"The Zoo" is now available and can be purchased online fromCacoethes Publishing House. Or order it from Amazon.com. Michael's short story "Kiss of Death" was published in the September/October issue of The Writer's Eye Magazine and won fourth place in the Fall 2008 Coffee House Fiction Contest. His short story "Check Engine" was published in the Winter 2008 issue of Joined-Up Quarterly. He's currently working on a new novel with the working title "The Schoolbus, The Grandmother and the Pretty Little Terrorist" and has other short stories and plays submitted for consideration of future publication and production.