Michael Murphy

Fiction Writer

WINTER PARK, FL
Florida US
Email: 
michael@oddlogic.com
Website: 
www.oddlogic.com

Author's Bio

Michael Murphy’s fiction explores the often-unsettling imbalance between our inner and outer selves and has featured in the Notre Dame Review, La Piccioletta Barca, Sunspot, and elsewhere. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee and finalist for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize. Home is currently Florida, and home was once London, where Michael wrote an award-winning satirical column for the Hampstead Village Voice.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Transformations - an Oxford Flash Fiction Prize Anthology (Oxford Flash Fiction Prize, 2024)
Journals:
La Piccioletta Barca
,
Magpie Zine
,
MONO.
,
Notre Dame Review
,
Nunum
,
Squawk Back
,
Sunspot Literary Journal
Prizes won: 
  • 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominee
  • Finalist for the 2024 Oxford Flash Fiction Prize

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
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Last update: Dec 22, 2025