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About michaelstephendaigle

I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest; Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards; Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards. Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest. Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards. Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards Named a Book Award Winner in 2021 by Maincraft Media Fiction Book Awards; The Red Hand (2019) a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards Dragony Rising (2022) First Place for Mysteries in the 2022 Royal Dragonyfly Book Awards; named a Notable 100 Indie Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards; A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards. A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards.

‘Nagler’s Secret’ has been published

 I am proud to announced the publication  of “Nagler’s Secret,” Book 6 the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. It’s been a process, to say the least. After two years to republish the first five books in the series – and … Continue reading

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Until there is just you

I want to scream. I want to scream at you and tell you to stop hating To stop killing, to stop; Just stop. But to scream fills my voice with rage, Which is what you  do, rage. So screaming makes … Continue reading

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Until there is just you

I want to scream. I want to scream at you and tell you to stop hating To stop killing, to stop; Just stop. But to scream fills my voice with rage, Which is what you  do, rage. So screaming makes … Continue reading

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White dress selfie

It’s what you don’t know That she wants you to learn. Her eyes as open as new sunlight yet as dark as dusk because it’s all that tricky, what you need to learn to forget The weight of resistance. It’s … Continue reading

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What to do with more light

It comes back that day a second at a time; then two. Been gone for months shrinking like a heart leaking joy, A second at a time; then two. Stops, gathers, returns; then runs back to darkness A second at … Continue reading

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Learning to write a sonnet, lesson two

So in an effort to teach myself sonnet writing, to write a story about a teen-ager who learns to write  sonnets, I read a series of modern sonnets. Generally,  modern sonneteers have altered the rhyme pattern, if they use one … Continue reading

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Learning to write a sonnet

The Greater Lehigh Valley Writer’s Group has opened to members an invitation to submit short stories, essays and poems for possible inclusion in the  2027 Anthology  with a theme of “Writing from the heart.” I have been fortunate to have … Continue reading

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White dress teaching joy

That is that moment when the smile becomes her arms around your neck as she pins you to the wall and her tongue is in your mouth and she laughs because it is always about that thing you have been … Continue reading

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The white dress leans into love

The world needs leaning. We need leaning I need leaning. The world needs learning. We need learning. I need to learn. The world needs to whisper. We need to whisper I need to whisper. The world needs to shout. We … Continue reading

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Walking through memory

They walk past the park, Down the hill where the industrial gas of the chemical plant  once stained the air and burned her nose. Then a right, up the hill to the house with all the flowers. A right at … Continue reading

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