Michael R. Fletcher

Michael R. Fletcher
Born1971 (age 54–55)
OccupationAuthor
GenreGrimdark fantasy
Website
michaelrfletcher.com

Michael R. Fletcher (born 1971) is a speculative fiction author from Toronto, Canada. Fletcher is known for his grimdark fantasy novels including the Manifest Delusions series.

Career

Born in 1971, Fletcher is based in Toronto, Canada, and has worked as an audio engineer. His first novel, published in 2013, was the science fiction work 88.[1] In 2015 he published the first novel in the Manifest Delusions grimdark fantasy trilogy, Beyond Redemption, which Publishers Weekly called "disturbing and original fantasy".[2] The concluding novel A War to End All, authored with Clayton Snyder, was published in 2023.[3]

Fletcher published the novel Swarm and Steel in 2017. A standalone novel set in the Manifest Delusions universe, it received positive critical reception. Kirkus Reviews particularly highlighted the "plot full of twisted reveals" and critic Tiffany Austin, writing a review for Booklist, concluded by stating "Fletcher's latest grim-dark novel will leave readers wanting the story to continue".[4][5]

Fletchers work has been named on a number of best of year lists, including Polygon's best sci-fi and fantasy books of 2024, and Grimdark Magazines' best dark and grimdark SFF of 2022.[6][7]

Awards

In 2020 Fletchers novel Black Stone Heart, part of the Obsidian Path series, came second in the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off competition organised by Mark Lawrence.[8] In 2025 the book he wrote with Anna Smith Spark, In the Shadow of Their Dying, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award—Novella.[9]

Bibliography

Manifest Delusions trilogy

  • Fletcher, Michael (2015). Beyond Redemption. Harper Voyager. ISBN 9780062387035.[2][10]
  • Fletcher, Michael (2016). The Mirror's Truth. ISBN 9780995312227.
  • Fletcher, Michael; Snyder, Clayton (2023). A War to End All. ISBN 9798394370854.[3]

The Obsidian Path

  • Fletcher, Michael (2020). Black Stone Heart. ISBN 9781658249737.
  • Fletcher, Michael (2021). She Dreams in Blood. ISBN 9798731878807.
  • Fletcher, Michael (2022). An End to Sorrow. ISBN 9798812414351.[7]

Other novels

  • Fletcher, Michael (2013). 88. Five Rivers Chapmanry. ISBN 9781927400234.
  • Fletcher, Michael (2017). Swarm and Steel. Talos Press. ISBN 9781940456898.[4][5][11]
  • Fletcher, Michael; Smith Spark, Anna (2024). In the Shadow of Their Dying. Grimdark Magazine. ISBN 9780648663539.
  • Fletcher, Michael (2024). The Storm Beneath the World. ISBN 9798864549797.[6]

Short stories

  • "Artificial Stupidity" (2011)[12]
  • "Intellectual Property" (2011)[13]

References

  1. ^ "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BY MICHAEL R. FLETCHER > ILLUSTRATED BY MARK PEXTON". Interzone (232). 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Beyond Redemption". Publishers Weekly. 262 (14). 4 June 2015. ISSN 0000-0019. EBSCOhost 102105346. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b Collins, Adrian (19 September 2023). "REVIEW: A War to End All by Michael R. Fletcher and Clayton Snyder". Grimdark Magazine. ISSN 2204-4655. Archived from the original on 7 June 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b "SWARM AND STEEL". Kirkus Reviews. 19 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b Austin, Tiffany (July 2017). "Swarm and Steel". Booklist. 113 (21). ProQuest 1917697971.
  6. ^ a b Gennis, Sadie (10 December 2024). "The best sci-fi and fantasy books of 2024". Polygon (website).
  7. ^ a b Collins, Adrian (16 December 2022). "The best dark and grimdark SFF of 2022". Grimdark Magazine. ISSN 2204-4655. Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Finalists for the 6th SPFBO". Mark Lawrence. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  9. ^ "2025 World Fantasy Awards Finalists". Locus Magazine. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  10. ^ Grigsby, Sean (12 June 2015). "Review: Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher". Grimdark Magazine. ISSN 2204-4655. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Swarm and Steel. Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 6/12/2017, Vol. 264, Issue 24". Publishers Weekly. 264 (24). 2017. EBSCOhost 123569096.
  12. ^ "Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, mid-November". Locus. 19 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Lois Tilton reviews Short Fiction, late January". Locus. 27 January 2011.
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