All the Work I Never Wanted:
A Memoirella of Jobs
By Rex Marshall
Arrives May Day, 2026
Cover art by Justin Gradin (full cover announced in March!)
About All the Work I Never Wanted
Have you ever worked fast food and watched someone spit in a burger? What about a plastic cup-making factory, where your trainer was missing fingers and you nearly fainted from the fumes? Have you ever sold plasma and been maimed by it? Delivered newspapers in the early hours of the night? Rex Marshall has, and his dreams are still haunted by old coworkers and debilitating odors.
All the Work I Never Wanted contains all of Rex Marshall’s minimum wage stories from 1987-2002. All the years he traded his time for low wages. Paying the bills with his precious hours. Tales of toils. Workplace woe. Has he ever not worked? Will he ever not work? Rex is now brain damaged and has bad hips. You lift 16 tons and what do you get? Fast food scars and a warehouse back. All the Work I Never Wanted: A Memoirella of Jobs is Rex Marshall’s pathetic and seedy C.V. Please do not hire him.
Why we selected All The Work I Never Wanted for our next title
We first met Rex when he performed at the 2024 10 Year Anniversary show of the Banana Pitch Variety Show and we were sold. Rex sang as his long-time musical act, Mattress then performed some of his poetry. This was no typical poetry performance. Rex created a real scene, man. Every ear in that theater was waiting for what he’d say next, and every few moments, one of the sweetest sounds one could hope for: laughter.
That was the same experience we had reading Work. The stories in this collection gave us that oh man been there kinda feeling but also that thank god that wasn’t me kinda feeling, too.
We’re delighted to publish Rex Marshall’s memoirella of jobs, All the Work I Never Wanted and are delighted you might consider helping us make that happen.
Photo by Roderick Allen
About the Author
Rex Marshall is from Las Vegas and still recovering from that fact. When he is not trading his hours for money, Rex Marshall jets around with his long running music project Mattress. He runs a small print publication called Mercy Flush. Plays vinyl records in the coolest bars. Collects books, VHS, records coins, rocks and drum machines. His favorite color used to be blue but he doesn’t play favorites anymore. He laughs too loud and if you must, he prefers tequila soda in a tall glass.
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