Our Story

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Mike Jack and Morrigen Stoumbos founded Wonderbird Press, LLC in 2022 with our flagship anthology Murderbirds.

We are passionate about creating fun illustrated anthologies for emerging and estabished authors and illustrators.

Mike Jack Stoumbos

Editor & Illustrator

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Mike Jack Stoumbos is a speculative fiction author and editor. He lives with his wife, their parrot, and their puppy. His work can be found on his Amazon Author Page. In his writing and workshop teaching, Mike Jack strives to bring joy, humor, and compassion--especially in genre fiction, which could do with fewer bleak and gritty stories.

Mike Jack has published short fiction in several anthologies since 2020 and won 1st place in the Writers of the Future Contest (2021). His space opera series, THIS FINE CREW, is published by Theogony Books of Chris Kennedy Publishing, starting with The Signal Out Of Space. In addition, Mike Jack began speaking at conventions and teaching workshops for emerging authors, as well as writing articles for The Book Break. In 2023, he and his wife launched WonderBird Press, LLC, to focus on short story publication.​

As of 2025, Mike Jack Stoumbos writes fiction and nonfiction on a contract basis and continues to edit anthologies for WonderBird Press. He now teaches adult learners creative writing and (strange​ though it may sound) how to play various board games.

Morrigen Stoumbos

Slush Reader & Illustrator

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Morrigen resides in Virginia with her husband, dog, and a 20+ year old parrot. Morrigen has found solas in books and stories since an early age. She has taken her love of stories and passion for art to help build this small press.