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The Crown of Glass
The Crown of Glass is the first book written by Sebastian Michaels. Strange poetry, haunted stars, and the vast cosmos speaking on behalf of a lost love in a narrative poetry format.
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Narrative Poetry and Cosmic Horror Writer
Sebastian Michaels is a Moscow, Idaho based American author and photographer whose work blends narrative poetry, folklore, and atmospheric worldbuilding. His projects often unfold as recovered transmissions, artifacts, and field documents, inviting readers into interconnected mythologies rooted in rural landscapes, cosmic dread, and analog media.
Sebastian Michaels is the author of The Crown of Glass, the #1 best selling cosmic horror poetry book of 2025. His other work includes The Astral Annex, a free-to-read web book, and his upcoming title "The Galaxy of Us."
Our Top Pick
The Crown of Glass is the first book written by Sebastian Michaels. Strange poetry, haunted stars, and the vast cosmos speaking on behalf of a lost love in a narrative poetry format.
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The Astral Annex is a free-to-read book, coming out in chapters. Following the creatively complex narrative poetry format Sebastian Michaels loves, this journey takes many perspectives of characters within the Bizarre Tales universe, and tells many unique stories from the characters in their own way.
Coming Soon...
The Galaxy of Us is Sebastian Michaels' next major release, with some returning characters from "The Crown of Glass" and "The Astral Annex." Marceau Duval, a private investigator from Spokane, Washington, receives strange jobs from all over the Palouse region. From dead star-glass prospectors to a haunted depot, Duval finds himself in bizarre events...did that suitcase just fly?
Books
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Bizarre Tales Edition
Narrative Poetry Horror
Narrative poetry about haunted stars, strange events, and a landline attachment made to communicate with the cosmos.
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Poetry collection
The Galaxy of Us from Bizarre Tales is a narrative poetry collection, consisting of familiar voices and strange events from the Palouse region.
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Web Book
The Astral Annex, home of lost voices and messages only remembered as remnants in The Spiral Index.
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