost story competition. He has written articles on popular culture for a local magazine, and has had literary essays and book reviews published in The Journal of the Lewis Carroll Society (and edits the Society's quarterly newsletter) and The Baum Bugle (Journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club).
Works For Sale
SOLO WORKS
I currently have three books available: a collection of my short stories entitled WHERE DO THEY ALL BELONG? at £7.50 a copy and my non-fiction book FROM CHAUCER TO CHILDISH -- WRITERS AND ARTISTS IN THE MEDWAY TOWNS (ISBN: 978-0-9564022-0-2) at £9 a copy -- both prices include P&P within the UK (a little extra for abroad). My e-novella CAGES is now available from Eternal Press at $4.50: you can order it in electronic form (ISBN: 978-1-61572-107-8) from the Eternal Press website by clicking on 'titles' from their home page, or you can go directly to it via Google by following the link:
http://www.eternalpress.biz/book.php?isbn=9781615721078
I do have a limited number of print copies of CAGES (ISBN: 978-1-61572-108-5) available, which you can buy directly from me at £7.50 including postage.
Send me a message on my Contact Me page on this website if you'd like to buy any of these, and want them personally signed and inscribed.
OTHER WORKS
I am one of the authors involved in a fascinating literary experiment that has resulted in an equally fascinating novel: PASSAGE TO REDEMPTION. "Imagine the uncertainty ceased and the world was faced with an indisputable, stark truth:- reduce atmospheric CO2 to pre-biblical levels within three years or the human race will be destroyed. What would we do, what could we do? Who would lead us?" About the Authors: The Crew is an international writing group started by the novelist Peter Lihou with the objective of proving that a disparate group of authors could work together and complete a successful novel in twelve months. Over the months the authors have faced a multitude of challenges aside from those created by the project, ranging from extreme climatic emergencies (including a volcanic eruption) to life threatening illnesses and several bereavements, financial hardship, lifestyle and career pressures. Inevitably some have been unable to accommodate the project and consequently there have been reductions in the membership of The Crew. The creative process, however, has continued to be nurtured by the remaining authors. During the life of the project a total of 53 individuals contributed to either the planning or writing phases. Seventeen embarked on the yearlong writing phase that has taken the equivalent of 12 man (and woman) years to complete as well as more than 8,000 messages on the closed Internet forum. These required over 133,000 page views by the authors or an average of 12,000 each, over the course of the year. To date, none of the authors have met in person and the only contact has been via the Internet.Paperback: 514 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (September 10, 2010)Language: English
ISBN-10: 1453804889
ISBN-13: 978-1453804889
Available for $19.95 plus postage from:
http://www.amazon.com/Passage-Redemption-Crew/dp/1453804889/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1
One of my stories is in the e-anthology VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES AND GHOSTS, OH MY! edited by Eve Paludan and published by NoTree Books.com. Available from Amazon.com and Smashwords.com at $7.99 US.
I have one story (or non-fiction article -- on Dickens -- in the first case) in each of the following print anthologies (available from their respective publishers' websites):
THE MEDWAY SCENE published by Urban Fox Press (2004)
THE ARTS IN MEDWAY (VOL.2) published by Urban Fox Press (2004)
REVELATION (VOL.1) published by Fourth Horseman Press (2004)
NEW ART FROM NORTH KENT published by Urban Fox Press (2004)
MAKING CHANGES published by Bridge House Press (2008) ISBN: 978-0955791-0505
IN THE SHADOW OF THE RED QUEEN published by Bridge House Press (2009) ISBN: 978-0-9557910-6-2
WARRIOR WISEWOMAN 2 published by Norilana Books (in USA) (2009) ISBN: 978-1-60762-028-0
SCREAM published by Bridge House Press (2009) ISBN: 978-1-907335-00-6
MOSAIC published by Bridge House Press (2010) ISBN: 978-1-907335-07-5
