The Journey to Kailash

(Norilana Books, 2008)

“This is Allen writing at the top of his game, and these poems will linger in the memory long after the book is put aside.”
— The Pedestal Magazine

“Reader, it’s brilliant.”
— SF Site

Strange Wisdoms of the Dead

(Wildside Press, 2006)

“Allen’s is poetry for goths of all ages … a fine job of making the human scary and the scary human.”
— The Philadelphia Inquirer

“An excellent collection.”
— Ellen Datlow, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 19

Petting the Time Shark

(DNA Publications, 2003)

“An outstanding collection…. Mike Allen’s poetry is sometimes amusing, often disturbing, but never disappointing.”
— Strange Horizons

out of print

“Allen exhibits a fine hand with a memorable phrase and a mordant yet humor-tinged viewpoint on life.”
— Asimov’s Science Fiction

out of print