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Michelle von Eschen

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Fiction, Horror

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Michelle von Eschen (early works written as Michelle Kilmer) is an American author of quiet, literary horror.

She is a lover of the macabre who prefers Earl Grey tea, October, people who say goodbye on the phone, and her dreams are so real she can’t figure out what has really happened to her. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys weightlifting, dark beer, web design, singing and playing guitar, camping and hiking, and watching horror movies. She lives in England with her husband, horror author Jonathan Butcher. ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 1,408 ratings · 366 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Motel Styx by Michelle von Eschen (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Butcher (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 1,135 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Does the Dog Die? An Anthology of Canine Horror by Duncan Ralston (Goodreads Author), Judith Sonnet (Goodreads Author), Megan Stockton (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Farmhouses of the North by Michelle von Eschen (Goodreads Author), Michelle Kilmer (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When You Become a Body by Michelle von Eschen (Goodreads Author), Michelle Kilmer (Goodreads Author) 4.85 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Accursed: A Horror Anthology by Jonathan Lambert, Angelique Fawns (Goodreads Author), Michelle von Eschen (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 47 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Girls and Dead Things by R.J. Roles (Goodreads Author), Ruthann Jagge (Goodreads Author), Natasha Sinclair (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is How We Burn 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When You Find Out What You're Made Of: and Other Stories by Michelle Kilmer (Goodreads Author), Michelle von Eschen (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Uterus - An Anthology for a Friend by Matthew A. Clarke (Goodreads Author), Peter Caffrey (Goodreads Author), Drew Stepek it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Time...When Things Turned Out Okay by Michelle von Eschen (Goodreads Author), Michelle Kilmer (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Lambert (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Motel Styx website

Thank you so much to everyone who has booked a stay at Motel Styx. Jonathan and I are floored by the amount of attention it's receiving. I wanted to post this here and mention the website I built as part of the marketing campaign for the book: Motelstyx.com. If you didn't know about it or haven't had a chance to click around the site, follow the link for even more Motel Styx. Read more of this blog post »

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind

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The Undertaking: Life Studies From the Dismal Trade

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Negative Space

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Michelle Eschen answered Bengal Mom 's question: Hi Michelle, I'm in the HGW group. 'Motel Styx' is our group read for December would you like to join us for the discussions? Thank you, Mary Oh wow that’s so cool. Yes, I’d love to be a part of the discussions thank you.
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Michelle Eschen and 3 other people liked Bree's review of Motel Styx: "It’s all fun and games until the reader with an eye phobia (me) picks this up"
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Michelle Eschen and 1 other person liked ScarlettAnomalyReads's review of Motel Styx: "I finished Motel Styx and I don't know how to feel, because I absolutely loved it, like yes it's absolutely gross but did I care? No the story line was phenomenal. It was the audiobook, but now I want a hard copy lol I don't much read extreme or splatte" Read more of this review »
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“I changed and gave up so much. I loved you, Ellis. I still love you, but last month broke me and there’s no coming back from it. I’m done trying.”
― Michelle von Eschen, Motel Styx

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