Michael R. Fletcher

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Michael R. Fletcher
Born1971 (age 53–54)
OccupationAuthor
GenreGrimdark fantasy
Website
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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

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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

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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

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Manifest Delusions trilogy

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  • 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

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Other novels

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Short stories

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

References

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  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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