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Instructions · What links here · Mike Thorn (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 46 days ago by Mirbb1990 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 45 days ago by Mirbb1990

Mike Thorn is a Canadian fiction writer,^[1]^[2]^[3] horror scholar,^[4] and film critic.^[5]^[6] He is the author of the novel Shelter for the Damned,^[7]^[8]^[9], and two short story collections: Darkest Hours^[10]^[11] and Peel Back and See.^[12]

References and sources

^ Love, Rebeccah (2021-08-05). "MIKE THORN, THE VOICE OF CANADIAN HORROR, TALKS DARK SUBJECT MATTER AND CURIOSITY". Toronto Arts Report. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
^ Tremblay, Wyatt (2019-10-17). "Busy week at APL". Airdrie City View. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
^ Pastorella, Bob (2021-10-13). "Meet the Writer: Mike Thorn". This Is Horror. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
^ Puhr, Thomas (2021-12-14). "The Houses That Hooper Built – American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper". Film International. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
^ Cunha, Jessica da (2020-05-20). ""A Day in the Life" of Author and Film Critic Mike Thorn". Calgary Guardian. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
^ Gransden, Rebecca (2022-04-19). "MIKE THORN on film with Rebecca Gransden". X-R-A-Y. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
^ Potter, Vincent (6 February 2022). "REVIEW OF MIKE THORN'S "SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED"". FreeFall Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
^ Golden, Anne. "MONSTRUM v4 (2021)". Montreal Monstrum Society. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
^ Jordan, Waylon (2021-03-03). "Mike Thorn's 'Shelter for the Damned' is an Anxiety-Inducing Must-Read". iHorror. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
^ Volmers, Eric (3 June 2021). "Calgary writer Mike Thorn finds the horror within for collection of subgenre-hopping short stories". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
^ Anderson, Derek (2021-06-11). "Q&A: Author Mike Thorn Discusses His Short Story Collection DARKEST HOURS: EXPANDED EDITION". Daily Dead. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
^ Zardynezhad, Ava (3 June 2021). "U of C alumnus Mike Thorn releases new collection". Gauntlet. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

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[1] Love, Rebeccah (2021-08-05). "MIKE THORN, THE VOICE OF CANADIAN HORROR, TALKS DARK SUBJECT MATTER AND CURIOSITY". Toronto Arts Report. Retrieved 2024-05-18.

[2] Tremblay, Wyatt (2019-10-17). "Busy week at APL". Airdrie City View. Retrieved 2024-05-18.

[3] Pastorella, Bob (2021-10-13). "Meet the Writer: Mike Thorn". This Is Horror. Retrieved 2025-08-13.

[4] Puhr, Thomas (2021-12-14). "The Houses That Hooper Built – American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper". Film International. Retrieved 2025-08-13.

[5] Cunha, Jessica da (2020-05-20). ""A Day in the Life" of Author and Film Critic Mike Thorn". Calgary Guardian. Retrieved 2025-08-13.

[6] Gransden, Rebecca (2022-04-19). "MIKE THORN on film with Rebecca Gransden". X-R-A-Y. Retrieved 2025-08-13.

[7] Potter, Vincent (6 February 2022). "REVIEW OF MIKE THORN'S "SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED"". FreeFall Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[8] Golden, Anne. "MONSTRUM v4 (2021)". Montreal Monstrum Society. Retrieved 2025-08-13.

[9] Jordan, Waylon (2021-03-03). "Mike Thorn's 'Shelter for the Damned' is an Anxiety-Inducing Must-Read". iHorror. Retrieved 2024-05-18.

[10] Volmers, Eric (3 June 2021). "Calgary writer Mike Thorn finds the horror within for collection of subgenre-hopping short stories". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[11] Anderson, Derek (2021-06-11). "Q&A: Author Mike Thorn Discusses His Short Story Collection DARKEST HOURS: EXPANDED EDITION". Daily Dead. Retrieved 2025-08-13.

[12] Zardynezhad, Ava (3 June 2021). "U of C alumnus Mike Thorn releases new collection". Gauntlet. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

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