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Other Works by Michelle Kilmer

Anthology Selections and Other Writings

Don't Cry to Mama anthology cover

The debut anthology Don’t Cry to Mama, from the new press Jolly Horror, finishes with Michelle’s short story Mora, a warning for taking your mother’s cautions seriously.



Crypticon De-Compositions 2017 book cover

Crypticon Seattle’s De-Compositions 2017. Michelle Kilmer’s short story titled Wildflower took first place in in the Crypticon Seattle 2017 writing contest and is the first story in this collection. The cover art is based on Wildflower. [OUT OF PRINT – LIMITED AVAILABILITY]

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Crypticon De-Compositions 2016 book cover

Crypticon Seattle’s De-Compositions 2016. Michelle Kilmer’s short story titled Nothing is Promised Us, but Death took second place in the Crypticon Seattle 2016 writing contest and is featured in this book. [OUT OF PRINT – LIMITED AVAILABILITY]

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Crypticon Seattle’s De-Compositions 2014. Michelle Kilmer’s short story titled Mirielle is in this collection of winning horror stories from the Crypticon Seattle 2014 writing contest.

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Roms, Bombs & Zoms from Evil Girlfriend Media features a story titled I’ll Come Back written by Michelle Kilmer. I’ll Come Back features letters between a man and his female lover, who is away at war fighting the zombie hordes.
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Z Magazine [Edition 4, May 2013] features a story titled My Zombie Odyssey: From Z-Crazed Teen, to Turning Horde Participant, to Recovering ZOOM Addict on page 24. This was written by Michelle Kilmer for the magazine and the world that Eloise J. Knapp created.



Michelle’s short story The World Wasn’t Won can be found in A Very Zombie Christmas from ATZ Publications and All Things Zombie. A long-standing holiday battle between two men and their decorating abilities wages on despite the world ending around them.

Reprints and Excerpts

Mirielle. How far would you go for love? Mirielle follows a man named Steven on his journey to the ends of the earth…and further. [Short story, currently unavailable in this format]


Darlings of Decay (works from thirty-two female authors in the zombie genre) [Kindle Edition -FREE!] features chapters from both When the Dead and The Spread.


The Tall Book of Zombie Shorts (Zombiefest Charity Anthology) [Kindle Edition] features a chapter from The Spread entitled What the Cat Dragged In.

[All Persons Fictitious]

These stories, characters, and plot lines are the creation and property of Michelle Butcher. Any similarity to persons alive, dead, or undead is purely coincidental.

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