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Michael Bailey is a recipient and ten-time nominee of the Bram Stoker Award, a five-time Shirley Jackson Award nominee, and a three-time recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award, along with several independent publishing accolades. He has written, edited, and published many books of various genres. His latest is Righting Writing, a nonfiction narrative used as curriculum for aspiring writers, and Silent Nightmares: Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year, an anthology co-edited with Chuck Palahniuk to be published by Simon & Schuster in fall of 2026. He is also the screenwriter for Madness and Writers, a creative documentary series about writers, and a producer for numerous film projects. Find him online at nettirw.com, ...more

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	The Library of the Dead by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erinn L. Kemper, Gary A. Braunbeck 3.75 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2015 — 6 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
	Chiral Mad 3 3.83 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	You, Human: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Laura Lee Bahr (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	Chiral Mad by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jack Ketchum, Gary A. Braunbeck 3.80 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2012	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
	Oversight 3.90 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2018 — 6 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
	Chiral Mad 5 by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 58 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
	Chiral Mad 2 by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erik T. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), John Skipp (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Adam's Ladder by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Darren Speegle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laird Barron (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Chiral Mad 4: An Anthology of Collaborations by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lucy A. Snyder (Goodreads Author) (Editor), F. Paul Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.62 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Palindrome Hannah by Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author), Michael Ian Bateson (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2005 — 7 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

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SILENT NIGHTMARES – Pre-Order Now Available!

Simon & Schuster officially announced today, so here we go! Silent Nightmares: Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year, co-edited by Chuck Palahniuk and Michael Bailey, is now available for pre-order everywhere books are sold.

A chilling anthology of tales centered around the longest nights of the year, paying homage to the time-honored Victorian tradition of ghost

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“THE POETRY OF LIFE RICHARD CHIZMAR I”
― Michael Bailey, Chiral Mad 3

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“You ought to see your expression—Bo-Bo the Dog-Faced Boy looked more intelligent.”
― Michael Bailey, You, Human: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction

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“written words even more so than spoken ones—had a kind of lasting power, that if something was written down, it was somehow more real, more concrete.”
― Michael Bailey, The Library of the Dead

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