Reality Bites
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ROUNDABOUTS
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/ Read more
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DODO ERASER
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 Read more
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“BIG FISH” NOMINATED FOR BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2025
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). Read more
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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 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… Read more
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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
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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 in a fishbowl. Read the full piece: https://instantnoodleslitmag.com/fish-marcus-silcock/ Read more
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‘Golden Trumpet’: A Microfiction
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/ Read more
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CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD
🌾 New Horror Microfiction: “Potatoes of Promise” 🐖👹 I have a new horror micro story at the magazine CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOODFarmers 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… Read more
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Big Fish” — My Surreal Micro Story in Flash Frontier’s Fish Issue
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… Read more
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Lit Balm Online Reading
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… Read more
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The MERCURIUS Show: Interactive Livestream Event
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… Read more
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Double Whammy: Two New Micro Fictions
🎉 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… Read more
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The Judo King – New Microfiction Published at Maudlin House
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 more
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‘Bunker’: A New Surreal-Absurd Microfiction
🔥 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… Read more
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A Reading of Pickled Herring
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 Read more
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Surreal-Absurd Microfiction: The Magic of Pickled Herring
“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… Read more
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Finding the Bone
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… Read more
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6 BITE SIZED SURREAL-ABSURD STORIES
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 issues of the magazine every October and April I am happy… Read more
