Author: Ben Marcus

A terrible epidemic has struck the country and the sound of children's speech has become lethal. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate ...

The short story is a barometer for the state and shape of literature. New American Stories presents the boldest, most innovative and most resonant ...

In The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus welds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past. Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles and the weat...

A bold new short story collection from one of the most exhilarating and innovative writers of our time. The stories in Leaving the Sea take place i...

'I wake up and I have to make the right choice,' he said. Master-stylist Ben Marcus returns with a wonder-cabinet of brain-rearranging stories. ...