Michael Pogach

Michael Pogach is the author of the dark Viking fantasy VALHALLA BURNING (2026, Diversion Books). His previous works include the Gothic thriller SLIP, has been hailed as “a riveting thriller with a provocative central mystery” (Holly M. Wendt, author of “The Bolton Strid”) and “a thriller-mystery with a hint of the paranormal and a protagonist that will take a bite out of you from page one” (Gwendolyn N. Nix, author of I Have Asked To Be Where No Storms Come), as well as the dystopian thriller Rafael Ward series: THE SPIDER IN THE LAUREL (a 2018 Kindle Book Award finalist), THE LONG OBLIVION (a 2019 Kindle Book Award semi-finalist), THE TYRANT GODS, and THE HIDDEN EMPIRE.

His short stories can be found in Third Wednesday, New Plains Review, Blackest Spells, and more, alongside authors such as Marge Piercy and Richard Nell. He’s been called “one of speculative fiction’s rising stars,” by C.T. Phipps, author of The Rules of Supervillany. When not working on his next book, Michael teaches literature and creative writing in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley where he lives with his wife, two kids, and a black cat named Wednesday.