Mark Allan Gunnells
@markallangunnells.bsky.social
Storyteller
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Many many years ago I read some Brian Keene books and liked them well enough that I joined his message board. It was a wild and raunchy place with a lot of sexual humor, including an entire thread dedicated to speculation on the size of his dick. Wanting to fit in I tried to join in the debauchery.
Librarian by day, just like Batgirl!
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Librarian by day, just like Batgirl!
Finished this charming novella from @stevenrowley.bsky.social.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Finished this charming novella from @stevenrowley.bsky.social.
My collections Tales from the Typewriter and Portable Magic are full of meta-fiction, stories about stories and storytelling. Each with a wraparound to tie it all together.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My collections Tales from the Typewriter and Portable Magic are full of meta-fiction, stories about stories and storytelling. Each with a wraparound to tie it all together.
Just rewatched August: Osage County for the ... I don't know how many times we've watched it, but it never fails to enthrall. Dark and emotionally wrenching ... and hilarious at the same time. I wish studios still put money behind films like this.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just rewatched August: Osage County for the ... I don't know how many times we've watched it, but it never fails to enthrall. Dark and emotionally wrenching ... and hilarious at the same time. I wish studios still put money behind films like this.
Also just finished a reread of Merrick by Anne Rice. This one is underappreciated.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Also just finished a reread of Merrick by Anne Rice. This one is underappreciated.
This collection by Douglas Clegg is massive but astounding. I highly recommend it.
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This collection by Douglas Clegg is massive but astounding. I highly recommend it.
I found out I was intersex about ten years ago. When I went to the doctor about a kidney stone, they discovered "the atrophied remnants of ovaries and a uterus." I have started talking about it because to me it shows how complex and nuanced gender can be, not an either/or dichotomy. #intersex #queer
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I found out I was intersex about ten years ago. When I went to the doctor about a kidney stone, they discovered "the atrophied remnants of ovaries and a uterus." I have started talking about it because to me it shows how complex and nuanced gender can be, not an either/or dichotomy. #intersex #queer
End of the World as We Know it had a lot of talent, but I couldn't help but feel a lot of authors missed the AIDS connection. So I wrote my own little queer rage fanfic piece titled I WILL NOT BE YOUR SACRIFICAL FAGGOT!
archiveofourown.org/works/70760816
archiveofourown.org/works/70760816
I Will Not Be Your Sacrificial F*ggot - MGAllan - The Stand - Stephen King [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
End of the World as We Know it had a lot of talent, but I couldn't help but feel a lot of authors missed the AIDS connection. So I wrote my own little queer rage fanfic piece titled I WILL NOT BE YOUR SACRIFICAL FAGGOT!
archiveofourown.org/works/70760816
archiveofourown.org/works/70760816
Something I didn't know in high school that I have come to realize as an adult: the "cool table" was likely the most boring table in the cafeteria. Long live the artistic freaks and weirdos, they keep life interesting.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Something I didn't know in high school that I have come to realize as an adult: the "cool table" was likely the most boring table in the cafeteria. Long live the artistic freaks and weirdos, they keep life interesting.
I spent a month looking at this display at work and watching kids try to open the "door." Yesterday I finally wrote a short story about what would happen if one of these times it actually opened.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I spent a month looking at this display at work and watching kids try to open the "door." Yesterday I finally wrote a short story about what would happen if one of these times it actually opened.
Gabino knows how to tell a story!
It’s #FridayReads time! Books make great gifts and are tastier than turkey. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of monsters, friendship, love, magic, revenge, ghosts, storms, syncretism, and maybe a bit of violence…
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www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Gabino knows how to tell a story!
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
My @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social collection Twilight at the Gates is my love letter to The Twilight Zone, which was a huge influence on my horror writing.
#twilightzone #horror #shortstories #horrorcollection
#twilightzone #horror #shortstories #horrorcollection
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social collection Twilight at the Gates is my love letter to The Twilight Zone, which was a huge influence on my horror writing.
#twilightzone #horror #shortstories #horrorcollection
#twilightzone #horror #shortstories #horrorcollection
Just a reminder, if you have been bullied or abused, you have a right to speak about it. That is your experience, part of your story. If the bully would prefer you didn't speak about it then they should have checked their behavior.
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just a reminder, if you have been bullied or abused, you have a right to speak about it. That is your experience, part of your story. If the bully would prefer you didn't speak about it then they should have checked their behavior.
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Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My novel Triangle is what I describe as a modern, more blatantly queer take on Rebel Without a Cause. #gayfiction #queerfiction #lovetriangle #rebelwithoutacause #queerlit #gayerotica
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My novel Triangle is what I describe as a modern, more blatantly queer take on Rebel Without a Cause. #gayfiction #queerfiction #lovetriangle #rebelwithoutacause #queerlit #gayerotica
Used interlibrary loan to get a copy of Some Lamb, Stan Rice's 1975 poetry collection that mainly deals with the death of his daughter and the aftermath. It drips with pain and grief.
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Used interlibrary loan to get a copy of Some Lamb, Stan Rice's 1975 poetry collection that mainly deals with the death of his daughter and the aftermath. It drips with pain and grief.
My two @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social books, the collection Haunted Places and the novel Imposter Syndrome, are themselves so haunted I have to keep them locked behind glass.
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My two @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social books, the collection Haunted Places and the novel Imposter Syndrome, are themselves so haunted I have to keep them locked behind glass.
About to start a new novel called Do Over. If I say it's a gender swapped Peggy Sue Got Married, who knows what I'm talking about????
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About to start a new novel called Do Over. If I say it's a gender swapped Peggy Sue Got Married, who knows what I'm talking about????
Same.
Miss me with that “Marjorie Taylor Greene is cool now” bullshit.
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Same.
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I REALLY LIKE WRITING IT IS COOL AND FUN
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I REALLY LIKE WRITING IT IS COOL AND FUN
Queer voices are under fire in the literary world these days. Let's uplift those voices. I'll tag a few of my favorites, and everyone else feel free to do the same. @daviddemchuk.com @rickrreed.bsky.social @justinianhuang.bsky.social @cartersickels.bsky.social Doug Clegg Poppy Z. Brite Clive Barker
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Queer voices are under fire in the literary world these days. Let's uplift those voices. I'll tag a few of my favorites, and everyone else feel free to do the same. @daviddemchuk.com @rickrreed.bsky.social @justinianhuang.bsky.social @cartersickels.bsky.social Doug Clegg Poppy Z. Brite Clive Barker
Many many years ago I read some Brian Keene books and liked them well enough that I joined his message board. It was a wild and raunchy place with a lot of sexual humor, including an entire thread dedicated to speculation on the size of his dick. Wanting to fit in I tried to join in the debauchery.
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Many many years ago I read some Brian Keene books and liked them well enough that I joined his message board. It was a wild and raunchy place with a lot of sexual humor, including an entire thread dedicated to speculation on the size of his dick. Wanting to fit in I tried to join in the debauchery.