Michelle Renee Lane writes dark speculative fiction about identity politics and women of color battling their inner demons while falling in love with monsters. Her work includes elements of fantasy, horror, romance, and occasionally erotica. Her short fiction appears in the anthologies Terror Politico: A Screaming World in Chaos, The Monstrous Feminine: Dark Tales of Dangerous Women and The Dystopian States of America. Her Bram Stoker Award nominated debut novel, Invisible Chains (2019), is available from Haverhill House Publishing.
Born and raised in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania, Michelle spent countless hours of her youth obsessed with the occult and consumed by vampire fiction. She climbed into strangers’ cars, explored abandoned buildings seeking secret passageways to hidden worlds, taught herself to read Tarot cards, and consulted the dead with a Ouija board. Michelle’s first and subsequent heartbreaks have given her much material for her cautionary tales about the perils of falling in love with monsters. She holds an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.
Publications
- “Crossroads” (2019), Terror Politico: A Screaming World in Chaos, Scary Dairy Press
- Invisible Chains (2019), Haverhill House Publishing
- “Thus Do We Reach the Stars” (2019), The Monstrous Feminine: Dark Tales of Dangerous Women, Scary Dairy Press
- “African Twilight” (2020), The Dystopian States of AMERICA: A Charity Anthology Benefiting the ACLU Foundation, Haverhill House Publishing
- “Cicada Song” (Coming Soon in 2020), Graveyard Smash, Kandisha Press
Interviews
- Interview: Michelle Renee Lane, Author of INVISIBLE CHAINS
7/8/2019 - BREAKING THE INVISIBLE CHAINS, A FIVE MINUTES WITH MICHELLE R. LANE
7/10/2019 - 5 Questions for Michelle Renee Lane
7/22/2019 - My Favorite Things with Michelle Renee Lane
7/22/2019 - RELEASING INVISIBLE CHAINS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHELLE RENEE LANE
8/7/2019 - Interview: Michelle Renee Lane about Diversity, Race, New Orleans, and Her Book Invisible Chains
2/20/2020
Reviews
- Review: Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lane
8/14/2019 - The Power of Women is More than Just Magic
11/17/2019 - Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lane
11/20/2019 - What We’ve Been Reading #31, Ladies of Horror Fiction
12/18/2019 - Ben Walker’s Best Reads Of 2019
1/23/2020 - A Crescent City Fright: Invisible Chains
1/26/2020 - Invisible Chains by Michelle Renee Lane
4/12/2020
Upcoming Events
- Multiverse Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
October 16-18, 2020
Atlanta, GA
Social Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themichellerlane
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichelleRLane
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelle_writes_stuff/
Guest Blogs
Medium: https://medium.com/@chellane
Speculative Chic: https://speculativechic.com/author/chellane72/
Podcasts
- PODCAST: SHADOWS OF THE VAMPIRES
- The New Panic Room Episode 175
- WRITING YOUR FIRST NOVEL – The Horror Show With Brian Keene – Ep 256
