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Seven Days in Pnakotus

Seven Days in PnakotusISBN: 978-1-988253-08-4 (digital)The 10th novelette of the upcomingThe Refuse Chronicleswill shorly be available in ebook format!As with most novelettes ofThe Refuse Chronicles, these stories revisit secondary or incidental characters from The Symbiot-Series."Seven Days in Pnakotus" features Dr. Genevieve Cadeaux of "The Hunt: Symbiosys".Set in the desert wasteland of Australia, this 10th chronicle returns to a very basic style of horror.The orbiting A.I., Sentinel has located the lost Library City of Pnakotus. A UNCGSC team is dispatched on a mission into the Waste, but will they discover the Great Yithian's secrets or wht lurks in the shifting sands?"Seven Days in Pnakotus" transpires in exactly one week.

The Symbiot-Series: Book 1

The SymbiotISBN - 978-0-9948189-0-4 (print)ISBN - 978-0-9948189-1-1 (digital)​​"In the Symbiot, Weatherall has created a spine chilling tale reminiscent of the style of Stephen King"TDC Book Reviews​“Lovecraftian atmosphere and themes at their best. Michel Weatherall is a master of this style of horror - he’ll keep you up all night reading, then for days just thinking about it.”Apt 613's Laurie Stewart,  Author"Devoted music enthusiast and accomplished pianist, Lorne S. Gibbons, realizes the grim truth regarding a long lost and forbidden music as an evil entity is unleashed which threatens all existing life of Earth. As a crescendo of unknowable forces prepare to wipe out anyone in their way, Lorne and Veronica begin a race against complete annihilation. With little reinforcements, Lorne and Veronica have to fight against the god-aspiring creature to avoid further bloodshed. However, when godly power collides with humanity, the results are devastating."Joshua Hubley"One man's musical passion leads on a temporal hunt through a Lovecraftian world on a collision course with extinction! Reminiscent with Guy de Maupassant's The Horla"'Seph Sayers, Blogger & Book ReviewerInterested in ebooks?The first book inThe Symbiot-Serieswill be available atOrigin Trade Coffeehouse & Lounge, Feb. 25th!

The Symbiot-Series: Book 4

Coming Soon!The Refuse ChroniclesISBN - 978-1-988253-06-0  (print)​The fourth installment in The Symbiot Series,The Refuse Chroniclesis a collection of sorrowful novelettes revisiting lost & forgotten secondary characters throughout the series; the human debris and fallout of the catastrophic events.Necropolis47° 9'S 126° 43'W06   –   02   –   2005:The Rising of R'lyehThe world has changed sinceThe Event.It willneverbe the same.Ancient and forgotten Cults stir in the darkness.The UNCGSC desperately prepares for a war they know is inevitable.Tamara Takahara – TamaraGibbons– the last Symbiocyst returns; the consequences obliterating.The Machinesearches for humanity's only hope and salvation.Titanic forces are in motion, their collision unavoidable.The Eventmay have changed the world,but the fallout has yet to come.All will be gambled.All will be lost.Be prepared. There is no tomorrow.(Photo is of Le Grand Rassemblement (The Grand Gathering), located in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec. It is the work of Canadian artist Marcel Gagnon. Used with permission and courtesy from the Centre d'Art Marcel Gagnon.)Come meet me atMorning Owl Coffeehouse, Kanata, Jan. 28th!

The Symbiot-Series: Book 2

The Hunt: SymbiosysISBN - 978-0-9948189-3-5 (print)ISBN - 978-0-9948189-2-8 (digital)​​Fear the Future.The Rising is Coming.​Following immediately on the heels of The Symbiot, its events segue directly into "The Hunt: Symbiosys".Barely eclipsing global extinction, the Gibbons' couple are forced to flee and hide from clandestine forces intent on their eradication.Centering between Montreal and Tokyo, this sequel introduces an unimaginable new world threat!A slow burning intercontinental chess match quickly escalates into its fast paced and violent conclusion!This book drops delicious hints of the advent of Lovecraftian-mythos monsters! Foreshadowing a hidden but impending doom, this entire sequel is haunted by an unnameable undertow which promises to reach fruition in this trilogy's upcoming conclusion,Necropolis.Prefer ebooks?Never contend with this book's original cover, now in its 3rd printing comes brand new cover art! Be the first to get your copies of this new artwork!The second book ofThe Symbiot-Serieswill be available atThe Goddess of Love Valentines Psychic & Craft Fair, Feb. 11th!

A Dark Corner of My Soul

A Dark Corner of My SoulISBN - 978-0-9948189-6-6 (digital)ISBN - 978-1-988253-00-8 (print)​Foreword by Lydia Schoch (blogger & Goodreads Author)"Are you prepared to face what's really lurking in the dim recesses of your mind?... the thoughts that most of us like to pretend are not rattling around in the back of our skulls. You know the ones. They undulate when you brush against them, and they always seem to grow a few sizes bigger in the middle of the night."Lydia Schoch, Writer & Blogger. Forward from "A Dark Corner of My Soul""An amazing collection of literary prose which Weatherall has kept locked in a desk drawer for two decades is now a short collection of dark and deeply disturbing  poems."The reader is transported into the mind of someone suffering and you can see the images of his words as if they were your own."As a sufferer myself, I was amazed at just how much he was able to write and convey how mental illness makes a sufferer feel. Those images which are so difficult to explain that haunt the head flow off the page, raw and exposed for all to see.I couldn't possibly choose a favourite in the collection as they were all so powerful and beautifully written. Michel  has a true talent and after reading I felt he was extremely brave to share such wonderful, if dark work."TDC Book ReviewsPrefer ebooks?This selected collection of dark poetry will be available atMorning Owl Coffeehouse, Kanata, Jan. 28th!

Origin Trade Cafe 2017

Meet-and-greet event atOrigin Trade Coffeehouseon the Byward Market in 2017!Pick up your copies ofThe Symbiot-Series, alovecraftian-horror, as well as a selected collection of dark poetry inA Dark Corner of My Soul!Sit and chit-chat with me over coffee or tea!

Morning Owl Kanata

Great news!Our first Morning Owl Coffeehouse meet-and-greet was such a success, its owners are starting a library of reading material for their patrons!I am proud to say my books are the first to grace their shelves!I've been invited to return to this fantastic cafethroughout the new year! 2017 promises to be great!Look for upcoming Event dates!

The Symbiot-Series: Book 3

NecropolisISBN - 978-0-9948189-4-2 (print)Be Prepared. The Rising Has Come.​​"Woven throughout this entire literary piece are the stories of characters forgotten from the original novella, The Symbiot. Written as three separate pieces, following 6 story lines set in 3 different ages, Necropolis is intricate storytelling!"The first piece tells the story of the fall and demise of the ancient Egyptian man-god, Pharaoh Nyarlathotep.The second brings us back to the characters we left in the previous book, ten years later. The promises hinted at in TheHunt: Symbiosys, do not disappoint and come to fruition in Necropolis, with full blown Lovecraftian-mythos monsters!"It's Modern Tech versus forgotten aeons-old evil, with a reminiscent flavouring similar to Grandma Death's fictitious book (Donnie Darko, 2001)!"It has been a decade since The Hunt and the Gibbons' children are humanity's last hope!"The conclusion of The Symbiot Series spans three millennia - from Pharaoh Nyarlathotep's genesis and demise, to the discovery of the derelict Japanese Destroyer, the Yamayuki, to the world shattering rising of R'lyeh!"The world is at its end!R'lyeh has risen!Cthulhu's high priest has awoken!Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!"'Seph Sayers, Blogger & ReviewerInterested in ebooks?Necropolis,the Symbiot-Series3rd book will be available atMorning Owl Coffeehouse, Kanata, Jan. 28th!

Upcoming Events!

 Saturday, Jan. 28th, 2017: Morning Owl Coffeehouse - KanataSaturday, Feb. 11th, 2017: Goddess of Love Valentines Psychic & Craft Fair Saturday, Feb. 25th, 2017: Origin Trade Coffeehouse Saturday, March 25h, 2017: Alice's Village CafeSaturday, April 1st, 2017: Chapters - KanataMay - September 2017: The Byward Market's Authors' Market

Chapters - Kanata

The Symbiot-Seriesis back inChapters - Kanata400 Earl Grey Drive, KanataLovecraftian- horror author & poet Michel Weatherall returns to Chapters - Kanata!Pick-up your copies of The Symbiot-Series:The Symbiot(book 1),The Hunt: Symbiosys(book 2),Necropolis(book 3), andA Dark Corner of My Soul(a selected collection of dark poetry)Book signing event scheduled forSaturday April 1st, 2017between 11 am - 3 pm