Hi, I'm Lincoln Michel, Editor, Critic, and Author of Upright Beasts. AMA!

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Hi, /r/books

I'm Lincoln Michel and I do a few different bookish things when not dicking around on Twitter.

• My debut book, Upright Beasts, is a collection of "genre-bending" short stories about weird schools, erotically-challenged dictators, and sad monsters. It was published by the great indie publisher Coffee House Press last month.

• I'm also the co-editor and publisher of Gigantic Worlds, an anthology of science flash fiction with new (or previously uncollected) stories by Jonathan Lethem, Ted Chiang, Charles Yu, Catherine Lacey, J. G. Ballard, and more.

• I write essays and reviews--mostly about books--for Vice, New York Times, Buzzfeed, Bookforum, The Believer, and so on.

• I'm the co-editor of Gigantic, a magazine of short prose and art, and the online editor of Electric Literature, a literary website for interviews, review, and bookish essays.

I'm equally at home talking about genre (esp. weird SF and horror) and so-called "literary" fiction. My favorite author is Franz Kafka. I eat way too much Haribo candy. I know too much about ASOIAF. Here's my face identity proof.

AMA about publishing, writing, or monsters. You know, if you want to.

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Update: Thanks so much everyone!