Mark Fishman

Biography

Born Milwaukee, WI.

Mark Fishman's short stories have been published in the following literary magazines: Carolina Quarterly, the Black Warrior Review, Canvass, the Mississippi Review, the Chicago Review, Insomnia, Frank (Paris), Purple Fiction (Paris), The Literary Review, Glimmer Train. His novels, The Magic Dogs of San Vicente, published by Guernica Editions, Spring 2016, and No. 22 Pleasure City, published by Guernica Editions (Guernica World Editions), Spring 2018, are available for purchase from the publisher, Amazon, and bookstores. His current novel, Thirteen Heavens, published June 2020 by Guernica Editions (Guernica World Editions), is available now. A short story, “Songwad Road,” received first prize for fiction in Glimmer Train, and appeared in issue 100 in August 2017. Short Story Takes 1st Prize in Glimmer Train.

Short articles of non-fiction have appeared frequently in Purple and Purple Fashion (Paris). Nominated by the Carolina Quarterly for the General Electric Foundation Award for Younger Writers. The English-language editor of The Purple Journal (Paris) and Les Cahiers Purple (Lisbon).

Thousand Red Banners, a limited-edition book, printed by West Coast Print Center, Berkeley, CA. 1979

France, a bilingual, limited-edition book, with photographs by Elein Fleiss, was published by Matsu Books, Paris, in Sept 2008.