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Mike X. Welch

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Horror, Humor and Comedy, Paranormal

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Mike X Welch lives in Western New York with his wife, the author Aly Welch (www.alywelch.com), and their twin sons. His adult daughter lives near Seattle. In addition to his day job, Welch is the Author & Anthology Coordinator for Duskbound Books (www.duskboundbooks.com).

In addition to curating the inaugural PASSAGEWAYS anthology for Writing Bloc (now Duskbound Books), his work has appeared in all three original Writing Bloc anthologies (Escape! Deception & Family) in addition to the Hell Hour anthology (Abomination Media). He most recently appeared in the Writing Bloc anthology PASSAGEWAYS: Mythos. His self-published collection of horror stories, ENANTIODROMIA, has been met with universal acclaim.

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	Enantiodromia 4.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escape!: A Writing Bloc Anthology by Michael Haase (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Durena Burns (Contributor), Jason Chestnut (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deception!: A Writing Bloc Anthology by Cari Dubiel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aly Welch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jane-Holly Meissner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turning of the Bones and Other Stories by Mike X. Welch (Goodreads Author), Tom Rolland (illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family by Cari Dubiel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mike X. Welch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), T.C.C. Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell Hour by Mike Salt (Goodreads Author), Tyler Derber, Cody Lakin (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passageways: Nine Stories. Nine Unique Literary Worlds by Mike X. Welch (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cari Dubiel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susan K. Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horror From The High Dive: Volume 2 by K.C. Dunford (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Andrew Adams, Malcolm Badewitz really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ENANTIODROMIA: collected stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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