Mark Zidzik
@markzidzik.bsky.social
The #OwnVoices #Author of " #Dracula / Harker: A #Gay #Gothic #Romance " and unapologetic anti-reactionary. Hate my sexual orientation, politics, and book, and see if I care.
Book website: https://markzidzik.com
Author blog: https://markzidzik.com/blog
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Book website: https://markzidzik.com
Author blog: https://markzidzik.com/blog
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Coming this Saturday, a new queer holiday album by Arlo Novak! "Everwarm" Featuring Nico Lysander and Sky!
Get Queer this holiday with cozy songs just for us!
Preview "Home is You" today!
on.soundcloud.com/xnMWr43c7Q0d...
#queer #holiday #music #lgbtq #queerchristmas
#queermusic #queerholiday
Get Queer this holiday with cozy songs just for us!
Preview "Home is You" today!
on.soundcloud.com/xnMWr43c7Q0d...
#queer #holiday #music #lgbtq #queerchristmas
#queermusic #queerholiday
Everwarm
New compostions by Arlo Novak for a Queer holiday season. Just for us! Joined by Nico Lysander and Sky! Cozy up by the fire!
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December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Coming this Saturday, a new queer holiday album by Arlo Novak! "Everwarm" Featuring Nico Lysander and Sky!
Get Queer this holiday with cozy songs just for us!
Preview "Home is You" today!
on.soundcloud.com/xnMWr43c7Q0d...
#queer #holiday #music #lgbtq #queerchristmas
#queermusic #queerholiday
Get Queer this holiday with cozy songs just for us!
Preview "Home is You" today!
on.soundcloud.com/xnMWr43c7Q0d...
#queer #holiday #music #lgbtq #queerchristmas
#queermusic #queerholiday
Always remember: Mengele was a doctor. The credential is no guarantee its holder has a moral compass and professional ethics.
#LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy #BanConversionTherapy
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#LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy #BanConversionTherapy
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LGBT survivors tell of 'barbaric' NHS electric shock therapy
More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks in NHS hospitals, the BBC discovers.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Always remember: Mengele was a doctor. The credential is no guarantee its holder has a moral compass and professional ethics.
#LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy #BanConversionTherapy
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#LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy #BanConversionTherapy
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Raise up LGBTQ+ voices in song and protest!
"Arlo Novak is an LGBTQ+ singer-songwriter blending folk-rock, raw emotion, and poetic storytelling. (1/2)
#LGBTQ #LGBTQMusic #Queer #QueerMusic #NewMusic #MusicDiscovery #NowPlaying
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"Arlo Novak is an LGBTQ+ singer-songwriter blending folk-rock, raw emotion, and poetic storytelling. (1/2)
#LGBTQ #LGBTQMusic #Queer #QueerMusic #NewMusic #MusicDiscovery #NowPlaying
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ArloNovak
Arlo Novak is an LGBTQ+ singer-songwriter blending folk-rock, raw emotion, and poetic storytelling. With haunting melodies and heartfelt lyrics, he crafts songs of love, loss, and resilience—igniting
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December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Raise up LGBTQ+ voices in song and protest!
"Arlo Novak is an LGBTQ+ singer-songwriter blending folk-rock, raw emotion, and poetic storytelling. (1/2)
#LGBTQ #LGBTQMusic #Queer #QueerMusic #NewMusic #MusicDiscovery #NowPlaying
soundcloud.com/arlonovak
"Arlo Novak is an LGBTQ+ singer-songwriter blending folk-rock, raw emotion, and poetic storytelling. (1/2)
#LGBTQ #LGBTQMusic #Queer #QueerMusic #NewMusic #MusicDiscovery #NowPlaying
soundcloud.com/arlonovak
Embers can create an inferno. Keep remembering and never let the uncaring forget. #HIV #AIDS #RedRibbon #LGBTQ
Flamma Indomita never bows, never backs down for they represent our collective resilience our unwavering resistance, our unquenchable fire. But the fight our slain soldiers fought right to the very end, earns our humbleness and admiration.
#AIDS #LGBTQ #neverforget
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#AIDS #LGBTQ #neverforget
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The Embers of Memory
YouTube video by The Queer Triptych
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December 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Embers can create an inferno. Keep remembering and never let the uncaring forget. #HIV #AIDS #RedRibbon #LGBTQ
Better a brave heart with hope than hate born of fear.
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" on sale now at
www.amazon.com/Dracula-Hark...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #GothicRomance #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" on sale now at
www.amazon.com/Dracula-Hark...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #GothicRomance #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Better a brave heart with hope than hate born of fear.
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" on sale now at
www.amazon.com/Dracula-Hark...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #GothicRomance #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" on sale now at
www.amazon.com/Dracula-Hark...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #GothicRomance #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
I can only hope to die before the deluded, bigoted, Russia-and China-loving traitors in my birth country (MAGAts in the U.S.) and adopted country (KMT supporters in Taiwan) get me killed.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I can only hope to die before the deluded, bigoted, Russia-and China-loving traitors in my birth country (MAGAts in the U.S.) and adopted country (KMT supporters in Taiwan) get me killed.
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"There are vampire legends on almost every inhabited planet..."
"Doctor Who: State of Decay" part 2 (1980). #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: State of Decay" part 2 (1980). #DoctorWho
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"There are vampire legends on almost every inhabited planet..."
"Doctor Who: State of Decay" part 2 (1980). #DoctorWho
"Doctor Who: State of Decay" part 2 (1980). #DoctorWho
Tucker Carlson, whose given name is one letter removed from an obscenity, should take care with the obscenities he uses.
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Tucker Carlson Eggs On Piers Morgan To Say Gay Slur In Revolting Interview
The ousted Fox News host claimed that the “only people” he ever hears use the word are gay.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tucker Carlson, whose given name is one letter removed from an obscenity, should take care with the obscenities he uses.
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And those who love to hate never know true happiness.
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
And those who love to hate never know true happiness.
Here's renaming Black Friday to Bloody Friday to announce "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" is preemptively discounted on Amazon and Kobo at a very affordable $0.99 USD.
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#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #ParanormalRomance
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#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #ParanormalRomance
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Here's renaming Black Friday to Bloody Friday to announce "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" is preemptively discounted on Amazon and Kobo at a very affordable $0.99 USD.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDKY42RY
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #ParanormalRomance
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDKY42RY
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #ParanormalRomance
An oldie but a goodie....
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November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
An oldie but a goodie....
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Oh, for days long gone, when, owing to the nonexistence of the Internet and the prevalence of bookstores, readers could spend hours delightedly searching out their own best books, leafing through their pages to get a sense of them before taking their booty to the cashier
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Oh, for days long gone, when, owing to the nonexistence of the Internet and the prevalence of bookstores, readers could spend hours delightedly searching out their own best books, leafing through their pages to get a sense of them before taking their booty to the cashier
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Oh, look! It's the next Republican National Convention.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Oh, look! It's the next Republican National Convention.
"The pair had been directed to lifeboat eight, but Isidor had refused to board while there were younger men barred from boarding, according to documents from the UK’s National Archives. His wife is then said to have also refused, saying: 'Where you go, I go.'"
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They chose to die together on the Titanic. Now a reminder of their love story is going on sale | CNN
Isidor and Ida Straus are remembered as two of the highest-profile victims of the Titanic disaster. More than a century after the tragedy, the pocket watch Isidor was wearing at the time has come up f...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"The pair had been directed to lifeboat eight, but Isidor had refused to board while there were younger men barred from boarding, according to documents from the UK’s National Archives. His wife is then said to have also refused, saying: 'Where you go, I go.'"
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“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” — Thomas Mann
(If I recall, he gave this line to a character, but it’s a good one)
(If I recall, he gave this line to a character, but it’s a good one)
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” — Thomas Mann
(If I recall, he gave this line to a character, but it’s a good one)
(If I recall, he gave this line to a character, but it’s a good one)
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If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered “violent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered “violent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?
Is the irony lost on anyone when a swine says “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”?
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#Trump
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#Trump
Trump snaps at reporter over Epstein files question: 'Quiet, piggy'
US president Donald Trump snapped "quiet, piggy" at a reporter after they asked him a question about the Epstein files.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Is the irony lost on anyone when a swine says “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”?
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#Trump
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#Trump
I have a few quibbles over some details in this essay on E. M. Forster's novel "Maurice," but the author expresses admirable sentiments nonetheless.
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#gayromance #gayfiction
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#gayromance #gayfiction
Echoes of Classics
Forster wrote Maurice in 1913 and then locked it away, knowing it couldn't be published during his lifetime because England would imprison him for writing honestly about men loving men. The novel...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I have a few quibbles over some details in this essay on E. M. Forster's novel "Maurice," but the author expresses admirable sentiments nonetheless.
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#gayromance #gayfiction
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#gayromance #gayfiction
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I": a novella not for the faint of heart.
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #LGBTQFiction #QueerRomance #QueerFiction #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #LGBTQFiction #QueerRomance #QueerFiction #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I": a novella not for the faint of heart.
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #LGBTQFiction #QueerRomance #QueerFiction #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #LGBTQFiction #QueerRomance #QueerFiction #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
Mike Johnson
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Mike Johnson
But no one reads either.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
But no one reads either.
How can the Gothic survive the present age of cynical, passionless banality?
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
How can the Gothic survive the present age of cynical, passionless banality?
Kim Davis exercising her religious freedom to be a bigoted POS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Kim Davis exercising her religious freedom to be a bigoted POS.
For now, Kim Davis cannot jeopardize same-sex marriage. Here's hoping the sanctimonious hypocrite gets distracted from further court appeals by a fourth divorce and a fifth marriage.
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Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For now, Kim Davis cannot jeopardize same-sex marriage. Here's hoping the sanctimonious hypocrite gets distracted from further court appeals by a fourth divorce and a fifth marriage.
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