Mark Leidner‘s most recent book is the short story collection Under the Sea (Tyrant Books, 2018), called “virtuosic” by the New York Times. He is also the author of a book of poetry Beauty Was the Case that They Gave Me (Factory Hollow, 2011), a book of aphorisms The Angel in the Dream of Our Hangover (Sator, 2011), and feature films. His latest film, Empathy, Inc. (2019), a sci-fi fantasy, earned rave reviews in Variety, The Verge, and the A.V. Club and is currently viewable on iTunes, Amazon, and Shudder.