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nd fence but willow springs has always felt especially close to home it has a spirit that i ve always admired the work inside is accessible but it also takes risks and surprises you there s a wildness to it that feels rare and alive so i m thrilled to have two prose poems in the latest issue of willow springs it s also a beautifully made magazine which makes being part of it feel even more special and to have my work appear alongside some of my favorite writers is something i m deeply grateful for you can buy the issue over here cereal city review april 8 2026 i have two new flash fictions in cereal city review they take place in sitges during a mysterious power outage no electricity or internet no phone signals no electronic payments the stories are the beginning of a horror and fantasy and fabulist novella in progress that is constantly shifting i am diving into more and more fantasy and horror with my stories that was my first love and it is coming back round again these stories are the beginning not yet finished they are the opening of the portal they will be lots of crossings you read them over here roundabouts march 22 2026 in the 1980s we moved from northern ireland to milton keynes england they had lots of roundabouts here is a new prose poem about the roundabouts just published in the new issue of elsewhere magazine https elsewheremag org issue 28 the organ grinder march 16 2026 a new microfiction from my manuscript in progress seaside saints is now up at the argyle review seaside saints might become a novella in microfiction about various characters in a small seaside town in catalunya there are twenty or so stories so far this one is about an organ grinder whose golden retriever retrieves the main character mags and all three of them take to the road freedom and travel leaving the man cave you can read it over here deer musk march 6 2026 the whole town smelled like chives and onion with a dash of mustard maciek sampled the popular dish chips thin as a shoelace mayo on the side clams in large pot with white wine brine strange though this hankering for deer musk my microfiction deer musk is now up at literary garage it s kind of feral you can read it over here red river march 1 2026 i have a new horror microfiction up at hawkeye magazine it is partly inspired by a visit to the magical ancient house of hugh behm steinberg in barcelona emperors and hermits wars and demons and spirits you can read it over here dodo eraser february 18 2026 happy to have a new microfiction at dodo eraser it takes place in trieste italy where i lived many moons ago poverty and art and dog walking the story is called higher callings you can read it here big fish nominated for best small fictions 2025 february 10 2026 some nice news this morning my micro fiction big fish has been nominated by flash frontier an adventure in short fiction from new zealand for best small fictions 2025 thank you to michelle elvy editor of flash frontier meat sweats in diagram january 14 2026 i am happy to have a serial prose poem in the new issue of diagram diagram has been around a good while it was one of my earliest publications in the early part of this century my earlier work is in issues 3 4 and 4 4 this new work is in issue 25 4 the serial prose poem is different than the work i ve been publishing lately it is not microfiction it is def prose poetry meat sweats was written a few summers ago in london and barcelona and berlin it is hard to stop the meat sweats you can read meat sweats and the other fab experimental work in the issue over here dream dust in favorite reads of 2025 december 31 2025 thank you to benjamin niespodziany for including my book dream dust for his favorite reads of 2025 i have always loved benjamin niespodziany s end of year of list of books i am honored to be included this year check out the roundup over here bombay lit mag december 15 2025 the playful grotesque microscopic gaze of the noisy unconscious in marcus poems that makes maneuvers from foaming blond ales to new lips for new lovers and as in the poem easter rabbit people the poem as thoughts bubbling in someone s mind the poems in 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 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