Michael Matheson is a genderfluid (they/them/their) writer, editor, anthologist, book reviewer, freelance editor, and graduate of Clarion West (’14), based in Toronto (the one in Canada). Former Managing Editor (CZP eBooks) with ChiZine Publications, Michael is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Anathema: Spec from the Margins, a tri-annual speculative fiction magazine featuring work by Queer/Two-Spirit People of Colour/Indigenous creators.
A Sunburst Award-longlisted writer, Michael’s work can be found in Nightmare, Shimmer, Augur, Nisaba Journal, and Stone Telling, among other venues. Michael’s first anthology as editor, The Humanity of Monsters, was published by ChiZine Publications in Autumn 2015.
Their reviews have been published in Publishers Weekly, The Globe and Mail, Chiaroscuro Magazine, and Innsmouth Free Press, and Michael is the former reviews editor for Chiaroscuro Magazine. From 2010-2013 Michael was editor of the Friends of the Merril Collection newsmagazine Sol Rising, and from 2011-2014 Michael built and maintained the Canadian Speculative Fiction List (CSFL).
See the Bibliography and Editing pages for full info on published and upcoming projects.
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