AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

MYSTERIES, THRILLERS, DYSTOPIAS
& OTHER DARK DELUSIONS

Byron can see the future. But she can’t change it.

Not even when her best friend’s life depends on it.

...or can she?

SLIP

the award-winning Gothic thriller

is available now

RAFAEL WARD

series

Rafael Ward is a historian. His
job is to destroy the past by
burning its relics. But it turns
out one of those relics, the Vase
of Soissons, is the key to saving
the future.


Rafael Ward is in hiding.
MacKenzie is on the run. Only
Sam, a teenage girl in the REC’s
crosshairs, can bring them
together and save their
rebellion.


The revolution has begun, and
whoever discovers the secret
hidden in the tomb of Hannibal
Barca first will have the upper
hand. They may even earn the
power to fight the gods.


The Seer is missing, but he’s left
a trail. From New Jerusalem to
the fabled city of El Dorado,
Ward, MacKenzie, and Sam
must track the clues to a secret
bloodline, and the thrilling
conclusion of the Rafael Ward
series.


ANTHOLOGIES

Featuring my story "The Witch
Queen," a look at the dark heart
of
fairy tales. This princess
knows she's no man's damsel in
distress.

Featuring my story "They
Thought the Brain Would be the
Hardest Part." Building Dora
was the easy part. Loving her
might be the beginning of the
revolution.


Featuring my story "Stay." When
you're neck deep in the horrors
of a Nazi death camp, the line
between human and inhuman
becomes blurred.


Holly M. Wendt

-author of Heading North


  • Slip is a riveting thriller with a
    provocative central mystery

Reviews

  • Slip delivers a thriller-mystery with a
    hint of the paranormal and a protagonist
    that will take a bite out of you from page
    one
  • The Spider in the Laurel is a fascinating
    dystopian tale from one of speculative
    fiction's rising stars

Gwendolyn N. Nix

-author of I Have Asked To Be
Where No Storms Come

C.T. Phipps

-author of Lucifer’s Star


  • great characters, fascinating world-
    building, a whole slew of entertaining
    plot points and history thrown in for
    good measure
  • Orwell meets Dan Brown

E.G Stone

-author of The Innocence of
Death

Seth Skorkowsky

-author of Ashes of Onyx


Michael Pogach is the award-winning author of SLIP, a Gothic thriller, as
well as the dystopian adventure Rafael Ward series: THE SPIDER IN THE
LAUREL, THE LONG OBLIVION, THE TYRANT GODS, and THE HIDDEN EMPIRE.


His short stories can be found in Third Wednesday, New Plains Review, and
Blackest Spells, among others.

Michael also conducts fiction writing workshops at local bookstores and
cafes, as well as high schools, colleges, and conferences, including:
Arcadia University, Borough of Manhattan Community College, The
Doylestown Bookshop, the AWP Conference & Bookfair, the Montgomery
County Community College Annual Writers Conference, and more.

When not working on his next novel, Michael teaches literature and
creative writing in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley where he lives with his wife,
two kids, and a black cat named Wednesday.


He is represented by Kimberly Fernando at Olswanger Literary.


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