Marcus Benjamin Ray Bradley is a native of Perryville, KY and a two-time graduate of Eastern Kentucky University. He has read poetry at the University of Kentucky and multiple virtual events coordinated by Prolific Press. Marcus’ poetry has been printed in the pages of a variety of publications in the U.S. and Australia, such as the Louisville Review, Poetry Quarterly, Chiron Review, Futures Trading, Ink in Thirds, and Evening Street Press.

Other work is available online. Multiple pieces of very short fiction have been selected for publication on 50-Word Stories. Marcus also contributed to Kentucky’s “Where I’m From”: A Poetry of Place project presented by the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Poet Laureate 2015-2016 George Ella Lyon. He lives in Versailles, KY with his wife and daughters.