Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Mark Barlex

Mark Barlex

Mark Barlex began writing fiction in 2021. His stories have appeared in Bandit Fiction, Flash Fiction North, Your Fire Magazine, Scribble, Coalition Works, Litmora, Roi Fainéant, Fireworks and Spank The Carp, accepted for Sci-Fi Lampoon and Streetcake Magazine, and performed at Liars’ League events in London.

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About Mark Barlex

Mark Barlex began writing fiction in 2021. His stories have appeared in Bandit Fiction, Flash Fiction North, Your Fire Magazine, Scribble, Coalition Works, Litmora, Roi Fainéant, Fireworks and Spank The Carp, accepted for Sci-Fi Lampoon and Streetcake Magazine, and performed at Liars’ League events in London. He was a semi-finalist in the Wergle Flump Humor Poetry competition, shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award, and runner-up in the Missouri Review Jeffery E Smith Editors’ Prize.

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  • The Obvious Candidate

    Mark Barlex began writing fiction in 2021. He was a semi-finalist in the Wergle Flump Humor Poetry competition, shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award, and runner-up in the Missouri Review Jeffery E Smith Editors’ Prize.