A native Californian and former merchant seaman, Mark Terrill was a participant in the School of Visual Arts Writing Workshop in Tangier, Morocco, conducted by Paul Bowles in 1982 and has lived in Germany since 1984, working as a shipyard welder, road manager for rock bands (Mekons, American Music Club, etc.), cook, and postal worker. Recent books include Competitive Decadence (New Feral Press, 2016), Diamonds & Sapience (Dark Style, 2017), and Great Balls of Doubt (Verse Chorus Press, 2020). Forthcoming from Tract Home Publications in The Visible Spectrum Series is a collaborative novel written with Francis Poole entitled Ultrazone: A Tangier Ghost Story.