...is the title of my debut collection which is now available at Amazon everywhere. Special thanks for cover love go to Fictionaut members: Kathy Fish, Frank Hinton, Jürgen Fauth, Bill Yarrow, John Minichillo and James Robison. And of course thanks to publisher Marc Vincenz and his restless crew of creatives at MadHat Press.
To everyone used to reading (my) flash on the screen: I'm holding the book in my hand now and...it's a world of difference, pixels vs print, especially when you're the author.
Grateful for any reviews at Amazon where this is riding quite high now (I've got no idea why), no matter how short. My (at 188 pages no so) little book thanks you! Cheers from Berlin!
http://amzn.to/13Bmvvy (France)
http://amzn.to/14f1ZVN (Germany)
Same book everywhere.
This guy is one of the most amazing, fun, original writers around. You will enjoy the shit out of this book and return to it often--it's that good. You'll want to share it with others and read passages aloud. It's the kind of thing--when you really come down to it--that makes life worth while. Breathe deeply and enjoy. That's what it's for. It clears the head. It massages the heart. It opens the box of dreams once more. Aren't we lucky? Yes, to have in our world, at the same time as us, someone so willing to create art this wonderful.
Congratulations, Marcus. I look forward to reading it soon. I'll order it for the college library so others have a chance at it, too.
Congratulations, Marcus. Glad to have this pleasure in store.
Really looking forward to spreading the sperm, oops, I mean word, Marcus! Hearty congratulations and can't wait to read this.
Looking forward Marcus, and congratulations.
Ordered my copy. Looking forward to reading it.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
The influence of sperm on my book is overrated. Its prominent position in all publicity surrounding the event however is premeditated. I received a very lovely poem from veteran Fictionaut Matt Dennison scolding me for imposing a publication with this title on an unsuspecting American audience. Thank you all for writing, buying, reviewing and, last but not least, reading.
...you can also purchase this at the publisher's site btw, if you eschew the evil Amazon: http://madhat-press.com/pages/marcus-speh
Congrats, Marcus!
My copy of TYFYS is en route. I studied its opening pages at Amazon and placed TYFYS in my shopping cart. And, cart rather full, proceeded to check-out. I look forward to reading the collection, through, as a constructed book, and to reviewing it among other excellent publications by Fictionaut authors.
Derek Osborne, fellow writer and fellow fictionaut, has probed the depth of "Thank You For Your Sperm" and come back with a review that is a mighty fine piece of writing and that made me blush not with anger.
I think you'll enjoy reading this if you get my book, buy it, know it or not—there're things he has to say about flash fiction, the scene and the future of this art that are worth hearing.
Thank you for your sperm, Derek.
The link: http://bit.ly/OsborneSperm
Mazel tov! F2
B'ezrat Ha Shem, Michael, thank you!
Been waiting for this. :) Just in time for my birthday, too.
Också, grattis på din bok, Marcus! :)
Actually, the book is "out of print" as of this morning, I'm afraid. There are 5 printed copies left in Berlin bookshops though if you care. I already checked though, it will be available again I just don't know when. Will let you know.
Stackars mig! :( Jag har inte beställt min. Kanske Em kan köpa en kopia till mig när han besök Berlin nästa veckan. Jag ska påminna han min födelsedagen kommer snart. ;)
There're a couple more reviews now (thank you Christopher Allen/Metazen and Beach Sloth/Alt Lit) and others under way alongside two new interviews and a story that appeared on Fictionaut first, The Last Letter, barely in time for Father's Day, with an audio version. Enjoy!
Link to MadHat Lit:
http://madhatlit.com/the-last-letter-by-marcus-speh/
Not sure how long ago Thank You For Your Sperm was out of stock at Amazon, but I just got it so it's back in stock now. That shorty-short fiction is addicting, no? :)
Hi Carly thank you for publicly (!) admitting to the possession of TYFYS which is (still) legal in the US. If you let me know how you liked it with or without a photo showing you nibbling on TYFYS or batting your eyelashes or holding it away from you with two fingers and an appropriate facial expression (of your choosing), I will happily feature you (or anyone) in my TYFYS reader section at http://speh.tumblr.com/ — also called Tumblr Sperm HQ. Thank you for your sperm!
Haha, okay. I might have to wear a disguise though. What would my mother say! :P