Mark N Drake
@mark-n-drake.bsky.social
Author - mostly horror. Before that: research physicist & university manager. Flits between rural Co. Durham & south of France. Check out www.markndrake.com for news/info. Free story for you at https://dl.bookfunnel.com/kn2xszai89. Please follow & say hi!
The most shocking thing about the Epstein email files? Not so much that our lords and masters are parasitic spongers cosying up to any sleazebag with a bit of cash - that's a given. No, what gets me is that, after years in the most elite boarding schools on the planet, they can't even fucking spell.
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The most shocking thing about the Epstein email files? Not so much that our lords and masters are parasitic spongers cosying up to any sleazebag with a bit of cash - that's a given. No, what gets me is that, after years in the most elite boarding schools on the planet, they can't even fucking spell.
A quick reminder that today is the final day you can get the first novel in my Lovecraftian noir series for FREE as a Kinde download. #booksky
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1)
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1) - Kindle edition by Drake, Mark N. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1).
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January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A quick reminder that today is the final day you can get the first novel in my Lovecraftian noir series for FREE as a Kinde download. #booksky
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
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Just letting you know that 'The Gathering of Shadows' (1920s Lovecraftian noir) is FREE on Kindle until 31st Jan. #booksky #lovecraft #horror
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1)
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1) - Kindle edition by Drake, Mark N. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1).
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January 27, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Just letting you know that 'The Gathering of Shadows' (1920s Lovecraftian noir) is FREE on Kindle until 31st Jan. #booksky #lovecraft #horror
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
Just letting you know that 'The Gathering of Shadows' (1920s Lovecraftian noir) is FREE on Kindle until 31st Jan. #booksky #lovecraft #horror
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1)
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1) - Kindle edition by Drake, Mark N. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1).
www.amazon.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Just letting you know that 'The Gathering of Shadows' (1920s Lovecraftian noir) is FREE on Kindle until 31st Jan. #booksky #lovecraft #horror
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
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Listen to award-winning author Suzan Palumbo @sillysyntax.bsky.social talking about her short fiction collection, SKIN THIEF, out with @neonhemlock.bsky.social.
🌈📚😱🩸📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #ReaderSky #Horror
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🌈📚😱🩸📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #ReaderSky #Horror
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January 25, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Listen to award-winning author Suzan Palumbo @sillysyntax.bsky.social talking about her short fiction collection, SKIN THIEF, out with @neonhemlock.bsky.social.
🌈📚😱🩸📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #ReaderSky #Horror
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🌈📚😱🩸📚💙 #BookSky #AmReading #ReaderSky #Horror
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Well, finally finished the Difficult Sixth Novel, more with a sense of relief than a sense of triumph. Now to take a day or two and then the fun of editing can start... Expect a new Darkisle book sometime this spring! #booksky #cosmichorror #Lovecraftian
January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Well, finally finished the Difficult Sixth Novel, more with a sense of relief than a sense of triumph. Now to take a day or two and then the fun of editing can start... Expect a new Darkisle book sometime this spring! #booksky #cosmichorror #Lovecraftian
The good thing about working at Beamish Museum is the little details you keep spotting. Here's my new favourite one. Say what you like about the British Empire, nobody else would have given the world the Machine Gun Camel.
January 10, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The good thing about working at Beamish Museum is the little details you keep spotting. Here's my new favourite one. Say what you like about the British Empire, nobody else would have given the world the Machine Gun Camel.
One for you, maybe? @cmrosens.com
Okay my loves. I need your help here with a local thing! I’m currently putting together a series of talks relating to East Sussex.
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
One for you, maybe? @cmrosens.com
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Sales still on! Queer Fiction.
- #Smashwords End of Year Sale #EOYSale - all my books 50% off: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And one book free: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
- Ko-Fi Box Set sale - RRP £29.90 to buy 11 eBooks individually, the bundle is £9.99 ko-fi.com/s/811fa7d3b0 🌈📚💙😱📚
- #Smashwords End of Year Sale #EOYSale - all my books 50% off: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And one book free: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
- Ko-Fi Box Set sale - RRP £29.90 to buy 11 eBooks individually, the bundle is £9.99 ko-fi.com/s/811fa7d3b0 🌈📚💙😱📚
Complete eBook Box Set: Complete Book Bundle RRP £29.90 (epub/pdf files) - CM Rosens's Ko-fi Shop
This is a bundle of my books - minus THE CROWS and THIRTEENTH which are both now being sold by Canelo Books!
To buy each eBook individually would se...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sales still on! Queer Fiction.
- #Smashwords End of Year Sale #EOYSale - all my books 50% off: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And one book free: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
- Ko-Fi Box Set sale - RRP £29.90 to buy 11 eBooks individually, the bundle is £9.99 ko-fi.com/s/811fa7d3b0 🌈📚💙😱📚
- #Smashwords End of Year Sale #EOYSale - all my books 50% off: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
And one book free: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
- Ko-Fi Box Set sale - RRP £29.90 to buy 11 eBooks individually, the bundle is £9.99 ko-fi.com/s/811fa7d3b0 🌈📚💙😱📚
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Spooky Advent Day 17: The Stone Tape by Nigel Kneale. An ancient evil is unleashed by an electronics research team working in a renovated Victorian mansion with much older origins, apparently haunted by a maid falling to her death. Broadcast as BBC Ghost Story for Christmas in 1972.
December 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Spooky Advent Day 17: The Stone Tape by Nigel Kneale. An ancient evil is unleashed by an electronics research team working in a renovated Victorian mansion with much older origins, apparently haunted by a maid falling to her death. Broadcast as BBC Ghost Story for Christmas in 1972.
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Chapter 4: Liverpool Horror Book Con is going to be freaking massive 👻
Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce
@demccluskey.bsky.social as one of our attending authors.
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Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce
@demccluskey.bsky.social as one of our attending authors.
🩸📚😱📚💙
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Chapter 4: Liverpool Horror Book Con is going to be freaking massive 👻
Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce
@demccluskey.bsky.social as one of our attending authors.
🩸📚😱📚💙
Join 45 indie horror authors from the UK and Europe on 11 April for a day you won’t forget!
We are delighted to announce
@demccluskey.bsky.social as one of our attending authors.
🩸📚😱📚💙
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My New Laptop fund is at 3%! If you'd like to support my writing, publishing, and illustrating goals, consider buying me a Ko-fi. ko-fi.com/iseultmurphy...
Visit Iseult Murphy's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My New Laptop fund is at 3%! If you'd like to support my writing, publishing, and illustrating goals, consider buying me a Ko-fi. ko-fi.com/iseultmurphy...
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Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1979 Xmas Special)
YouTube video by Symphonyofflowers
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December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Work commitments have stopped me helping out with our little group's latest project to restore a Hawker Hunter F6 to static display condition. The guys have done great work on her, hopefully I'll be around to help with the wings! #aviation #hawkerhunter
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Work commitments have stopped me helping out with our little group's latest project to restore a Hawker Hunter F6 to static display condition. The guys have done great work on her, hopefully I'll be around to help with the wings! #aviation #hawkerhunter
I concur
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I concur
A great read through by Julia of my short story 'The Plot' from the collection 'Shards of of Shattered Darkness'
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The Plot by Mark N Drake.
YouTube video by Morgan Scorpion
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September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A great read through by Julia of my short story 'The Plot' from the collection 'Shards of of Shattered Darkness'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJq...
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~Creepy old houses have feelings too
~Lonely cannibal lad next door
~Doomed woman out of her depth in a dilapidated seaside town
~Locals with secrets
Get THE CROWS audiobook from my Ko-Fi Shop for only £5.99 (£10 off RRP)
ko-fi.com/s/436838510b
Listen for free on S01 of this podcast! 🌈📚 ace rep!
~Lonely cannibal lad next door
~Doomed woman out of her depth in a dilapidated seaside town
~Locals with secrets
Get THE CROWS audiobook from my Ko-Fi Shop for only £5.99 (£10 off RRP)
ko-fi.com/s/436838510b
Listen for free on S01 of this podcast! 🌈📚 ace rep!
The Crows Audiobook - CM Rosens's Ko-fi Shop
The audiobook version of The Crows by C.M. Rosens, narrated by the author.
Print version: published by Canelo Horror, 2024
Print version interior i...
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August 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
~Creepy old houses have feelings too
~Lonely cannibal lad next door
~Doomed woman out of her depth in a dilapidated seaside town
~Locals with secrets
Get THE CROWS audiobook from my Ko-Fi Shop for only £5.99 (£10 off RRP)
ko-fi.com/s/436838510b
Listen for free on S01 of this podcast! 🌈📚 ace rep!
~Lonely cannibal lad next door
~Doomed woman out of her depth in a dilapidated seaside town
~Locals with secrets
Get THE CROWS audiobook from my Ko-Fi Shop for only £5.99 (£10 off RRP)
ko-fi.com/s/436838510b
Listen for free on S01 of this podcast! 🌈📚 ace rep!
Sunrise this morning at the start of a scorching day's #camping in #Yorkshire. Yes, I said scorching and Yorkshire in the same sentence.
August 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sunrise this morning at the start of a scorching day's #camping in #Yorkshire. Yes, I said scorching and Yorkshire in the same sentence.
A busy day marshalling an event in the woods. Which to the uninitiated looks a lot like sitting in a camping chair with coffee and a Kindle.
August 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A busy day marshalling an event in the woods. Which to the uninitiated looks a lot like sitting in a camping chair with coffee and a Kindle.
Latest #cyanotype efforts. Love the holes created in the dock leafs (I think by Green Dock Beetle larvae)
August 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Latest #cyanotype efforts. Love the holes created in the dock leafs (I think by Green Dock Beetle larvae)
Taking a brief pause from writing Darkisle Book 6 at the halfway point. Thought I'd try the self-publicising thing for a change and remind everyone about the first book in the series, The Gathering of Shadows. Do please check it out if you like noir Lovecraftian horror!
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1)
The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1) - Kindle edition by Drake, Mark N. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Gathering of Shadows (The Glennison Darkisle Cases Book 1).
www.amazon.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Taking a brief pause from writing Darkisle Book 6 at the halfway point. Thought I'd try the self-publicising thing for a change and remind everyone about the first book in the series, The Gathering of Shadows. Do please check it out if you like noir Lovecraftian horror!
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
www.amazon.com/dp/B08B45XRM9
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So this is fun, my 3 novels combined now have 317 ratings on Goodreads! I wonder what it will be by the end of the year...
You can start with any of them but feel free to read chronologically. They're all pretty different though.
You can start with any of them but feel free to read chronologically. They're all pretty different though.
July 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So this is fun, my 3 novels combined now have 317 ratings on Goodreads! I wonder what it will be by the end of the year...
You can start with any of them but feel free to read chronologically. They're all pretty different though.
You can start with any of them but feel free to read chronologically. They're all pretty different though.
I hate it so when books fall out...
July 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I hate it so when books fall out...
Thanks for the opportunity, Rebecca! x
July 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thanks for the opportunity, Rebecca! x
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Meet Jalen Tellis (he/him), an indie novelist & screenwriter, and his books, "Samurai Reborn: The Black Samurai", nominated for several Indie Ink Awards in 2024, and "Incursion". #SciFi #Fantasy #IndieAuthor #AuthorInterview #AuthorSpotlight
Author Spotlight: Jalen Tallis
Meet Jalen Tellis (he/him), an indie novelist & screenwriter, and his books, "Samurai Reborn: The Black Samurai", nominated for several Indie Ink Awards in 2024, and "Incursion".
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July 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Meet Jalen Tellis (he/him), an indie novelist & screenwriter, and his books, "Samurai Reborn: The Black Samurai", nominated for several Indie Ink Awards in 2024, and "Incursion". #SciFi #Fantasy #IndieAuthor #AuthorInterview #AuthorSpotlight