Michael Kellermeyer

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Join date: May 25, 2018

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Michael Grant Kellermeyer (b. 1987) is a "retired" English professor and current bibliographer, illustrator, editor, critic, blogger, and author based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from Anderson University (2010) and his Master of Arts in Literature from Ball State University (2012). He taught college writing and literature in Indiana for nine years at, variously, Ball State University, Ivy Tech Community College, and the Indiana Institute of Technology. He left higher education in 2019, and today he is a proud stay-at-home dad – for his daughter, Charlotte, and son, Hugh – which has allowed him to make publishing and writing his full-time professional focus.

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Oct 1, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Reviewing: Zak Smith's Demon City: The Ultimate Horror RPG

We have another first in reviews today! Just as I've recently reviewed our first horror-adjacent album, so today we're breaking down a ghoulish game—and it's one that's sure to give you a thrill. Demon City: The Ultimate Horror RPG is a striking tabletop achievement, capturing a unique blend of urban decay, raw chaos, and surreal modern squalor. For players seeking a game steeped in true-crime inspiration, back-alley grittiness, and psychological horror, this system offers an unusually...

Sep 28, 2026 ∙ 5 min

Reviewing: Diana Peterfreund's Ellen Poe - The Forgotten Lore

There is always a danger in writing a new story around Edgar Allan Poe. His name carries such a distinctive atmosphere that it is easy to reduce him to a handful of familiar images: a raven, a dark room, a mysterious death, a beautiful but doomed woman, and perhaps a conveniently sinister-looking black cat. A story can sprinkle these ingredients liberally over its pages without having much to do with Poe himself. Diana Peterfreund's Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore takes a considerably more...

Sep 26, 2026 ∙ 4 min

Ambrose Bierce's Beyond the Wall, Explained: A Detailed Summary and a Literary Analysis

Obviously influenced by Poe’s “House of Usher,” “Beyond the Wall” doesn’t carry nearly the same weight but cannot be denied its status as a classic American ghost story. What it does share are Gothic atmospherics, a delightfully campy protagonist (both are eccentric blue-bloods living in isolation in gloomy quarters), and a relationship with a frail woman whose decent into the tomb doesn’t put an end to their correspondence. While Poe’s antihero refused his sister and silently ignored her...