Michael Johnstone

@mikejwrites.bsky.social

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Dad of twins. Lecturer at UofT (English). Man United (and footy) fan. Boardgames and TTRPGs. Writer/author. He/him. https://www.michael-johnstone.com My most recently published short story is at https://www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com/?p=3035

Blue cover of George Saunders' book A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN.
Cover of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, by George Saunders. Light blue/purple base, with darker blue/purple image of an arch and stairs.
Cover of George Saunders' book A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN. Light blue background with darker blue for image of an arch.
Box cover for the boardgame Dune: War for Arrakis. Top Hal is red/orange, showing Paul Atreides. Bottom half is blue, showing Baron Harkkonen.
Cover of the novel THE VANISHED BIRDS, by Simon Jimenez. Black, with concentric circles of red, blue, yellow, and orange.
Cover of C.L. Polk's novel WITCHMARK. Blue, with a silhouette of a man on a bicycle and upside-down silhouettes of a woman and man beneath the bicycle's wheels, and trees and a night sky of stars in the background.
Blue cover of Victor LaValle's novel THE CHANGELING. White coffee cup and a muffin next to the book.
Cover of Victor Lavalle's novel, The Changeling. Robed figures in bright green hills up a red bassinet that's on fire.
Cover of the novel Chain-Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
Image shows the yellow cover of the novel CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS, by Adjei-Brenyah. There's a cup of coffee and a scone.
Cover of the 50th anniversary edition of Le Guin's novel THE DISPOSSESSED.
Cover of the Oxford University Press edition of Eliot's novel Middlemarch.
Image of the cover of the novel THE KNAVE OF GRAVES, by S.J. Shank. Red-orange illustration of a pile of skulls.
Stack of six books by Helen Marshall, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Tananarive Due, Ursula K. Le Guin, James S.A. Corey, and Adam Roberts.
Boxed set of three Agatha Christie novels: And then There Were None; Murder on the Orient Express; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Close-up of a white trillium flower in bloom.
The cover of The Siege of Burning Grass, by Premee Mohamed. Red, with a raven bottom centre, and white lettering.
Box image for the boardgame Root. Woodland scene, with cat, mouse, bird, and raccoon characters.
Yellow Elections Canada sign with "VOTE" and an arrow.
Cover of Simon Jimenez's novel, THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER. Mostly blue, with a bright green hand in the middle, with two dark figures in a duel on the palm.
The cover of the Monster Manual for D&D 2004, showing a beholder in the Underdark battling a party of adventurers.
Cover of the novel Some Desperate Glory, by Emily Tesh.
Image of two boardgame boxes. Duel for Middle-Earth on the left, and the Fire and Swords expansion for War of the Ring: The Card Game on the right.