Marc Colten

Biography

Marc Colten was born in 1950 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. His was influenced by the Cold War and the divisiveness of the Viet-Nam war. His literary influences were the novels of George Orwell and John LeCarre and the short stories of Saki and John Collier.

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Books

Critters
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,700. Language: American English. Published: March 31, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
In the near future, Louis Turner goes out into the night to find the mysteries hidden in the depths of the city. The world has been made grey and flavorless and he craves excitement. What he will find in that hidden world might be more than even he is prepared for.
My Father's Monkey, A Memoir
Price: Free! Words: 2,960. Language: American English. Published: February 12, 2014 . Categories: Essay » Author profile
(4.00 from 1 review)
This memoir is a history of my family's tobacco use and the effect it had on us.
Summer of Love
Price: Free! Words: 3,270. Language: English. Published: January 2, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
(5.00 from 1 review)
Belying its title, "Summer of Love" is one man's story of how his entire world was turned upside down on a beautiful summer day so many years ago. Every assumption he has made about life is destroyed, leaving him with only questions.
When You Wish and other stories of horror
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,120. Language: American English. Published: July 1, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
Can children make deals with the devil? Would Thanksgiving be as much fun if the dead came back to life? Is your dog looking at you ... funny? Eleven stories of the weird and the horrifying.
Hunger and other stories of horror
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 31,830. Language: English. Published: June 30, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Horror
What do you do when you find yourself trapped in a mausoleum? How would you explain yourself to the judge of the damned? Think you'd be lucky to be rescued by a beautiful woman in the desert? Eleven short stories about the horrors lurking just out of sight.

Marc Colten's tag cloud

20th century    abduction    cancer    cats    devil    family    futuristic    ghosts    hell    hippies    horror    scifi    tobacco    zombies