An article I penned for the Style section of the Jamaica observer came out today. I also designed the artwork, and i’ll make a post on the work that went behind the image. You can read the article here.

Tweet   Follow @marcusbird I hung out with two of my boys, who are local house DJs. They go by the name of Housing Project and you can catch them on the regular at the Fiction Night Club. There was a relaunch happening last night and they asked me to pass through. It was INSANE. Free [...]

I’m happy to announce, that my 2010 Tokyo Pecha Kucha Night presentation titled “Untitled Design” is now live at their official website. Do let me know your thoughts on the presentation when you get a chance to view it! Thanks in advance. You can check it out here. http://pecha-kucha.org/presentations/216 or you can click the images [...]

To all who have been reading my blog over the last two or three years, some of you know I started this as an outlet for writing about the process of getting published. In fact, you read my very blog posts, it’s actually about getting a literary agent, sending out packets, etc… which i never [...]

As some of you know, I’m a writer. I’ve been fortunate to have my short story “Gaijin Girl”, published in Suzanne Kamata’s 2010 edition of her Japan-based literary Journal, Yomimono. This is a short interview I did for her blog.  Click the picture to read the interview! Please comment! Arigato! Suzanne Kamata is the author [...]

The prince of the dancehall came through for a wicked show i.

This is a collection of short stories that span the globe from Jamaica to Japan. Please read the story when you get a chance, and feel free to e-mail me feedback at the address included in the ebook sampler. Thanks in advance. http://www.scribd.com/doc/28255995/Gaijin-Girl-Ebook

A Daquiri, I say, Is a sweet drink. It usually has strawberries in it, or some kind of fruit. You blend it with vodka, ice and a little sugar. In front of me, nodding and somewhat understanding, is a bartender at Planet Café. I’ve been trying to explain for roughly twelve minutes what a Daquiri [...]

I’m standing on a street corner, and a small Chinese prostitute is grabbing my arm. “Do you want massage?” she asked. “No thanks.” I said. “Only two thousand yen. Come now, we go to second floor.” “Seriously I’m good.” I replied. Beside me, the same thing was happening to Rob. The two ladies were tiny, [...]

  Some people say that psychic connections between people are the stuff of foolish talk; some kind of ethereal sensibility tossed down through the ages from folklore and near-death experiences that became the stuff of legend. For me, its pretty real. I talk to my parents pretty often, but when I’m busy and time lags, [...]