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Grandma’s Cookies

Happy Friday the 13th! Excited to announce the release of my new Christmas horror short film GRANDMA’S COOKIES today in honor of Friday the 13th. Staring Eileen Dietz from The Exorcist and Bryan Forrest from Never Hike Alone as Santa and introducing Lucas Sequeira as Billy. Written by Brantley J Brown, directed by Michael Coulombe and produced by Ryan Cusick and Matt Chassin.

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League of Scream

I found this video the other day on TikTok – it is a review of a horror short film I wrote a few years ago called SANTA which I wrote and was directed by my friend Alex Henderson, who has a big following on YouTube. This guy did a good review of our film and I wanted to share it. Thank you League of Scream! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj4frGsN/

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Social Media

To help promote myself as an author as well as promote my writing, I have created social media for almost all platforms, in which you can follow and stay connected. Instagram Bluesky X Tumblr TikTok Threads Goodreads Discord You can also check out my website Books I am also on Lemon8 [which is part of TikTok] here: https://www.lemon8-app.com/@mcoulombewrites or subscribe to my…

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Swimming the Storm

I self-published my book of poetry back in 2008 – as a really nice paperback book…but it never formatted into a nice E-Book… …so I finally was able to reformat it correctly and keep in line with the paperback…so now my book SWIMMING THE STORM is officially available as an e-book on Amazon and it’s CHEAP only $1.99 You can check it out here:

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Substack

I have created a Substack for my writing! https://substack.com/@mcoulombewrites The space is where I’ll be sharing my love (and frustration) of writing. My creative process and just my whole journey of writing.Writing has always been more than just words on a page for me—it’s how I make sense of the world. Whether it’s through poetry, or if I write a screenplay and now – recently – novels I try…

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Happy Pride 2025

Today is June 1 and that marks the first day of pride month. As a guy who grew up gay, I understand the fear that young gay and lesbian face every day. Even though it is better now than it was for me in the 90s, it is still sad that we have a long way to go….it has not been that long actually since gay people had equal rights – the right to marry. It only happened about 20 years ago..and they are…

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Hauntmare Expo

Excited to announce that my film GRANDMA’S COOKIES will be screening at the Hauntmare Expo in Fresno, California the weekend of July 26th and 27th, 2025 We will also have a table there, so feel free to stop by and say hi – after watching our movie, of course! For more information follow our instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/grandmascookiesfilm/ or my instagram…

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Python's Paradise

Did an interview with Eileen Dietz, from the original Exorcist, about our film GRANDMA’S COOKIES on the Python’s Paradise podcast with Greg Gilbert out of Canada!

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My first novel...

As of today, May 15, 2025 I have completed the first draft of my horror novel AXE. I was working on my drama first but then realized that I wanted to take my time with that one, so it is such an intense story – and I am dedicating it to my mother. Since I have my contacts in horror – and well, horror is one of my favorite genres, I focus on this novel first. It was an adaptation of my screenplay…

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My first novel..

Well as we wait for the film industry to pick up again here in Los Angeles – which I do have work though, I am grateful to say – I have decided to take a couple of my screenplays and novelize them. I have always wanted to write a novel and I have two scripts specifically that I have written that I would love to share, so what better way than to adapt them into a book. I have dubbed this month…

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GRANDMA'S COOKIES: A Review by Morrigan Milam

Thank you to Morrigan Milam for the great interview and review of my film GRANDMA’S COOKIES in the current issue of THE RANTS FROM THE BLACK LODGE magazine. At first, Grandma’s Cookies lulls you into a false sense of holiday warmth, wrapping you up in something so unbelievably wholesome that when the tone shifts kicks in, it hits like a freight train. – Morrigan Milam Grandma’s Cookies is the…

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Official Selection / CHFF

Excited to announce that my film GRANDMA’S COOKIES is an official selection at the Chicago Horror Film Festival in Chicago, Illinois. The festival runs May 15-18, 2025. Earlier we found out that our trailer was also nominated for the same festival…so it is also exciting to have our film accepted there as well! Chicago Horror Film Festival You can check out the trailer for Grandma’s Cookies…

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Check out my interview on the Cinema Yugen Podcast

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Bold Journey

Did an article with Bold Journey before I went to SE Asia for my birthday trip. I have been interviewed by them before and this was a great follow up article….was able to chat about my new films GRANDMA’S COOKIES and RIKER. Check out the article below: https://boldjourney.com/meet-michael-coulombe-2

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50th Birthday Trip

I love traveling…and I most specifically love to travel on my birthday. On February 18, 2025 I turned 50. I have a twin sister, Michele, and naturally we share a birthday. So I also travel as another way to celebrate myself! I decided, this year, to go to SE Asia as I have a friend from high school, Edward, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam So my trip consisted of three countries: Vietnam,…

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Chicago Horror Film Festival

Our trailer for GRANDMA’S COOKIES is up for best trailer apparently at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. We submitted the short film [still waiting to hear back about it’s acceptance] but presently the trailer is up for voting. So please take a moment and watch the trailer and give it a LIKE so that we can rack up the votes and get ourselves a WIN!

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Updated Press Page

For 2025 I wanted to update my press page on my website to reflect all of the press I have done in my career – both for my filmmaking and my photography. I have been fortunate enough to be on several podcasts and interviewed for many online magazines….and finally created a place where I could post them all together! PRESS Feel free to peruse, listen and/or read some of my interviews! And as…