Michael Parkes's Blog

Today’s author interview spotlights Dakota Jackson, an award winning author of young adult fiction who likes to feature both fantastical elements and LGBTQIA+ characters in her books.

Read all about her at the link below!

https://buymeacoffee.com/michaelparke...

Author interviews on my blog are now booked out to June 15th, 2026! All inquiries are still welcome so long as they are through my website’s contact form.

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My short stories for the anthology of local authors are coming along nicely. I’ve been having fun writing the one based on that strange area I found hiking once; it’s a parallel world horror type of thing.

Today’s blog post is about a Canadian eldritch horror indie game called Look Outside. It’s set in a Montreal apartment building as something unfathomable outside its walls gazes deeply upon the world…

Read all about it at the link below!

https://buymeacoffee.com/michaelparke...

I started a new job on Monday and it’s been going well. The office is in what was once a house (common in my area) so it’s pretty cozy.

People requesting author interviews will probably find I only reply in the evenings now but all inquiries are still welcome!

Today’s author interview spotlights Violet Tempest, writer of dark urban fantasy and gothic horror with supernatural elements. She bases her stories heavily on the Lowcountry of South Carolina.

Read all about her at the link below!

https://buymeacoffee.com/michaelparke...

Make the Christmas gifts to the young readers in your life extra whimsical this year with 10 rhyming gnome-y stories and a fairy tale of courage and wits!

Australia 🇦🇺 https://www.amazon.com.au/Gnomes-Knig...

Canada 🇨🇦 https://www.amazon.ca/Gnomes-Knights-...

UK 🇬🇧 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gnomes-Knigh...

USA 🇺🇸 https://www.amazon.com/Gnomes-Knights...

Gnomes and Knights is a book in two parts. Gnomes is a whimsical collection of short stories about Fredrick Jerome Kopillus Gnome and the beautiful garden he calls his home. He’s a magical critter who lives in Gertie’s garden along with the other denizens, including a mole, a squirrel and a very sassy ant queen. Fred and his friends get up to all sorts of adventures and shenanigans while protecting the garden and venturing into the surrounding areas, like the garden of Gary Gremlin and the forest beyond the fence. With rhyming and magic and whimsy, Gnomes will have you spellbound with delight!

Knights is the second part of the book, a tale of a nervous squire becoming an initiate of the Knight’s Order and venturing out on a quest to fulfill his dream and his duty of serving his king. At the behest of his king, he sets out to aid the kingdom of Kyrbor in combatting the evil they face. Through cleverness, leadership and courage, Nathan the Knight overcomes obstacles and becomes more confident as he gains allies, helps those he meets along the way, and ultimately faces the cause of the problem head on.

I’ve been writing a short story based on that weird area in the woods I found a few weeks back (pics are on my socials). I want to get around 3-5 short stories together to submit to the anthology and this one will be a fun surreal horror piece.

A big thanks to Bobby Nash for referring a bunch of people to my author interviews again! He’s well worth following and very supportive of fellow authors.

I’m always looking for more authors to interview. Just email through my website to set one up!

Matts Indie Book Club on YouTube has author interviews and a monthly book recommendations YT short!

Did you know you can submit your own books to be in those shorts?

Help Matt get to 100 subscribers! The link to his latest interview is below

https://youtu.be/jqFakowcKNg?si=hAS0S...