“It’s Just Whatever,” the title of the opening story of Coolest American Stories 2025, could in some contexts sound like a healthy release valve for over-complicating thoughts or situations. Unfortunately, in the case of Robbie, a mid-twenties small-time drug dealer living in his childhood bedroom, the phrase seems to function as a rejection of life per se beyond his insulated world of drugs and video games.”

— North American Review

“Timothy Laurence Marsh's coastal Southern California home town set the stage for his entering college on a tennis scholarship, where he began pursuing a career in law enforcement. But an elective course in creative writing put him on a very different path.”

— Jon DiSavino, Short Story Today

Praise for Advanced Comprehension at the Doctor Awesome English Academy

“A powerful collection of stories exploring life inside the ESL education world abroad, sharp, lyrical, and thought-provoking.” — Texas Tech University

“What comes across in these pages is a restless, riveting intelligence, along with superb prose. An enormously impressive debut.” — Steve Yarbrough, author of The Realm of Last Chances

“These short, nearly frantic dissections of grammar, trauma, lust, addiction, and ambition successfully balance Marsh’s biting wit with a deep undercurrent of sadness, resulting in narratives as richly lyrical as they are haunting.” — Michael Meyerhofer, author of What To Do If You’re Buried Alive