Mike Thorn

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Mike Thorn
Mike Thorn at the Darkest Hours book launch (2017)
Born (1990-03-01) March 1, 1990 (age 34)
Drayton Valley, Alberta
NationalityCanadian
Websitemikethornwrites.com

Mike Thorn is a Canadian fiction writer and film critic.[1] He is the author of the novel Shelter for the Damned,[2] which has been translated into Spanish[3] and adapted for audio.[4] He is also the author of two short story collections: Darkest Hours[5] and Peel Back and See.[6]

His film criticism has appeared in MUBI Notebook,[7] The Film Stage,[8] American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper (University of Texas Press)[9] and elsewhere. His fiction has been featured on The NoSleep Podcast[10] and Tales to Terrify.[11][12]

Works[edit]

Novels & Collections[edit]

  • Shelter for the Damned (2021)
  • Peel Back and See (2021)
  • Darkest Hours (2017)

Short fiction[edit]

  • Solstice Grinsztad (2023)
  • Erosion (2023)
  • The Events (2022)
  • Vomitus Bacchanalius (2021)
  • Offer to the Adversary (2021)
  • Deprimer (2020)
  • Mini McDonagh Manor (2020)
  • @GorgoYama2013 (2019)
  • Mr. Mucata's Final Requests (2018)
  • Virus (2018)
  • All in the Family (2018)
  • Choo-Choo (2017)
  • Sabbatical (2017)
  • Entropy Major (2017)
  • Speaking of Ghosts (2017)
  • Lucio Schluter (2017)
  • Remembering Absence (2016)
  • Hair (2016)
  • Mired (2016)
  • The Auteur (2016)
  • Long Man (2015)
  • Volcano Doomsayer (2012)
  • Passenger #273 (2012)

References and sources[edit]

  1. ^ "Mike Thorn Movie Reviews & Previews | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  2. ^ Paolozzi, Cristina (13 January 2021). ""Normalcy, not harmony" : Author Mike Thorn speaks on his debut horror novel Shelter for the Damned". Gauntlet (newspaper). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  3. ^ "Un refugio para los condenados, de Mike Thorn". Dilatando Mentes Editorial (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  4. ^ "Shelter For the Damned - Audiobook". tantor.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  5. ^ Volmers, Eric (3 June 2021). "Calgary writer Mike Thorn finds the horror within for collection of subgenre-hopping short stories". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  6. ^ Zardynezhad, Ava (3 June 2021). "U of C alumnus Mike Thorn releases new collection". Gauntlet (newspaper). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  7. ^ "Mike Thorn – Notebook | MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  8. ^ "Mike Thorn - The Film Stage". Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  9. ^ "American Twilight". University of Texas Press. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  10. ^ "NoSleep Podcast S11E13". The NoSleep Podcast. 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  11. ^ "586 | Jacob Steven Mohr, Lyndsey Croal & Mike Thorn". Tales to Terrify. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  12. ^ "376 | Mike Thorn & Arthur Machen". Tales to Terrify. Retrieved 2024-01-14.