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elephant men
3September 1, 2012 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)
There was a time when we were all elephant men. Sure, it wasn’t always easy to negotiate two such different …
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MY FRIEND RUSHDIE
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Excerpt from: My Friend Salman Rushdie, in: Pachydermini Pack 4 (Turtleneck Press); donation dependent download.
«At a party, I stood next to a bald guy with a beard who didn’t say anything. I noticed a nearby couple put their heads together and whisper while pointing at me. They were smiling so I went over and inquired if I could help them in any way. “No, not at all,” said the woman, “but listen, isn’t that Sir Salman Rushdie who stood next to you just now? We’re such fans.” The man nodded.»
Excerpt from: My Friend Salman Rushdie, in: Pachydermini Pack 4 (Turtleneck Press); donation dependent download.
IN THOSE DAYS WE
«Tara, I look at us in that photo, taken so many years ago, I look at you sandwiched between Tom and me, with our left arms in casts, so ridiculous, it makes me think of music that is ridiculous also, music by Charles Ives with two bands playing against one another, or two melodies backpacking a third, or an instrument entering a dialog of two other instruments like a dangerous stranger. It makes me think of your musical voice and your rich hair, Tara, I’m thinking of you as my ship begins the landing process.»
Excerpt from: Friends, in: In Those Days We, available online at Issuu. Paperback version to appear.
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Marcus Speh
German storyteller
My short fiction collection "Thank You For Your Sperm" was published
in 2013 by MadHat Press. My mosaic novel "Gizella" is forthcoming
from Folded Word Press.
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