Michael Penncavage’s story, The Cost of Doing Business, originally appeared in Thuglit, won the Derringer Award for best mystery.  One of his stories, The Converts was filmed as a short movie, while another, The Landlord was adapted into a play.

Fiction of his can be found in over 175 magazines and anthologies both in the United States as well as in England, Australia, South Africa, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Romania, Estonia, and Croatia. He has been published by IDW and Ahoy Comics.

His debut novella, Person Unknown, adapted from his screenplay The Phone Call, was also released from All Due Respect Press.

He has been an Associate Editor for Space and Time Magazine as well as the Editor of the horror/suspense anthology, Tales From a Darker State.

Born in Brooklyn, Michael currently resides in New Jersey with his family and three cats.