Michael Penkas

Michael Penkas moved to Chicago in 2004 and soon after became a member of Twilight Tales, a small press and weekly reading series. His first published story, "Parable of the Lazy Rooster," appeared in the expanded edition of Tales from the Red Lion in 2007. He currently has over two-dozen published stories.

Currently, Michael Penkas is a regular participant at the Tamale Hut (North Riverside) reading series, the Bad Grammar (Chicago) reading series, and the Gumbo Fiction Salon (Chicago). His first novel, Mistress Bunny and the Cancelled Client, was published in November 2014.