Never Mind the Beasts

  • BOMBAY LIT MAG

    BOMBAY LIT MAG

    “. . . the playful, grotesque, microscopic gaze of the noisy unconscious in Marcus’ poems that makes maneuvers from foaming blond ales to “new lips… Read more.

  • Absurd Tales: Peas in G&Ts & Ghost Faces

    Absurd Tales: Peas in G&Ts & Ghost Faces

    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/ Read more.

  • Moat Gravy and Life Confetti

    Moat Gravy and Life Confetti

    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… Read more.

Marcus Silcock

“Tatra walks the forest. The trees bending and stretching into bony fingers. Someone creaks open the wooden bible. Swine inhabited by spirits swan dive into the sea. The farmers lean on their hoes. Potatoes of promise mature in dark wombs.”

from “potatoes of Promise“

“We don’t want the washing machine to kick the bucket. We stick a lemon in it. The lemon is sprinkled with baking soda. Baking soda is good for everything. I am also there with my toes, says Emil. Right he is. My toes have become his toes in the smell factory. We scrub them in the evening, around the fire, beside the rusk bucket.”

— from “Big Fish“

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