Author of "Background Noise," an offbeat journey into suburbia, obsession, and the movies. Available from @thealienbuddha https://xitter.cf/t.co/1pmmL2c53Z
Ridgewood, NJ
Joined March 2026
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SOMETHING WENT WRONG AT THE MOVIES.
"Background Noise," an offbeat journey into suburbia, obsession, and the movies, is available from @thealienbuddha at amazon.com/dp/B0HK9BNFQH
Some stories made noise in @MaudlinHouse @trampset @BottleRocketLit @litgarage01. Excerpts from work in @BulbRegion @DoricLiterary @HAWKEYE_mag
I first heard the term "background noise" when I was an extra on a film set for Schwarzenegger's "Last Action Hero" in '93. A cold winter night in Times Square. The stuff we do for the movies.
BACKGROUND NOISE by Peter DeMarco is now available!
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Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0HK9BNFQH
Summer might be gone but the "Quaalude Summer" of '79 lives on in my crazy true story from @RevolutionJohnM
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"The story you are about to hear is true..." CNF by @PDMwriter !
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Thank you @RevolutionJohnM for publishing my suburban coming of age story. Sex, drugs, gangsters. Opening lines read at @dodo_eraser reading with @travis_shosa @James_CallanNZ @1funnyfarmAdams @Arched_Roadway @juscarts @lmbayley @dmitriykogan @cfullerwrites
"The story you are about to hear is true..." CNF by @PDMwriter !
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Honored by this description from @DoricLiterary and @CourtlandAvenue. Take the whirlwind tour!
“Hold Still” by @PDMwriter is an evocative, whirlwind romp through 70s suburbia, written in a brash, unique, & compelling style. It has everything: thwarted love at the bowling alley, acting classes, a Trans Am, the Bronx Zoo, a disco brawl & so much more.
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Thank you to @DoricLiterary and @CourtlandAvenue for publishing my story "Hold Still." A journey to 1978 suburbia.
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Thank you @thealienbuddha for publishing my debut novella-in-flash. Some of the pieces/excerpts originally appeared in @BottleRocketLit @MaudlinHouse @trampset @NewWorldWriting @litgarage01
Thank you to everyone who read "Autopsy Report" and for the kind and touching comments. Honored to be in @EunoiaReview . Here it is one last time. I wonder how those spelling bee kids would handle the unpronounceable nomenclature!
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Thank you to @EunoiaReview and @ianweiqiang for sharing this story of my mother's autopsy report.
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The 1,000 word version was rejected six times. @FiveMinuteLit contest motivated me to pare it down to its 100 word essence.
"Takeoff" by @pdmwriter a retired NYC high school English teacher. His writing has appeared in The New York Times “Modern Love,” The Bulb Region, New World Writing, trampset, Bottle Rocket, BULL, Hawkeye & more. "Takeoff" won our INTERSECTIONS contest, judged by @tinaehsanipour
I won a micro contest! Thank you @FiveMinuteLit and @TinaEhsanipour! The intriguing story is why I was on that plane.
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"Takeoff" by @pdmwriter a retired NYC high school English teacher. His writing has appeared in The New York Times “Modern Love,” The Bulb Region, New World Writing, trampset, Bottle Rocket, BULL, Hawkeye & more. "Takeoff" won our INTERSECTIONS contest, judged by @tinaehsanipour
This story was a childhood tragedy I could never let go. After a rejection from @PitheadChapel I worked at finding the right balance between sensitivity and truthful introspection. A year later I resubmitted. Here's the result. Thank you @kimmagowan and Kate Gehan.
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A 2009 story about a vacation in Amsterdam. Thank you to @SmokeLong and a nod to @sarpsozdinler !
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Thank you to the gracious and supportive @sarpsozdinler and @BulbRegion for sharing a piece of suburban fury.
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"[I] don’t trust him, she said, he kills things for a living now, got a pest control van, see, he’s still a bully [...]"
🚚 Don't miss Peter DeMarco's (@PDMwriter) breathless, one-sentence story, "The Good Guy," in The Bulb Region today.
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Settle back in your favorite movie-watching chair and take a look at my new story "Blue Spruce" in the @litgarage01
What starts with old movies, diner coffee & a faded suburban theater slowly becomes something far more unsettling.
@PDMwriter has written a story that is suburban nostalgia, grief, obsession & something far darker simmering underneath.
At the Garage:
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Wow, what a great description for my new short story @litgarage01 . Thank you for publishing.
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I love the graphic that @rejectionlit used for my story "The Smart Kid." Would look nice as a t-shirt or poster. Thank you again @dt_robbins and @felishonaleash
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New story at @rejectionlit about that kid from high school we all remember. Thank you @dt_robbins and @felishonaleash !
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New story at @rejectionlit about that kid from high school we all remember. Thank you @dt_robbins and @felishonaleash !
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