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giving us the impression that they are emergent and unfolding before us show the moving face rather than the stillness of a pimple devanshi khetarpal the bombay literary magazine i am happy to have some new prose poems in bombay literary magazine they were written last summer while visiting the french basque region thanks to the editors read them here absurd tales peas in g ts ghost faces december 4 2025 new absurdities peas in g ts vomited birds ghost faces three micro stories blending rookie cops dream shoes hallway haunts you can read it here https thegorkogazette com 2025 12 04 3 by marcus silcock moat gravy and life confetti december 1 2025 my new prose poem fish is now published at instant noodles literary magazine it features mermaid mothers gravy hounds and the tiny powerful tornadoes found in a fishbowl read the full piece https instantnoodleslitmag com fish marcus silcock golden trumpet a microfiction november 24 2025 the memory of the 90s salt lake city underground the legendary nights at bricks and the sun was violently punctuated by a freak tornado that slammed downtown as the millennium turned you can read the full story now alongside a brilliant flash by karen crawford as this week s featured micromonday over at fictive dream https fictivedream com 2025 11 24 micromonday 33 cul de sac of blood november 3 2025 new horror microfiction potatoes of promise i have a new horror micro story at the magazine cul de sac of blood farmers and swines full of demons robot cows that don t moo whales in the wall of motel 6 and a man with deer antlers my newest microfiction potatoes of promise is live now a surreal piece of rural horror where the harvest isn t what it seems thank you to the editors j johnson and gina myers read it here https www culdesacofblood com marcus silcock big fish my surreal micro story in flash frontier s fish issue november 2 2025 i m thrilled to share that my surreal micro story big fish appears in the october 2025 issue of flash frontier the fish issue read it here flash frontier october 2025 issue big fish is a short absurd story about what it means to live inside something vast a creature a system a world and to keep scrubbing ourselves clean hoping to come out pure before we re belched into nothingness it s strange and a little slippery part satire part quiet dread maybe it s about futility maybe it s about faith either way it s about the fish we all live in thanks to the editors at flash frontier for featuring big fish in the fish issue if you read it i d love to hear what surfaces for you lit balm online reading october 17 2025 a few weeks ago i read some new microfiction for the mercurius show at the lit balm reading series lit balm is an interactive livestream poetry reading series that features readings panels and open mics often held biweekly lit balm is brought to you by marc vincenz of madhat and new american writing magazine cassandra atherton of westerly magazine and jeffrey cyphers wright of live mag most saturdays at 5 00 pm east coast time it was approaching midnight in spain when i read and there was some magic there the good energy of the old spirits of indie presses and creative spaces the video of my reading along with others including the rest of the mercurius editorial team is now on youtube check it out here new surreal absurd story in bending genres october 15 2025 i m delighted to share that my story burning bush has just been published in issue forty seven of the always exciting magazine bending genres i m thrilled and honored to be in such terrific company with new work by kim magowan francine witte glen pourciau and many more bold brilliant voices pushing the boundaries of form and feeling a bit about the magazine bending genres is a vibrant literary journal devoted to hybrid experimental and genre defying writing since its launch it has carved out a home for the strange the surreal the emotionally raw and the stylistically adventurous burning bush is a surreal absurd story about forbidden desires and passion set within a strange heightened religious world it begins knot your neckties thick as the bishop s handshake the smell of starch starching the air welcome to sunday there s fire ritual a bishop who spits flame worship confusion longing and perhaps a little anne of green gables you can read it now at bending genres burning bush and while you re there i encourage you to dive into the rest of issue 47 it s full of wild inventive and moving work that defies easy categorization thanks for reading and for supporting the strange mercurius launch at backstory books in barcelona october 10 2025 tomorrow we continue the mercurius surreal absurd show at backstory books in barcelona another round of readings another dream map improv the dream map improv will involve the audience this time since there are only three readers marcus silcock thomas helm hugh beim steinberg the program will feature short readings from poets in the anthology followed by a collective interactive activity the dream map together poets and audience will create an improvised surreal world on paper naming new lands seas and landmarks inspired by the poems themselves the event will conclude with a guided journey through this dreamscape led by the poets and enriched by the audience s imagination mercurius launch at dorothy circus gallery in london october 10 2025 the mercurius surreal absurd show was terrific at dorothy circus gallery in london a real feast of the imagination with an improv dream map the space was also delicious with dream rugs we read surreal absurd stories and poems by flashlight and improvised a performance on the dream map soon to appear on spotify with music and some remixing you can buy the terrific mercurius surreal absurd anthology over here it s one of a kind new surreal absurd stories in rawhead september 24 2025 i m happy to share that two of my prose poems appear in the inaugural issue of rawhead literary journal alongside brilliant voices like meg pokrass brad rose jeff friedman and many more fab writers read my other prose poem and the full issue here https rawheadjournal org issue one template 2 the mercurius show interactive livestream event september 17 2025 the september 20 2025 episode of lit balm an interactive livestream reading series will be the mercurius show and feature vik shirley thomas helm marcus silcock and ben niespodziany as always we ll begin with poems from our hosts and end with an open mic it s gonna be a doozy i am going to read a prose poem from the mercurius surreal absurd anthology and then some new microfiction from my book in progress reality bites if you fancy tuning in click here mercurius surreal absurd virtual reading marathon august 29 2025 mercurius anthology of surreal absurd is out in the world a joy to co edit this puppy terrific online launch a reading marathon of 18 readers other launches coming soon in london at dorothy gallery and edinburgh scotland and barcelona spain double whammy two new micro fictions august 18 2025 double whammy two new micro fictions just dropped i m thrilled to share two fresh micro fictions out in the wild the judo king set in northern ireland this piece dives into the immigrant experience through the lens of a judo master with a secret published by maudlin house read the judo king wiggle a love hotel in seoul license plates covered desire disguise and the strange choreography of intimacy published by blood honey lit read wiggle the judo king new microfiction published at maudlin house august 15 2025 i m excited to share that my new microfiction the judo king is now live at maudlin house maudlin house is a small press that celebrates experimental and boundary pushing literature blending mainstream pop culture with avant garde storytelling their mission to challenge readers perspectives and explore the human condition through weird unconventional writing yes please read the story click here to read the judo king at maudlin house new 21st century anthology of surreal absurd poetry released august 11 2025 we re excited to share the release of the first anthology from mercurius magazine a groundbreaking collection of contemporary surrealist and absurdist poetry edited by marcus silcock vik shirley thoman helm and benjamin niespodziany this volume brings together over 80 poets whose work challenges conventional form and embraces the strange the uncanny and the beautifully unclassifiable spanning 370 pages the anthology offers a rare and expansive look at the evolving terrain of surreal absurd poetics this is more than a book it s a celebration of language at its most inventive and unpredictable whether you re a longtime enthusiast of surrealism or newly curious mercurius invites you to explore a literary space where logic loosens and imagination takes the lead we extend our deepest thanks to all the contributors who made this book what it is and to everyone who continues to support the strange and the luminous in contemporary literature learn more and order your copy here about mercurius magazine and the surreal absurd founded in 2020 mercurius magazine has grown into a dedicated platform for contemporary surrealist writing editors thomas helm and marcus silcock coined the term surreal absurd to describe a distinct poetic mode one that blends surrealism with minimalist structure absurdist tone and narrative elements often favoring the prose poem while many poets were already working in this style their voices were scattered across various publications helm and silcock envisioned a space where this form could thrive one that embraced immediacy accessibility and a kind of joyful weirdness their goal was to create a home for poetry that speaks to the present moment and resonates with a wide range of readers zimzalla grzegorz wróblewski asemics august 4 2025 in manchester a few months ago i picked up a box of grzegorz wróblewski s asemics it is part of the delightful zimzalla project run by tom jenks you can buy your own box of mysteries over here https zimzalla co uk 067 grzegorz wroblewski asemics it is a nice compliment to his book of asemic art shanty town you can see some examples over at mercurius magazine bunker a new surreal absurd microfiction july 18 2025 new microfiction published bunker at blood honey they were the burning bush in the wilderness of starched fathers the wolves howled outside mother leaned against the dresser to pop out another sister what big eyes said mother my latest microfiction bunker is now live at blood honey a surreal absurdist glimpse into a family s strange rituals at the edge of the end days it s a short sharp shock of a piece part fever dream part prophecy part domestic myth if you like your fiction weird wild and a little bit feral this one s for you read it here bunker at blood honey unbroken journal july 7 2025 super happy to have a new one paragraph story in unbroken unbroken is a quarterly online journal that seeks to showcase prose poems and poetic prose both from established and emerging voices we desire to give the block the paragraph the unlineated prose a new place to play my story or maybe it s a prose poem is about a lucky elephant here is the opening to my story it s called elephant in the room father was bling king his gold necklace hung between his hard coconuts he pulled apart cars but forgot to put them back together the engines leaked blood in our driveways mother made chocolate santa sleighs and sold them to the local sensei plus oils to lighten the eyelids plus 12 children for daycare our home was also graced with the lucky elephant i walked out into the world and the elephant followed me he s been following me ever since you can read the rest of the story and all the other fab one paragraph stories prose poems in the new issue over here chalk talk a noir flash fiction july 3 2025 the detective scans the tree jacaranda sticks to her sandals yes you guessed it it s that time the time of flowers the fiesta of flowers old timers are weaving them into great wreaths on the ground outlined in chalk this week another flash fiction just published in the magazine your impossible voice it is called chalk talk it is a bit noir a bit detective during a fiesta of flowers maybe bits of lynch in there too there is definitely a donut but that comes at the end read the rest of the story over here broken antler july 1 2025 it s been a nice week for publishing some new microfiction broken antler has just published my fairy tale mythological story for the birds you can read the story along with some other great stories in the new issue of broken antler over here a reading of pickled herring june 26 2025 a reading of my new surreal absurd story called pickled herring recently published in the magazine blood honey you can read the story over here https www bloodhoneylit com fiction pickled herring surreal absurd microfiction the magic of pickled herring june 18 2025 i do not like to expose my neck to the barber my head is full of migratory birds thinks kato walking the dust park remembering the lush fish on the way to work a plump man always stopped to ask for loose change she refused until one day that one day changed the rest of the days he always found her whether she was far from his favourite tram tracks under a scraggly tree or lining up to buy beetroot for borscht he was there with his hand asking for more loose change my new surreal absurd new micro fiction in the magazine blood honey it s about the magic of pickled herring it takes place in poland you can read the story at https www bloodhoneylit com fiction pickled herring from the wilds of poland may 10 2025 finding the bone april 20 2025 i have a new prose poem in the latest issue number 159 of right hand pointing right hand pointing is fab minimalist magazine i have loved the magazine over the years i am super happy to my new work in there it is a childhood story a bit of magic beneath the trees check out the rest of the terrific issue over here launch of dream dust in manchester england april 17 2025 video of my reading for the launch of my new book dream dust broken sleep 2025 in manchester it was a terrific afternoon of surreal absurd poetry at an incredible community art space p3 annihilation eve ad england a heartfelt thank you to the dream team of fellow poets and friends who also read that afternoon vik shirley tom jenks and stephen emmerson special thanks to my cousin leanne siwoku for capturing the afternoon on film and of course a huge thank you to the terrific audience who made the event so special community and support it means so much manchester england 13 april 2025 6 bite sized surreal absurd stories april 6 2025 dream trees wolf eyes hot pockets and wing chairs a string of new prose poems published over at talking about strawberries all the time talking about strawberries all the time is an online literary journal based out of toronto ontario canada they publish new 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