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Mike Broemmel
Mike Broemmel was born in Denver, Colorado in 1962, the family resided in the suburbs of the Colorado state capital until Mike's graduation from high school in 1980.
Upon receiving his diploma, Mike headed slightly East to the small town of Atchison, Kansas, where he received a B.A. in Political Science and Communications from Benedictine College in 1984. While studying at college on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Mike first fell in love with writing.
After graduating from college, Mike migrated to Washington, D.C., where he did a stint in the White House Office of Communications and Planning - Media Relations, during the Reagan administration. He eventually landed in London, England, where he studied comparative legal systems at Brunel University.
Returning to the states in the late 1980's, Mike embarked on a career centering on the rough and tumble world of American politics on both a regional and national level. Additionally, Mike became a recognized advocate for the homeless, hungry and mentally ill, personally leading the way for the establishment of a number of non-profit agencies and programs to assist and benefit the less fortunate. He also headed up two significant arts and cultural foundations during the 1990's.
Beginning in 1999, Mike left the workaday world to devote himself to writing full time. After spending a few years writing newspaper columns and essays, Mike saw the publication of "The Miller Moth" in 2002, a critically acclaimed anthology of short fiction released internationally by BeWrite Books - UK. In 2003, a much anticipated second anthology of short fiction will be published entitled "The Toilet Paper Memoirs."
Mike is finishing work on a third short fiction anthology and a three act play.
Mike Broemmel divides his time between Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Boulder, Colorado.
Contact Mike: mikebroemmel@bewrite.net
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The
Miller Moth and Other Stories
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Fluttering through the pages of this book is a humble Miller Moth, its ubiquitous but subliminal presence linking tales of ordinary people in ordinary situations – all made extraordinary by the unbounded imagination of a master story spinner. In this magnificent collection, you will meet your family, your friends, your neighbours … and even see yourself mirrored in stories of hope and of desperation, of love and of tragedy. Broemmel offers no-frills reality on a platter with characters so believable you almost expect them to walk through the door to borrow your daily paper. From a family lunch to an horrific death, from a road trip to a prostitute’s first night in her new career, Broemmel leaves you sometimes laughing, sometimes weeping – always stunned by the sheer force of his words. Simplicity and intricacy combine in this anthology to leave you feeling you may just have discovered the 21st Century’s answer to Steinbeck at his most nitty-gritty. |
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The
Shadow Cast
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A faded film star, the mysterious genius who invented cocktail umbrellas, colorful widows on a Florida jaunt, a distorted travesty of a man in a secluded mental institution, a precocious kid coming of age, two hermits in a happy world of their own, a harmless and hapless stalker, Queen Victoria's stable boy and even Santa Claus ... 'The Shadow Cast' is a collection of twenty-two short stories … but a book debunking any claim that a whole cannot be greater than the sum of its parts. Each tale in Mike Broemmel's new anthology can proudly stand alone in the greatest tradition of story telling; but read in sequence his painstakingly ordered works pack the punch of an epic novel. They present a satisfyingly complete saga of stark, simple truth that is all but unique in the annals of fiction. People, places, periods develop and seamlessly intertwine, story-by-story. 'The Shadow Cast' is an insightful record of a reality we never realized existed before Broemmel. The shadow may sometimes represent shelter
and escape, sometimes the umbrella that obscures so many of our
quiet doings. The cast? The cast is you … you and the folks
down the road apiece. It's about how you manage to share this
world with him and with her as earthborn companions, fellow mortals. Paperback ISBN 1-904492-54-1 £9.80 eBook ISBN 1-904492-55-X £1.00 |
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Kaleidoscope
- A Spectrum of Short Stories
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Talented
authors around the world were challenged to visualise a kaleidoscope
image … and to craft stories around whichever colour struck
them most strongly. Each story is inspired by a colour. But the work covers a full spectrum of genres from romance and humour to horror and violence. Just twist the Kaleidoscope and experience a striking and unique new image every time. Stories by: Roy Barton, Mike Broemmel, Sarah Crabtree, Matthew Gaunt, Joanne Hanrahan, Chris Hunt, Barry Ireland, KJ Kofsuske, RD Larson, Peter Lee, Jay Mandal, Marion Moon, Andrew J Müller, Teresa Nixon, Johnny Nys, Carmen Ruggero and Troy L Smith. All royalties from sales of Kaleidoscope are being donated to The Myasthenia Gravis Assocaition, thanks to the generosity of the contributing authors. Paperback ISBN 1-904492-14-5 £9.80 eBook ISBN 1-904492-12-6 £1.00 |
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The
Creature in the Rose
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Every rose carries its sting. Don't look for warmed-over tales of love's sweet harmony in these stories. They speak of the dark side of love, where an anti-Cupid aims poisoned arrows and where love songs are jarringly out of tune. Yet this is much more than a book of tears. We clearly see that, where human frailty might prevail for a petal of time, true love quietly abides. You will find your own story in this anthology - whether told in terms of stark tragedy, chilling terror, blinding mystery, or black comedy - and you will be warned, next time, to look before you love … or allow someone to love you. If there is a next time! Here, masters of the short story art remind us that often we dance through panic to the end of love … because there is a creature in the rose. Contributing twenty-two exclusive new tales to this book are twenty-one masters of the short story art from continental USA, Hawaii, Canada, UK, continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Your
authors are: Jos Bhuiyan, Teresa Nixon, Geordie Robertson, John
Sales, Bryan Hemming, Kathleen McGurl, Nicholas Lage, David
Hough, Luisa Capelo, Peter Lee, Les Crawford, Mike Broemmel,
Jacques Preiss, Andrea Gardner, L Roger Quilter, William Starr
Moake, Barry Ireland, Sally Quilford, Sarah Higgins, Karen Noble,
RD Larson. Paperback: ISBN 1-904492-13-4 £9.80 eBook: ISBN 1-904492-31-2 £1.00 |
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