Official Mikel Classen Website

Mikel B.Classen

Website

Welcome to the website of Michigan writer Mikel Classen. That would be me. Glad you stopped by and keep checking back 'cause this is where all of the cool stuff is. Here are all of the links to stories and articles I've done over the years. Of course there's always new stuff cropping up like a bad case of mold and I'm resurrecting the corpses of the old ones because folks keep asking me too. Does that mean these stories are zombies? I've written about the stories and legends of the Great Lakes and in particular, Lake Superior, its mystique is always inspiring. Now, with this site everybody can check out all of the writing anywhere, anytime. Here will be the news of what kind of strange reality is currently dogging my cat. Actually I don't have cats as I'm allergic. BOOKMARK the site and tell your relatives and friends. Tell them to send money. I'll take a check. Follow along as I drag you (probably kicking and screaming) into some new adventures and revisiting past favorites. There is some exciting new things happening which includes publishing my wild tales into book form traditional and digital. There are some exciting times ahead, so join in. Take the risk, leap off that cliff, climb into the mud wrestling pit, yeah, that's more like it.

Mikel stands on part of the shipwreck of the Mary Jarecki at Au Sable Point along Lake Superior. The inspiration for his story the "Wreck of the Marie Jenny" which is now available as a Kindle e-book.

MY STORIES ARE NOW ON SMASHWORDS!!!!!!!
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/mikelclassen

THE WRECK OF THE MARIE JENNY HAS RECEIVED FIVE STARS ON SMASHWORDS!!!!!
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/47201

FIVE STAR REVIEWS ON THE LATE HERO
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/46449

NOW HERE FROM NETBOUND PUBLISHING. MY COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, "JOURNEYS INTO THE MACABRE."

ORDER YOUR COPY HERE

On Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Journeys-Into-The-Macabre-ebook/dp/B005GI6YKQ

Ever wonder what happens when a vampire is turned into a Zombie? Ever attend a seance that went horribly wrong? Ever think of what it would be like to fall in love with a woman that has been dead for 150 years? These are just a few of the experiences you will have on your Journeys Into The Macabre. NetBound Publishing and author Mikel B. Classen have put together a collection of masterfully crafted horror stories that bring back the richness and feel of traditional gothic horror while adding the sharp textures of contemporary writing that creates a witch's brew of tales unlike anything published before. This is a must for any lover of dark fiction.

Includes:
Deliver Me From Evil
M'Ganga's Curse
Eternity
House of Seances
The Gray Tower
The Sorceress
The Donner Trailer
Senn's Vampire
The Dive
The Late Hero

NetBound Publishing is proud to present Journeys Into The Macabre by Mikel B. Classen

"LAKE SUPERIOR TALES"
Print Edition Order Here

Print Edition on Amazon

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FR16RY
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/78557
http://netboundpublishing.com

Pirates, thieves, shipwrecks, sexy women, lost gold, and adventure on the Lake Superior frontier. Nine stories, including "Wreck of the Marie Jenny," "The Bigg Man," "Wolf Killer," "Bullets Shine Silver in the Moonlight," and several more. This collection of stories filled with adventure, humor, thrills and suspense are expertly penned by Mikel B. Classen and published by NetBound Publishing.

Sail on a ship full of gold. Meet the incomparable Rayna Daye. Who is the mysterious man that Andrew Jackson called "The meanest man he ever knew? These stories and more fill the pages of Lake Superior Tales. packed with action, adventure, humor, and suspense, this book has a little bit of everything. Journey to the wilds of the Lake Superior shoreline with regions still untamed today.

Included in this collection are:
The Bigg Man
Moby Pike
Bullets Shine Silver In The Moonlight
The Encounter
The Wreck of the Marie Jenny
The Death Trip
Sherman Yetty
Close Encounters Of The Deer Blind Kind
Wolf Killer

Lake Superior Tales is a NetBound Book published by NetBound Publishing.

MY NOVEL "CHILDREN OF DESTRUCTION" WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS YEAR.

TWO SHORT STORIES ARE IN THE ANTHOLOGY OF GHOST STORIES CALLED "VICIOUS SPIRITS, MY STORIES "HOUSE OF SEANCES" AND "THE LATE HERO."

TWO SHORT STORIES APPEAR IN "VICIOUS BITES," A VAMPIRE ANTHOLOGY. BOTH "SENN'S VAMPIRE" AND "ETERNITY" ARE A PART OF THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES AND POEMS.

SENN'S VAMPIRE CAN BE PURCHASED AS A KINDLE HERE AND IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON SMASHWORDS:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H4XQ56

MY ZOMBIE SHORT STORY CALLED "M'GANGA'S CURSE" HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO APPEAR IN PANIC PRESS' NEW ANTHOLOGY CALLED "DEADication." THIS STORY DUBBED THE "MOST CREEPY CRAWLY IN THE "VICIOUS DEAD ANTHOLOGY CAN BE PURCHASED HERE:
http://panicpress.org/2011/01/25/deadication-anthology-pre-order/

Or it can be purchased as a Kindle E-story here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041G6N7I

or You can click on the carousel below and purchase it there.

HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENIN'

We're moving along rather quickly right now. Lake Superior Tales just went live on Smashwords and Amazon Kindle. The print edition should be ready by next week. Then, right on the heels of that, Journey's Into The Macabre will also become available. Both of these books have been a long time coming. The links will become available as soon as we have them.

Now Available!!!
My short stories are being published in the Kindle format on Amazon.com! They are also available on B&N's Nook store and Apple's I-store So far, seven of them are currently available with more coming in the very near future. Also in Kindle is my short story collection "Lake Superior Tales." and "Journeys Into The Macabre." Remember, you DON"T NEED A KINDLE READER for these. There is a link at the bottom of the page which takes you to the free apps for all of your devices.

KINDLE LINKS:
THE LATE HERO
SENN'S VAMPIRE
THE BIGG MAN
M'GANGA'S CURSE
WRECK OF THE MARIE JENNY
DELIVER ME FROM EVIL

WOLF KILLER

Find Mikel on Dark Media City

NEWS

Mikel has put both of his blogs, What Were They Thinking? and Midnight Ramblings, up as Kindle wireless downloads through Amazon's Whispernet. Now his blogs can be automatically uploaded to Kindle E-book readers whenever they are updated. Here's the links:

Midnight Ramblings - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039XREWM

What Were They Thinking? - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039XR5X0

Contacting Mikel is easy. Just send an e-mail to this address: mclassen@lighthouse.net

IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO BE A SPEAKER AT A LECTURE, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP OR CONVENTION, I CAN BE CONTACTED THROUGH THE ADDRESS ABOVE.

LINKS
to Mikel's writing online. Yep there's a lot of it. Better start now.

Fiction:
For a taste of those Lake Superior Tales and Journeys Into The Macabre, some of the stories slated to appear in these books can be found here:
http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/mikelclassen
Links are at the bottom of the page and Smashwords has every kind of e-reader and PC reading format available!

Non-fiction:
For many years Mikel has travelled Michigan's Upper Peninsula writing about places to see and do. Those articles can be found here.
New Article: Canada's Agawa Native American Pictographs 9/4/10

Mikel is well known for his work with locating the hard to find history of the Lake Superior region. Those articles can be found here.

Blogs:
Mikel's popular "What Were They Thinking?" humor blog can be be read here.
New Blog Post 8/27/10

"Midnight Ramblings" is Mikel's E-zine style blog. Click here for all of the fun.
New Blog Post 8/29/10

OTHER LINKS YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING

Netbound Publishing

House of Horror Magazine and Panic Press

Triskaideka Books

Lee Pletzers

Horroraddicts.net

Arcanum Axiom