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"Unsuspecting Bodies: A Review of Tommy Orange’s There There"
w/ the Michigan Quarterly Review

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"UNDER THE INFLUENCE, THE LITERARY PSYCHE: Michael A. Ferro on DFW"
​w/ EntropyMagazine

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"SIX RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS: An Interview with Michael A. Ferro"
​w/ Vol. 1 Brooklyn

"Places to Hide the Kale So That Your Wife Will Think You Ate It​" 
​(Published w/ Robot Butt)

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"The Right Key" (Detroit Version) (Flash Fiction)
​(Published w/ Random Sample Review)

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"Michael A. Ferro on the Side Effects of Publishing" w/ Christi Craig's LIterary Blog

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"The Made-Up Man, by Joseph Scapellato, Reviewed by Michael A. Ferro"
​w/ Fiction Writers Review

"Headlands" (Short Story)
(Forthcoming in Juked ​Spring 2019 Print Issue)

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"Answers to the Questions Bob Dylan Poses in ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ "
(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

"I Am a Giant Asteroid Heading Towards Earth After the Horror Show That Was 2016: Ask Me Anything!"
​(Published w/ Points in Case)

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"The Crack in the Wall" (Short Story)
​(Online and Forthcoming in Print  w/ The Bombay Review)

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"Stories We Love: Michael A. Ferro on Laura Hulthen Thomas's STATES OF MOTION" 
​w/ Fiction Writers Review

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"Get Out of the Fire" (Flash Fiction) (Published w/ Viewfinder Literary Magazine)

"11 Celebrity Dogs from TV & Film and How They Utilized Their Fame"  
​(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

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Print INTERVIEWS 

"Tips for Becoming A Good Sailor Taken from Different Periods Throughout History"
​(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

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"The American Gleam" (Flash Fiction) (Featured Fiction in Issue 6 of Duende)

"We Are Stories: A Review of Lindsey Drager’s The Archive of Alternate Endings by Michael A. Ferro"
w/ the Michigan Quarterly Review

“15 Rules to Follow While You Are Inside My Time Machine” 
​(Published w/ Splitsider/Vulture)

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"Industry & Idleness" (Short Story) (Published in Issue 219 of Crack the Spine and in Print Anthology No. 16)

"OFFICE MEMORANDUM: In Response to The Workplace Satisfaction Survey, We’ll Be Renovating Our Office Space into a Jungle"
(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

Essays & Book Reviews

"Updated Checklist for Future Screening of Potentially Dangerous Presidential Candidates" 
(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

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"No, Your Honor, I Did Not Build A Fire Pit to Burn Documents Relevant to My Criminal Investigation"
​(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

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"An Ink Droplet in a Glass of Water: On 'The Natashas' by Yelena Moskovich"
w/ the Michigan Quarterly Review

"Can Music Save Us? A Review of Michael Zadoorian’s Beautiful Music"
w/ the Michigan Quarterly Review

"Literary Tropes That We, the Artificial Intelligence-run Publishing House of the Future, Are No Longer Interested In"
(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

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"The Pros and Cons of Each Generation from 1900-2200"
​(Published w/ Points in Case)

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Michael's Pushcart Prize-nominated short story, "Industry & Idleness," appears in Issue 16 of Crack the Spine Literary Journal. Click the photo to purchase the print issue!

"Famous Ernest Hemingway Quotes Adjusted for the Age of Trump" 
​(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

"Exteriorizing" (Short Story) (Published in Volume Four of Yale University's The Perch Literary Journal & print journal)

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"Can't Go Back Inside" (Flash Fiction) (Published in BULL: Men's Fiction)

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"Wordsmith Interview"
​w/ Crack the Spine literary journal

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"NOT EVERYONE IS SPECIAL, Josh Denslow’s debut collection, reviewed by Michael A. Ferro​"
​w/ Fiction Writers Review

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"Prince is Dead" (Flash Fiction)
​(Published in Winter 2017 Issue of The Corvus Review)

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"Upcoming Scenes from 'Law & Order: SUV' " (Published w/ Points in Case)

"A Night on the Scales" (Short Story) (Volume Twenty of the Amsterdam Quarterly and Print Anthology)

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"A Friendly Welcome/Formal Warning Letter from Your Neighborhood Homeowners Association"
​(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

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HUmor PUBLICATIONS

"An Asshole Tries to Fight a Fire" 
​(Published w/ Points in Case)

"Jobs Well-Suited For A Disillusioned Twenty-Something Office Worker" 
(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

"On 'TITLE 13': An Interview with Michael A. Ferro" w/ the Michigan Quarterly Review

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"Author Meet & Greet #53 with Michael A. Ferro" w/ Sue Roven's LIterary Blog

"Actual Episodes of PBS's 'Frontline' but with More Interesting Plots"
​(Published w/ Points in Case)

"THE ALEHOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD, a novel by Stevan Allred, reviewed by Michael A. Ferro"
w/ Heavy Feather Review

"Other Things to Do in Fargo Besides Kidnapping Schemes"
​(Published w/ Robot Butt)

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"Excerpt from TITLE 13" (Novel Excerpt) (Published by Entropy Magazine)

"IF MY BOOK: 'TITLE 13' by Michael A. Ferro"
​w/ Monkeybicycle

"10 Things You Can Do with Your Political Opinions Instead of Sharing Them on Facebook" (Published w/ Points in Case)

"CATCH-"13": MICHAEL A. FERRO'S NEW BOOK IS A SATIRE & CHARACTER STUDY OF MIDWEST AMERICANS"
​w/ Ann Arbor Library "PULP" Journal

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"Donald Trump Rates Horror Movie Villains As He Would Rate Women" 
​(Published w/ Points in Case)

"THE DOGS OF DETROIT, Brad Felver’s debut short story collection, reviewed by Michael A. Ferro"
w/ Heavy Feather Review

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"14 Sounds I Enjoy More Than the Cicada’s Song"
​(Published w/ Robot Butt)

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"Book Review: 'Like a Champion,' by Vincent Chu"
​w/ Fiction Writers Review

"Becoming Dad" (Flash Fiction)
​(Published in Issue 10 of The Nottingham Review)

"14 Ways in Which Sarah McLachlan Helps Abandoned Animals Outside of Promotional Videos for the ASPCA​" 
​(Published w/ Robot Butt)

"Why is My Watershed Not Having a Watershed Moment?" 
​(Published w/ Points in Case)

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"My Bombshell Revelation: I, Your Friendly Office Co-Worker, Am Actually an Asshole"(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

"Epic Gender Reveal Party Theme Ideas for Men"
​(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

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"THE LOST COUNTRY, a posthumous novel by William Gay, reviewed by Michael A. Ferro"
w/ Heavy Feather Review

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"Violence on Thursday" (Flash Fiction) (Published in Issue 88 of Jersey Devil Press)

"I Bought an Energy-Efficient Laundry Machine Because It Has a See-Through Lid" (Published w/ Points in Case)

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"The Right Key" (Chicago Version) (Flash Fiction) (Published w/ Chicago Literati)

"Independent’s Day: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Indie Publishers"
​w/ IPBA's Independent Magazine (Print)

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"No Country for Recluse Writers: How My First Novel Brought Me Out of the Dark" 
w/ David Abrams' The Quivering Pen 

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"Hot Enough" (Flash Fiction)
​(Published in July 2017 Issue of Linden Avenue Literary Journal)

"Book Review: 'The Altruists,' by Andrew Ridker" 
​w/ Fiction Writers Review

"Sickness Bears Honesty; Honesty Bears Change: Michael A. Ferro Reviews Thirty-Seven by Peter Stenson"
w/ the Michigan Quarterly Review

"Author Interview"
​w/ IPBA's Independent Magazine (Print)

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FICTION PUBLICATIONS

"Things We Now Know About Whales Since the 1851 Publication of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick"
(Published w/ Weekly Humorist)

"8 Times I Regret Wearing Jean Shorts Instead of Dress Pants" 
​(Published w/ Points in Case)

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“A Pairing Menu for Works of Postmodern Literature and Appropriate Beverages" (Published w/ Splitsider/Vulture)

"Authors Roundtable Interview w/ Frank Morelli & R.J. Fox" w/ Fiction Writers Review

"My Library: My Love-Hate Relationship with Libraries" (w/ Photos of The Ferro Library) 
w/ David Abrams' The Quivering Pen 

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"P&W  Writers Recommend Series:
Michael A. Ferro Recommends..."
w/ Poets & Writers

"Fishing" (Flash Fiction)
​(Published w/ Here Comes Everyone)

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"Similar Symptoms" (Flash Fiction) (Published in Spring 2017 Print Issue of The Avalon Literary Review)

"Fishing" (Flash Fiction)
​(Published w/ Potluck Magazine)

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"Rage In America Is Not New: On Adam Smyer’s Knucklehead"
w/ the Michigan Quarterly Review