Paradise Island and Other Galaxies

“In Paradise Islands and Other Galaxies Michael Mirolla’s forays into the multiverse of imaginative fiction are both cerebral and playful, replete with painterly imagery and whimsically creepy irony.” —Claude Lalumière, author of Venera Dreams: A Weird Entertainment.

Previous Praise:

“The vivid writing and the psychological intrigue…will pull readers through to the last page.” —Publishers Weekly

“Mirolla is a master storyteller [sure to] make you laugh, cry, and cringe.” —Toronto Sun

“[His] writing is a funny, tragic glimpse into the territory of the absurd, somewhere between Kafka and Vonnegut.”  —Calgary Herald

Michael Mirolla is the author of a clutch of novels, plays, short story collections and books of poetry. He has been awarded three Bressani Prizes for the novel Berlin (2010), the poetry collection The House on 14th Avenue (2014) and the short story collection, Lessons in Relationship Dyads (2016). “A Theory of Discontinuous Existence” was selected for The Journey Prize Anthology; and “The Sand Flea” was a U.S. Pushcart Prize nominee. In the fall of 2019, Michael served a three-month writer’s residency at the Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver, during which time he finished the first draft of a novel, The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Born in Italy and raised in Montreal, Michael now makes his home in the Greater Toronto Area. For more information: www.michaelmirolla.com