Mike Rivera

Mike is a writer focused on psychological fiction, distortion, and trauma-driven storytelling. His work blends historical realism with psychological horror, examining how minds reshapes identity, time. His debut novel, Dream Away Sunrise, is set in 1950s America and Korea and explores fractured memory through the eyes of Eddie. The story centers on the lingering cost, unreliable perception, and the quiet collapse of the mind when reality and memory no longer align. Mike approaches fiction with a grounded, detail-driven style, favoring emotional weight and atmosphere over spectacle. His writing is influenced by mid-century American literature, and character-focused psychological studies rather than genre conventions. When not writing, he works as an engineering manager in the hospitality industry in Colorado. That background informs his precision, structure, and attention to systems, both mechanical and human. He lives in the Glenwood Springs with his Wife Amanda and Cicero his pet bird. He continues to write fiction centered on trauma, survival, and the thin line between what happened and what is remembered.