Mike's Daily Reads
Mike's Daily Reads
Welcome to Mike’s Daily Reads — stories worth getting lost in.
Mike’s Daily Reads is a home for my creative work — a place to share the stories, characters, and worlds I’ve spent countless hours bringing to life.
From sprawling fantasy sagas and supernatural tales to musicals, original series, and new ideas still taking shape, this site is where you can explore my current projects, discover what I’m working on next, and follow these stories as they grow.
Writing has always been about more than simply telling a story. It’s about creating characters worth caring about, worlds worth exploring, and moments that stay with you after the final page.
So take a look around.
There’s always another story waiting to be told.
TLDR: I read it so you don't have to
Join me as we discuss the stories that shaped our culture and inspired the works we enjoy today
My Works
Right now, I’m working on several projects that span fantasy, superheroes, and musical theater.
The Crestfallen Series is my sprawling dark fantasy saga of war, gods, kingdoms, and the people caught between them.
Nightingale is a more intimate fantasy adventure built around found family, humor, and the bonds formed along the journey.
DEVINE takes things into the modern world with a superhero story exploring what happens when ordinary people suddenly gain extraordinary abilities.
And Carmilla: The Musical is my musical adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic Gothic novella, reimagining its haunting romance and horror for the stage.
These projects are all very different, but each represents a piece of the kind of stories I love to tell.
Read My Stories
Nightingale
Nightingale is a fantasy adventure about unlikely companions, dangerous journeys, and the families we find along the way.
Blending action, mystery, humor, and heartfelt character moments, the story follows a group of very different people whose lives become increasingly intertwined as they face a world filled with magic, danger, and secrets waiting to be uncovered.
At its heart, Nightingale is about friendship, belonging, and discovering that sometimes the people you meet along the road become the ones you’d cross the world for.
Read the first chapter now.
Devine
DEVINE is a modern superhero story set in a world transformed overnight when millions of ordinary people suddenly develop extraordinary abilities. At the center of it is Devin Wright, a young EMT whose life changes when she becomes one of the newly empowered. DEVINE explores responsibility and power in a world still figuring out what heroes are supposed to be.
Original Series
Carmilla: The Musical
Carmilla: The Musical is a musical adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic Gothic novella. It reimagines the haunting dark romance and atmospheric horror for the stage. Set in a remote chateau, it follows the arrival of a mysterious girl and the strange events that follow. Discover a new perspective on this iconic tale of vampire lore.
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TLDR: Insightful Recaps
Deep dives into cultural stories and cinematic narrative reviews. I read the heavy hitters so you get the key insights without the slog.
Future Projects
There are always more stories waiting in the wings.
Future projects include a fantasy novel centered around a mysterious magical library, where books, knowledge, and the secrets hidden between their pages may hold more power than anyone realizes; a paranormal mystery series following an unlikely investigative duo—a witch and an excommunicated priest—as they take on hauntings, occult mysteries, folklore, and things that should probably have been left alone; and an original King Arthur musical, reimagining the legendary story of Arthur, Camelot, love, loyalty, and the dream of a kingdom destined to fall.
These stories are still taking shape, but someday they may find their way onto the page—or the stage.
More to come.