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Six Spring Tweets
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April 1, 2013 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

Social media ‘haikus’ on my blog — my motto for spring comes from Wikimedia; the caption for the photograph said: «Old beggar of Tangier, Morocco singing a monotonous, wailing chant to attract the attention of the passers-by. He is a cheerful soul, however, and a pleasant contrast to some of the members of his brotherhood who capitalize their deformities.» — This could be me waiting for Thank You For Your Sperm. [Continue reading]

Category: Stories, The Picture Goers | Tags: 19th century, Beggar, Bertolucci, Brando, Charles Baudelaire, H. C. Andersen, hypnosis, Jorge Luis Borges, Milton Erickson, paris, Samurai, Schneider, Tangier, trance, tweet, twitter, Wikimedia
Aller avec Maigret
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October 1, 2012 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

Finished Simenon’s (first) Maigret detective novel: somehow I know that I read this one and many others about the inspector …
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Category: Commentary, Review, Writerly Advice | Tags: 1929, Crime, Detective, Georges Simenon, Lucia Joyce, Maigret, Mystery, paris
when in paris, pick me up some dragon lotion & some poodle juice & then let’s make dirty love and climb the eiffel tower
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August 14, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

In Paris, I bought a leather portfolio with very large white pages in it loosely bound—I spoke to it thus: …
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Category: Goings-on, Metafiction, Writerly Advice | Tags: condom, dragon lotion, eiffel tower, frank zappa, goethe, huxley, paris, patrick blanc, poodle juice, rue de buci, Tiergarten, tourism, vertical garden
i hate wasting time…
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August 3, 2011 by Marcus Speh (Birkenkrahe)

…but i’m generous with space, which is why i re-post my reply to a post by richard nash at red lemonade. …
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Category: Commentary, Writerly Advice | Tags: baboon, bergman, community, jenny davidson, kindle, online, paris, penguins, publishing, red lemonade, richard nash, thoth

(Birkenkrahe) — Storyteller & Professor

I am German writer who lives in Berlin. My short fiction has been published in elimae, Mad Hatter's Review, kill author, PANK and elsewhere. First published in 2009 at Metazen, I've been nominated for a Micro Award, two Pushcart Prizes, two Best of the Net awards and two Million Writers Awards, and a novella of mine was longlisted for the Paris Literary Prize. My short fiction collection "Thank You For Your Sperm" is published in 2013 by MadHat Press. My mosaic novel "Gizella" is forthcoming from Folded Word Press. I have a lush web site at marcusspeh.com (English), I blog on Tumblr und Deutsch auf marcusspeh.de. Join me on Facebook, on Twitter, Pinterest or send me an email.