Michael Kiggins

@michaelkiggins.bsky.social

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Just a writer (he/him) in Nashville. My debut novel AND THE TRAIN KEPT MOVING from @RunWildBooks was released on 9/1/2023. https://linktr.ee/michaelkiggins

A sweaty selfie after finishing a run around Central Park.
A large inflatable of Elon Musk’s torso, side view, in Times Square. He’s wearing a hat that says, “SPACEX’s GROK MAKES AI CHILD PORN.” On his left arm is a heart tattoo with a banner reading “KETAMINE.”
A selfie of me, sweaty from a run, against a background of weeds and trees.
This is a cover my novel And the Train Kept Moving. It features the silhouette of a man in a pea walking across a steel truss bridge.
A photo of a dead moth on its back in the space between my back seat and the rear window.
Close-up shot of a tree stump atop which someone has placed four tiny plastic dinosaur* figures: from top left to bottom right, these are a yellow dimetrodon*, a blue pterodactyl, a green Tyrannosaurus rex, and a pink brontosaurus; * I know dimensions were synapsids, not dinosaurs, and **I know pterodactyls weren’t dinosaurs.
Pictured is the circular top of a trashed water heater sitting near the road, with two even more corroded pipes on either side. The water heater is blue with rusted patches two nozzle holes and circular depressions around them resemble eyes and between them but placed near the bottom of the water heater is a wide and deep rectangular slot. Between those things and the pipes, this resembles a horrified or shocked face.
A close-up shot of a cyclist yield to pedestrians sign on a greenway. The back half of the bicycle and the letters “ELD TO” are visible. Scrawled in black marker are the words “I will kill soon”
A picture of my cat, Oscar, sitting in his fluffy cat bed in front a window. Across the street are a snow covered tree and the roofs of three houses.
Top panel: Gothmog, Lieutennant of Morgul, declaring, “The age of men is over. The time of the Orc has come,” after the armies of Sauron capture of Osgiliath during the War of the Ring. Bottom panel: The wholly unqualified Secretary of Defense being racist, declaring with his whole chest that, “The era of DEI is gone at the Defense Department…”
A photo of a telephone pole and the top of a steep snowy bank, shadows emphasizing the landscape, and the late afternoon sun hidden behind the pole. Three support cables fan out from the pole’s middle to the ground. Up top, two cables wing to the left, three wing from the right.
A selfie. I’m grinning and standing under some snow-laden bamboo, wearing a sock cap, a striped scarf and hoodie.
My cat is crouched on the floor near a corner looking at the camera.
Pictured are me and a friend sitting on a porch in Memphis; I am on the right, tanned and rolling my eyes; my friend has a beer and on the house behind use is a clock reading 12:35.
This is the cover of my novel, And the Train Kept Moving. The title and my name are in white font on a red background; pictured is the silhouette of a man in a pea coat walking along a cantilevered bridge.
A photo my TV showing the Max “Recommended For You” row, with the second two movies being the Kevin Spacey documentary right next to the sci-fi movie titled Predators.
The graphic reads “1 Month to Go” at the top center. On the left are 3D images of an e-reader, an iPhone and a paperback with the cover of my debut novel, AND THE TRAIN KEPT MOVING. To that right is a blurb from Cory Mesler, author of MEMPHIS MOVIE, which reads: “Kiggins’ Memphis is beautifully drawn and his supple prose is up to all the emotions he puts his full-blooded characters through…it’s a great read, tough-minded and heartfelt and brave.” At the bottom right is a circle with “Preorders available now” in it and at the center-bottom is this text: “Release Date: September 1st, 2023.”
A photo of the cover of Stephanie Austin’s SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY.
A selfie of me holding issue #12 of Stanchion Zine.