Martin Ott

"With crisp, gimlet-eyed storytelling, Martin Ott's Shadow Dance dramatizes compellingly the tough truth that, whether you're enlisted in Afghanistan, home in Louisiana, or trying to do right in Los Angeles, war never ends." 

-- Mark Wish, author of Watch Me Go, founding editor of Coolest American Stories

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“Dream State is a story of survival, blending Lord of the Flies with Yellowjackets, and adding a dash of Fantasy Island just for fun. Loyalties will be tested, horrors seen, and not everyone will make it to the end. A powerful, gripping story that will make you think twice about that next island retreat.” 
-- Richard Thomas, author of Spontaneous Human Combustion

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Check out my short story Election of the Fittest 
in Another Chicago Magazine. 

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Martin Ott is the author of eleven books of poetry and fiction. His first two poetry collections won the De Novo and Sandeen Prizes. His work has appeared in more than 300 magazines and 20 anthologies. A former US Army interrogator and longtime LA resident, Ott works as a communications professional and develops for TV and film in between other writing projects.