Miles Beyond the Page

Michelle Miles
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Miles Beyond the Page is a conversation-driven podcast celebrating the stories behind the stories. From romance and fantasy to speculative fiction, women’s fiction, and beyond, host Michelle Miles talks with authors about their books, creative process, characters, worlds, and inspiration. We explore what happens between the first spark of an idea and the finished book readers hold in their hands—because the heart of every conversation is storytelling. Grab your favorite beverage, settle in, and join us as we go Miles Beyond the Page.

  1. 15h ago

    Episode #106 Christine DePetrillo – Cozy Romance, Kindness & One Kind Deed

    What happens when one small act of kindness leads to something extraordinary? In this heartwarming episode of Miles Beyond the Page, host Michelle Miles welcomes romance author Christine DePetrillo to talk about cozy romance, community, second chances, and the power of stories that leave readers feeling good. Christine shares the inspiration behind her completed 18-book One Kind Deed series, beginning with One Kind Heart. Set in charming fictional small towns inspired by northern Vermont, the series brings couples together through acts of kindness, proving that sometimes the smallest gestures can lead to the greatest love stories. Michelle and Christine dive into One Kind Heart, featuring a teacher searching for safety and a fresh start and an adventure-guide hero who helps her find the courage to heal. They explore the appeal of small-town romance, warm humor, close-knit communities, and the comforting promise of a happily-ever-after. Christine also explains why she embraces those beloved Hallmark movie vibes and believes readers deserve stories filled with hope. The conversation also explores the importance of family and community in romance, favorite comfort-read tropes, and why uplifting fiction offers readers a much-needed escape from everyday challenges. Christine discusses her writing process, balancing outlines with characters who have minds of their own, and her gratitude for having the time and opportunity to tell the stories she loves. Christine also shares where readers can discover her books and learn more about The Fiction Fairies, the podcast she co-hosts. 🎧 Join Michelle and Christine for a warm, uplifting conversation about kindness, healing, small-town romance, and why sometimes the stories that stay with us are the ones that remind us there's still plenty of good in the world. 👉 Don't forget to subscribe for more author interviews and creative conversations on Miles Beyond the Page! ABOUT CHRISTINE DEPETRILLO: Christine DePetrillo can often be found hugging trees, conversing with dragonflies, and walking barefoot through sun-warmed soil. She finds joy in listening to the wind, bathing in moonlight, and breathing in the fragrances of things that bloom. If she had her way, the sky would be the only roof over her head. Her love of nature seeps into every story she tells. As does her obsession with bearded mountain men who build, often smell like sawdust, and know how to cherish the women they love. Today she writes tales meant to make you laugh, maybe make you sweat, and definitely make you believe in the power of love. She lives in Vermont with her mountain man and many woodland creatures who defend her fiercely from all evils. WHERE TO FIND HER: Website | Newsletter Sign-up | Author Facebook Page | Instagram | Small Town Hearts FB Reader Group | Amazon Author Page | Fiction Fairies Podcast | Goodreads | BookBub | TikTok WHERE TO FIND HER BOOKS: Direct | Amazon | Universal | Paperback

  2. 3d ago ·  Bonus

    Episode #105 The Blue Lantern – A Spooky Halloween Tale from the Author’s Desk

    In this special Halloween edition of From the Author’s Desk, Miles Beyond the Page host and author Michelle Miles trades the usual conversation for a story—a spooky warning tale from the world of her Enchanted Realms books. By the fire, Aunt Hilde tells Marigold about an old rule in East Hallow: if a blue lantern appears in the forest after midnight, don’t follow it—and whatever you do, don’t answer when it calls your name. Seventeen-year-old Sofia knows the warning. But grief has a way of making us listen to things we shouldn’t. When the mysterious lantern calls to her in the voice of her dead brother, Thomas, Sofia follows it deep into the woods and toward a ruined cottage. There, she discovers that the thing waiting for her isn’t her brother at all—and that some creatures know exactly how to use our deepest longing against us. To escape, Sofia must do something far more difficult than running: she has to let go. Michelle closes the episode with a look at why fairy tales and folklore make such powerful vessels for fear, grief, temptation, and the things we’re afraid to face. Because sometimes magic doesn’t hide the truth. Sometimes it makes the truth impossible to ignore. 🎧 Turn down the lights, settle in, and join Michelle for The Blue Lantern—a haunting little tale about grief, longing, letting go, and why you should never follow strange lights into the woods. 🎃 Happy Halloween from Miles Beyond the Page! Don’t forget to subscribe for more author interviews, creative conversations, and stories From the Author’s Desk.

  3. 5d ago ·  Bonus

    Episode #104 Behind Fall of the Forsaken: Bonus Author Commentaries

    In this special episode of Miles Beyond the Page, author and host Michelle Miles goes behind the scenes of Fall of the Forsaken with a collection of bonus author commentaries exploring the themes, relationships, and emotional choices beneath the second book in the War of the Brotherhood trilogy. Michelle shares why this story continues to focus not simply on surviving trauma, but on what comes afterward. She explores Anna’s fight to reclaim herself, the Brotherhood’s obsession with ownership and identity, and the increasingly complicated line between protecting someone you love and trying to control the choices they make. The commentaries also delve into the relationships at the emotional heart of the story: Anna and Kincade’s hard-won, lived-in love; Daphne and Ophelia’s fierce sisterhood as an act of survival and defiance; and the slow-burning chemistry between Ophelia and Ludwig, where attention, observation, and the things left unsaid begin to matter. Michelle also explores why Walker Manor has become far more than a setting. It’s a fortress against the Brotherhood, but it’s also an emotional home built through found family, shared meals, ordinary rituals, and the choice to keep showing up for one another. Even as danger closes in, a thread of holiday warmth offers moments of light against the growing dread. 🎧 Join Michelle for an intimate look behind Fall of the Forsaken and discover the themes, relationships, and emotional layers woven beneath the battle against the Brotherhood. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe for more author interviews, writing conversations, and special behind-the-book episodes on Miles Beyond the Page! ABOUT MICHELLE: Michelle Miles is an award-winning author crafting fantasy, paranormal, and young adult adventures where magic crackles, danger prowls, and love refuses to back down. Her stories brim with fierce heroines, unforgettable heroes, and the kind of heart-punch romance that makes happily-ever-after feel hard-won and utterly inevitable. From fairy-tale retellings to angels and demons to Fae, elves, and time travelers, Michelle builds big-hearted worlds full of quests, curses, kisses, and chaos—often in that order. WHERE TO FIND HER: Website and Blog | Newsletter Sign-Up | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube WHERE TO FIND FALL OF THE FORSAKEN: Direct | All Other Retailers

  4. Oct 27

    Episode #103 Alex Grass – Infernal Tramps, Weird Horror & Dark Humor

    In this spooky-season episode of Miles Beyond the Page, host Michelle Miles welcomes horror author Alex Grass for a wonderfully strange conversation about weird horror, dark humor, cursed objects, grotesque transformations, and the bizarre ideas that make readers laugh one minute and squirm the next. Alex shares the stories behind his collection Infernal Tramps, which ranges from quick, unsettling vignettes to longer novelettes filled with strange premises and unexpected consequences. He explains the very literal origin of the collection’s memorable title and discusses why consequence is such an important ingredient in compelling horror. Michelle and Alex also dive into where horror ideas come from—and sometimes the answer is simply everywhere. Alex shares how inspiration can strike almost instantly, from an encounter with a pigeon to a Philadelphia story involving a spiked dog collar, blood, and gold. They also explore how editing can transform an initial idea, including when a story needs to be expanded beyond its original form. The conversation turns to the craft of making written horror genuinely frightening without the visual and auditory tools available to film, why the short-story format works so well for horror, and how memory itself can become unsettling through a story involving a seemingly vanished video game. Alex also discusses the natural overlap between comedy and horror, including the darkly funny story “Odd Egg.” 🎧 Join Michelle and Alex for a delightfully weird Spooky Season conversation about bizarre horror, dark humor, cursed ideas, unsettling memories, and why sometimes the strangest stories are the ones that stick with us. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe for more author interviews and creative conversations on Miles Beyond the Page! ABOUT ALEX GRASS: Alex Grass is an independent horror author born and raised in Pennsylvania and now living in Brooklyn with his wife and three kids. His 2022 novel A Boy’s Hammer was nominated for the Kirkus Prize. Alex’s short stories have appeared in Maudlin House, The Genre Society, Trembling With Fear, and many other places besides. WHERE TO FIND HIM: Website | Instagram WHERE TO BUY HIS BOOKS: Amazon

  5. Oct 22

    Episode #102 M.R. Rutter – Forensic Anthropology, Bones & Dark Romantic Suspense

    In this spooky-season episode of Miles Beyond the Page, host Michelle Miles welcomes fellow RWA member and dark romantic suspense author M.R. Rutter for a fascinating conversation about forensic anthropology, the secrets hidden in bones, and turning real-world knowledge into chilling fiction. Megan. shares her unusual journey into forensic anthropology, beginning with a teenage car accident that unexpectedly led to the discovery of a real skeleton. Her career eventually brought her into difficult modern cases, including work involving murdered children, before the emotional weight of the cases and the realities of how few are ultimately resolved led her to step away. Michelle and Megan dive into what bones can actually reveal about a person—from age and biological characteristics to occupation, injuries, postmortem changes, and even clues about where someone grew up. M.R. also separates forensic reality from television fiction, sharing some of the misconceptions that make crime shows especially entertaining—and occasionally infuriating—for someone who knows what really happens in the lab. They also explore how Megan’s forensic background influences her fiction without turning her books into gore. She discusses building fear through psychology, suspicion, isolation, and the secrets people keep, particularly in rural communities where darkness can remain hidden beneath an ordinary surface. Her novel Dangerous Ground, inspired by Minnesota sinkholes, puts that idea to especially chilling use. 🎧 Join Michelle and Megan for a Spooky Season conversation about bones, forensic science, small-town secrets, romantic suspense, and the unsettling stories the dead can still tell. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe for more author interviews and creative conversations on Miles Beyond the Page! ABOUT M.R. RUTTER: M.R. Rutter was born in the mountains of Colorado to an ex-hippy and former Marine. She spent much of her childhood on her grandparents ranch near Leadville CO. She studied forensic anthropology and ancient history in college and started her professional life as an assistant to her advisors while working on her coursework and thesis. After years of teaching other professors' classes and putting murdered children back together rather than working on her focus, ancient remains, M.R. left the field to pursue a career as a writer. After living on a sustainable agriculture research farm in Minnesota with her husband, daughter and a menagerie of animals; M.R. has returned to Colorado where she is a full time farmer, research assistant, mother and writer. Happily for M. R. she can still fill her novels with mummies, skeletons and corpses. WHERE TO FIND HER: Instagram | Facebook | TikTok | BlueSky WHERE TO FIND HER BOOKS: Amazon

  6. Oct 20

    Episode #101 Jill K. Sayre – On Wings of Stone and Light, Gargoyles, Cyrano Vibes & Found Family

    In this spooky-season episode of Miles Beyond the Page, host Michelle Miles welcomes author, visual artist, and educator Jill K. Sayre to discuss On Wings of Stone and Light, a YA reality-based fantasy filled with gargoyles, angels, unlikely allies, and questions about what truly makes someone a monster. Jill shares the creative path that eventually led her from visual art and education into fiction, including her desire to write a “bridge” middle-grade novel with The Fairies of Turtle Creek. She also reveals the wonderfully unexpected inspirations behind On Wings of Stone and Light: a 1970s gargoyle movie and Cyrano de Bergerac, which helped shape Ryan, a formerly stone gargoyle who is part human, part dragon, and part condor. Michelle and Jill dive into the deeper themes beneath the fantasy, including feelings of unworthiness, free will, self-reflection, found family, and the power to choose your own path. They explore the assumptions we make about characters who look like monsters, Madeline’s role as an angel medium, and the intriguing contrast created by bringing angels and gargoyles into the same story. Jill also discusses restructuring the novel around a 30-day timeline to create a full-moon ticking clock, writing unlikely alliances, and using her background as a visual artist to design fantastical creatures through collages. While On Wings of Stone and Light currently stands alone, Jill shares her interest in returning to the world and continuing the story. 🎧 Join Michelle and Jill for a Spooky Season conversation about gargoyles, angels, unlikely heroes, found family, and why sometimes the characters who look like monsters have the most humanity to reveal. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe for more author interviews and creative conversations on Miles Beyond the Page! ABOUT JILL SAYRE: Jill K. Sayre is an award-winning author of Middle Grade, with a new Young Adult fantasy and a Women's Fiction novel released in October 2025. With a passion for weaving the wonder of the unseen world into grounded, emotionally rich stories, she creates tales that inspire both curiosity and courage. Her debut MG novel, The Fairies of Turtle Creek, received the Reader’s Favorite Silver Medal for Children’s Fiction and explores the delicate balance between science and belief as a young girl navigates the absence of her brother during the Iraq War. Her latest YA book, On Wings of Stone and Light, is a mythic, loose retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, centered on a part-human, part-condor, part-dragon gargoyle who must battle darkness to save his home—and his heart. Also newly released, In the Wake of Broken Hearts is a Women's Fiction novel based on a true story. Co-written with author Helen Martin Ippolito, it explores three generations of fatal heartbreak, and only the bond between two female friends can help them both find their way. In addition to writing, Jill is a dedicated Pre-K, elementary and middle school teacher, and visual artist. Whether in the classroom or on the page, she is passionate about nurturing imagination and resilience in people of all ages. WHERE TO FIND HER: Website | Instagram | Facebook WHERE TO FIND HER BOOKS: Amazon

  7. Oct 15

    Episode #100 S.E. Howard – What Lies Unseen, Horror, Hauntings & a Milestone Celebration

    It’s the 100th episode of Miles Beyond the Page! Host Michelle Miles celebrates this incredible milestone with returning guest and longtime friend S.E. Howard, a horror author and former editor whose writing journey has taken her from paranormal romance into the darker world of supernatural horror. S.E. joins Michelle to discuss her latest novel, What Lies Unseen, a supernatural mystery and thriller following Sam, a young psychic working security at a haunted historical mansion. She shares how the title reflects both Sam’s ability to see the spirits others cannot and the hidden layers of truth he uncovers as the story unfolds. S.E. also talks about undertaking a major rewrite to strengthen Sam’s character arc and why sometimes the best thing an author can do for a book is be willing to tear it apart and rebuild it. Michelle and S.E. dive into the craft of writing effective horror, from slow-building dread and unsettling liminal spaces to controlling reveals and delivering twists that actually land. They explore why what a writer chooses not to show can be just as powerful as what appears on the page—and how atmosphere can make readers uneasy long before they understand why. Then the tables turn! To celebrate Episode 100, S.E. puts Michelle in the guest seat to talk about the author career she’s built along the way. They discuss rapid releases, forming an LLC, developing a cohesive author brand, launching Miles Beyond the Page, narrating her own audiobooks, and building an interconnected fairytale-retelling world with story bibles, maps, and plenty of plans for what comes next. 🎧 Join Michelle and S.E. for a very special 100th episode filled with haunted houses, psychic abilities, horror-writing craft, friendship, author life, and a look back at the creative journey that brought Miles Beyond the Page to triple digits. 👉 Thank you for 100 episodes! Don’t forget to subscribe for more author interviews, writing conversations, and adventures beyond the page as we head toward the next 100! ABOUT S.E. HOWARD: S.E. Howard lives in Kentucky where she works as a registered nurse, certified in toxicology (a fitting field given her side-hustle writing horror stories). Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies, including PUSH! An Anthology of Childbirth Horror presented by Ruth Anna Evans, Carnival of Horror from Undertaker Books, and the Amber, Sinister, and Green Diamond Editions of The Horror Collection by KJK Publishing. Her short story “You’ve Been Saved” was also adapted for the screen in the 2022 GenreBlast film anthology Worst Laid Plans. Her horror novella, "Prairie Madness" is available from Baynam Books Press, and a novel, The Vessel from Wicked House Publishing. For more information, visit online at www.sehoward.com. WHERE TO FIND HER: Website | Facebook WHERE TO FIND HER BOOKS: Amazon

  8. Oct 13

    Episode #99 Stephanie Pass – The First Sin, Lucifer & Dark Romantasy

    In this spooky-season episode of Miles Beyond the Page, host Michelle Miles welcomes romantasy author Stephanie Pass to discuss The First Sin, the first book in her dark romantasy trilogy featuring Lucifer, forbidden love, forgotten memories, and a story that grows increasingly cosmic as the truth begins to unravel. Stephanie shares how years of asking “what if?” and exploring themes surrounding religious trauma inspired the relationship between Lucifer and Evie. What began as a love story evolved into something much bigger, blending dark romantasy, cosmic horror, humor, banter, fated-mate tension, and a reincarnation mystery in which the characters may have loved—and lost—each other before. Michelle and Stephanie dive into the novel’s Las Vegas setting, from its decadent hotel and club world to the darker forces operating beneath the surface. Stephanie also discusses Evie’s history as a runaway from an FLDS-style religious commune, how that past influences her character, and the challenge of balancing emotionally heavy material with romance, humor, suspense, and chemistry. Stephanie also previews where the trilogy is heading, including book two’s journey into heaven and book three’s conflict surrounding secrets and withheld truths. They talk about Stephanie’s boundaries when writing romance that gets dark, why consent remains a line she won’t cross, and what readers can expect as Lucifer and Evie’s story continues. 🎧 Join Michelle and Stephanie for a wickedly fun Spooky Season conversation about Lucifer, dark romantasy, religious trauma, fated love, cosmic horror, and what happens when the truth about your past refuses to stay buried. 👉 Don’t forget to subscribe for more author interviews and creative conversations on Miles Beyond the Page! ABOUT STEPHANIE PASS: Stephanie Pass is an award-winning fantasy romance author. Her favorite genre is dark romantasy, though not too dark. She lives in a tiny Texas town with her family and a Boxer dog who likes to argue. When she's not writing, she's usually roller-skating or dancing at a concert or the goth clubs. WHERE TO FIND HER: Website | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok WHERE TO FIND HER BOOKS: Amazon | B&N

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Miles Beyond the Page is a conversation-driven podcast celebrating the stories behind the stories. From romance and fantasy to speculative fiction, women’s fiction, and beyond, host Michelle Miles talks with authors about their books, creative process, characters, worlds, and inspiration. We explore what happens between the first spark of an idea and the finished book readers hold in their hands—because the heart of every conversation is storytelling. Grab your favorite beverage, settle in, and join us as we go Miles Beyond the Page.

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  • Creator
    Michelle Miles
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    112
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Michelle Miles
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