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Marcus Speh is a German author who writes in English. First published in 2009, he has published more than 150 stories. His work was nominated for a Micro Award, two Pushcart Prizes, two Best of the Net awards, two Million Writers Awards, and were shortlisted for The Reader Berlin's short story competition and longlisted for the Paris Literary Prize. Speh lives with his American wife and their daughter in Berlin.

Thank You For Your Sperm is a collection of 80 short and very short stories, which writer John Minichillo calls "short brilliant playful poetic blasts: a baby's first word is 'Hitler', the Greek God Mars donates his divine seed to a fertility clinic, a portal turns spiders into flowers, The Serious Writer buys an iPad, a mother burns, an autistic child listens. Marcus Speh, a German writer living in Germany, has a better command of English than just about anyone. His short pieces are sometimes personal, often poignant, and always perfect.

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