Born into a gold mining family in Alaska, Martin Ott has traveled the world speaking a number of languages, all of which have been helpful in his work as a Russian linguist, a military interrogator and now as a screenwriter in Los Angeles. His fiction and poetry have appeared in over fifty magazines and anthologies, and he has optioned three screenplays.
All work
The straggly band wants another hundred bucks /
in case the reception lasts past midnight, as it looks /
like it might. Dust in the Wind doesn’t play itself. …
Raised above cheering balconies, /
children skitter to the apex /
lighter than parents, than air. …
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