Mark Anthony Smith

I was born in Hull and I've loved books from an early age. I read English at The University of Hull before graduating in Social Sciences with The Open University. I'm really pleased that Hull won the U.K. City of Culture 2017 as I saw what it did for Liverpool.

I never thought I'd write poetry. But I was drawn to a book on Haiku in 2014. I started working with this form towards the end of that year. I had 'Hearts of the matter' commended in a National Magazine. Some of my other poems appear in a 2016 International anthology with all proceeds to Rescue animals.

In 2018, I've contributed to the album 'Safe and warm' by 'Musicians for homeless' with a monologue kindly read by the actor Ian Ralph. Please support those less fortunate.

WINNER: November 2019 - 'The Hermit' - Blue Animal Literature @BlueLiterature .

Poetry can be just as weighty as a novel. It's condensed but not watered down. I'm currently working on fiction projects. Short stories and poems have appeared in The Horror Tree: Trembling With Fear, Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Aphotic Realm, Rune Bear, Detritus, Fiction Kitchen Berlin, The Cabinet of Heed, Nymphs, Spelk, Eerie River, Dodging The Rain, InkPantry, Red Cape Publishing and more.

I hope you enjoy reading the fictions and poems as much as I did shaping them.

Horror Anthologies:

Red Cape Publishing - 'A - Z of Horror': Aliens through to Genies.

Eerie River Publishing

Nocturnal Sirens Publishing

Macabre Ladies

Facebook:

Mark Anthony Smith - Author

Twitter: @MarkAnthonySm16

Www.markanthonysmith.com

@SpelkFiction , @Truly_U_ , @DetritusOnline , @CabinetOfHeed , @pphatinyjournal , @nymphswriting , @FictionBerlin , @BlueLiterature , @EerieRiver , @RedCapePublish , @dodgingtherain , @FeversOf , XmasIR , @fatcatmagazine , @InkPantry , @StoriesAlt , @commuterlit , @_IdleInk_ , @ns_publishing , @Runebearmag , @PlanetRaconteur , @HorrorTree , @PenumbricMag , @AphoticRealm , @theboldmom @DemainPubUK