PAIR A NORMAL GUYS INC RADIO: PARANORMAL AUTHOR MICHAEL KLEEN PT 2

JOIN US AS WE WELCOME BACK AUTHOR MICHAEL KLEEN WITH TWO MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS Michael Kleen: published his first novella, The River of Rain, which was closely followed by Tales of the Supernatural, in 2000 after enrolling at Eastern Illinois University. Both of these books were published on the print-on-demand label Xlibris, In 2004, he penned and published his now famous chapbook Tales of Coles County, Illinois, which led to a monthly series of digital newsletters regarding the legends and lore of Coles County. Several more short books, including Six Tales of Terror, came out on his independent label Black Oak Press, Illinois. Michael graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Eastern Illinois University in the spring of 2006, and went on to found Black Oak Media, an alternative media outlet for Middle American art and culture. He now is the editor in chief of Black Oak Presents, a digital magazine, and writes a monthly electronic serial Legends and Lore of Illinois. Michael wrote a biweekly column for the Daily Eastern News between October 2006 and April 2007 and now publishes a monthly or bi-weekly column on Strike-the-Root. In October 2007, Michael presented a paper on the Peace Democrats in Illinois during the Civil War at the 2007 Conference on Illinois History. Later that month, he spoke at Charleston Middle School and Teapot’s Cafe in Beecher, Illinois on local legends and lore. In 2008, Michael received his master’s degree in American history, and published One Voice, a collection of columns and essays dealing with a wide variety of social ills. His research on Ashmore Estates, the old Coles County Poor Farm, led him to be interviewed for Soul Catcher and an episode of American Horrors. He has also been a guest on Joliet Paranormal Radio and AM-1050 WLIP, and has several articles published in KILTER and Paranormal Underground magazine.