Michael Cisco | |
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Born | October 13, 1970 New York City, New York, United States (current residence) |
Occupation | Novelist, Short story writer, Academic |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1999—Present |
Genres | Horror fiction, Dark fantasy |
www.prostheticlibido.org |
Michael Cisco (born October 13, 1970) is an American writer and teacher currently living in New York City. He is best known for his first novel, The Divinity Student, winner of the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel of 1999.
Mr. Cisco's work can also be found in The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, Album Zutique, Leviathan III, Leviathan IV, Phantom, Lovecraft Unbound, Cinnabar's Gnosis: A Homage to Gustav Meyrink, and Black Wings.
His essay on author Sadeq Hedayat, "Eternal Recurrence in The Blind Owl," appeared in the journal, Iranian Studies (2010) [ISSN: 1475-4819 (electronic) 0021-0862 (paper)]