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Mark Zidzik
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The #OwnVoices #Author of " #Dracula / Harker: A #Gay #Gothic #Romance " and unapologetic anti-reactionary. Hate my politics, hate my book, hate me, and see if I care. Book website: https://markzidzik.com Author blog: https://markzidzik.com/blog 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇹🇼
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 6h
Though "[he is] an appetite, nothing more," I hunger for him.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 7h
Inspired by Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" and Trump's administration, my short story titled "Death Masks: Vignettes of Anti-Reactionary Retribution" is an advent calendar of sorts for Halloween. Every two or three days, it will offer a new vengeful surprise!
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Death Masks: Vignettes of Anti-Reactionary Retribution
Death came for the last guard, begowned in the red of the blood the soldier had spilled, first overseas, then at home. Though their pallid face’s lowered lids appeared alluring under ashy eyeshadow…
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 10h
Instead of an ejection seat, King Trump has an evacuation chute to prevent him from drowning in his own s#!t.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
Another disease-bearing mosquito squashed.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
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White House’s Bluesky Debut Epically Backfires With Immediate Trolling
The White House has joined the left-leaning social media site—and has been made thoroughly unwelcome.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
And there's more:
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
Are the Marines actually THAT stupid?
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
"The Mocking of Christ" by Gerrit van Honthorst
So, this is what Trump and MAGA have been doing all this time.
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Dark & Gloomy Art
The Mocking of Christ, circa 1617. Painted by Gerrit van Honthorst. A poignant masterpiece of Dutch Caravaggism, this painting captures the harrowing moment of Christ’s humiliation with searing...
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
Justice may be ineffective, but karma is not.
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Trump says he has commuted sentence of former Rep. George Santos | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said on social media Friday that he is commuting the sentence of disgraced former Rep. George Santos, who had been serving a seven-year sentence for the fraud charges that got h...
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
This year, I'm rooting for the Martians.
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#WarOfTheWorlds #OrsonWelles #HGWells #Halloween
War Of The Worlds - Original 1938 Radio Broadcasts (2011 Remastered Version)
YouTube video by Orson Welles - Topic
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
With all the deplorables' daily horrors and all scary things being orange year-round, Halloween has unfortunately lost it luster.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
No Führers either. #NoKings
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
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White House joins Bluesky and immediately trolls Trump opponents
The White House has joined Bluesky, the social media platform of choice of many in the left-leaning online world.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 2d
The Fourth Reich has invaded Bluesky. Either get bombed with lies and propaganda or block, block, block. #Trump #Republicans #MAGA
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No kings......
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 3d
Trump knows he is dying, and because he can't take anything to his grave, he will burn everything to the ground before he goes.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 5d
#MAGA, meet #Jesus.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 5d
Gothic fiction is many things. It can take place at any time and in any place. Its plots span everything from ghostly love to evil incarnate. But there are certain elements that make fiction Gothic. Here is one take on those.
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#GothicRomance #GothicHorror #BookSky
A comprehensive guide to Gothic fiction
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 7d
The title alone captured my interest.
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COVER REAVEAL

MEET VAMPURR
Her fur shines blacker than a raven’s feathers.
Her eyes glow greener than a witch’s brew.
But most unusual of all are her long, needle-sharp fangs.
This is her story...

In bookstores on 7/6/26
Written by me, illustrated by the incredible
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The cover of an upcoming picture book, VAMPURR. The title apperas over a full, flourescent green/yellow full moon in the top center of the square book image. Beneath it is a vampire kitten. She has long pointy, pinkish ears, green eyes, black fur, and long fangs. She wears a purple cape. She is surrounded by ethereal fog that moves through a cemetery filled with tombstones all around her. In back of her is a cemetery entrance gate with a Latino boy entering the cemetery through it. Purple, twisting trees border the entire image. It's purples, blues, pinks, and greens/yellows.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 8d
"Eight Books That Queer the Vampire."
Really?
And here, all this time, I thought vampires were always queer.
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8 Books That Queer the Vampire - Electric Literature
These authors find creativity and liberation in hunger, desire, and depravity.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 10d
Dissolve? Laura Ingraham need only look at the Nobel Prize Committee to turn them into stone.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 10d
Seems Trump's struggle to achieve an unjust and violent transition from democracy to dictatorship missed the mark.
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 10d
Those who would scare us will one day find out what fear is--if only when the Grim Reaper calls. Until then, enjoy scaring yourself with "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I."
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#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #GothicRomance #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 12d
The face of 'Merica: a thug pointing a gun at your face. Even wearing a mask, it's ugly AF.
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This strikes me as pretty bad
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Mark Zidzik @markzidzik.bsky.social · 12d
Republicans' Fourth Reich won't be happy until it brings back electroshock therapy.
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Supreme Court Appears Poised To Hand The Religious Right Another Win
The case could have sweeping implications for LGBTQ+ youth and the regulation of health care across the country.
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