“Cisco’s works are admired by the likes of Laird Barron, John Langan, Paul Tremblay, Jeff VanderMeer, Joe Pulver, and many other notable writers and editors.

They not only elevate this genre, they hover above it.” – Thomas Ligotti “Michael Cisco’s works are indispensable to contemporary fantastic literature. Now, The Divinity Student has been paired with its sequel, The Golem, for a must-have book: The San Veneficio Canon. THE SAN VENEFICIO CANON: In 1999, The Divinity Student captured the attention of fans of dark fantasy everywhere, eventually winning the International Horror Guild Award for best first novel. Destined to be a classic.” - Jeff Vandermeer Like “The Other Side” if it included soldiers who could glide over the water, a mysterious tower right out of early David Lynch, and infused with Kafka’s sense of the bizarre. THE NARRATOR: “An extraordinary story of war and the supernatural that combines the creepiness of “Alien” with the clear-eyed gaze of “Full Metal Jacket”. A must-own for all readers of Lovecraftian and weird fiction. SECRET HOURS: This collection consists of several Lovecraftian tales, a “King in Yellow” story with a nod to Ramsey Campbell, and other haunting and unsettling stories. Where to begin with his work? I recommend starting with Secret Hours, The Narrator, and The San Veneficio Canon. “Michael Cisco is of a different kind and league from almost anyone writing today, and The Narrator is Cisco at his startling best.” – China Mieville I feel that Secret Hoursis a “must-own” for readers of Lovecraftian and weird fiction.

It called to mind the stories of Thomas Ligotti - though I stress that these tales are not Ligotti pastiche. I remember reading Cisco’s short story collection Secret Hours years ago and being blown away by it. With that in mind, I’d like to call your attention to Michael Cisco. I’ve been told many times by Lovecraft eZine readers that I’ve introduced them to authors and books that they’ve really enjoyed, and wouldn’t have known about otherwise. Art by Tom Brown, for the story “Two Fragments” by Michael Cisco (in SECRET HOURS)

The narrator by michael cisco