Miguel O. Mitchell

Miguel O. Mitchell, PhD (he/him) is a Black speculative poet, SFF author, visual artist, and retired chemistry professor. He has published poems in Amazing Stories, Dreams and Nightmares, Eye to the Telescope, FIYAH, Scifaikuest, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Star*Line, and Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2022). Three of Miguel's poems (2 in 2021 and 1 in 2025) have been nominated for the Rhysling Award for best speculative poetry in the Long Poem category. He has two poetry collections: Surrealia (Gnashing Teeth Publishing, 2024) and an illustrated one, Periodic Table of Alien Species (Elements 1–86) (Barnes & Noble, 2021). In addition to poetry, Miguel has also published two short stories, "The Revenant Saga" (Scarlet Leaf Review, October 2021, https://www.scarletleafreview.com/short-stories23/miguel-o-mitchell-the-revenant-saga) and "Trading with Monsters" (Fantasy, April 2023, https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/trading-with-monsters/).