Michael Summers

Biography

A passionate writer, I have just published my fifth novel, The Cutlers of The Howling Hills, a comic fantasy novel set in a world ravaged by the horrors of epic poetry. I have also published various short stories.

Books

The Cutlers Of The Howling Hills
Price: Free! Words: 24,060. Language: English. Published: June 25, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Poetry » Epic
(5.00 from 1 review)
All is not well at the monastery. A mysterious spoon shortage... A missing toad... And, worst of all, an epic poem. What is the world coming to? And has it been there before?
Proceedings of The Sector 7 Institute of Low-Energy Physics
Price: Free! Words: 900. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
Life is very different on a neutron star. Things happen at the scale of the nanometer and a second is a long, long, time. Research is going to be tricky at the best of times for the scientists at the Sector 7 Institute of Low-Energy Physics. Not least when, using their particle decelerator, they achieve energies so low that they discover an exotic new form of chemistry...
The PA
Price: Free! Words: 1,460. Language: English. Published: September 7, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
The Corpus Officialis Tower is not as it seems. For a start it's no more than twenty feet high but sprawls across several hundred square kilometres of southeast England. Nobody can quite remember who built it or why, but it certainly does something. Of course, after the computer-induced apocalypse The Administrator has ensured there isn't a microchip in sight...
So You Think You Can Tell
Price: Free! Words: 1,150. Language: English. Published: April 11, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
Sid has excellent powers of discernment. Doesn't he?
3 + 3
Price: Free! Words: 5,110. Language: English. Published: March 18, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(4.25 from 4 reviews)
3 + 3 is an edgy tale of chance based around Theo, who we find with a gun to his head and a finger on the trigger. As the story progresses, Theo’s extraordinary history unfolds; a history that has been subtly leading up to this life or death moment without him knowing. Luck has a peculiar fate in store for this unlikely hero, and the number six has something to do with it. So just roll the dice...

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  • Smashwords Book Marketing Guide on March 21, 2012

    A well written and information-packed guide, the Smashwords Book Marketing guide is essential for anyone wishing to promote their book on Smashwords and beyond. Mark Coker clearly knows a lot about writing and a lot about marketing, and brings both bang up to date with this free guide.
  • Smashwords Style Guide on March 21, 2012

    I always wondered what the backward "P" button on word did. Now I know. This style guide is essential for anyone wishing to use the exciting medium of Smashwords to publish their work, and it is written with clarity and pragmatism. So if you think your words only overlap when you've had too many beers, think again...