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Mark A. Rayner
@markarayner.com
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Human-shaped, simian-obsessed, robot-fighting, pirate-hearted, storytelling junkie, Mark A. Rayner is an award-winning writer of satirical & speculative fiction.
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"Whimsical yet unsettling." –The Toronto Star

Books2Read: books2read.com/u/4jzRWo
Amazon: geni.us/Gates

Only $3.48 in ebook!

#books #book #sciencefiction #literaryfiction #SFF #reality
whimsical yet unsettling ... rayner plays with the question of what's real. his stories are like though experiments, with imagined and reimagined histories - the toronto star -- with cover art for the gates of polished horn, a collection of stories by mark a. rayner
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Last few hours to get Alpha Max on sale! (Then it's going back into the vault.) A sequel (Beta Max, naturally) is on its way!

$3.99 US ($6 off)

geni.us/AlphaMax
books2read.com/u/m0olnY

#summerreading #book #books #humor #humour #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #novel
3D representation of the cover art of Alpha Max by Mark A. Rayner
July 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Finally, an explanation for R2D2's sass!

#cat #cats #maythefourth #starwars #humor #humour
R2D2 with its stomach gate open, and a cute little white and grey tabby looking out from robot's tummy adorably
May 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Beware the corn goblin!

#caturday #cat #cats #catsofbluesky #humor #humour

[Description: A black and white kitten messily grabbing a corn of cob and eating it.]
April 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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This explains a lot.

#easter #eastersunday #easterbunny #jesus #humor #humour

P.S. The Easter Bunny is terrifying.
A giant yellow easter bunnyy with pink feet, hands, waistcoat and bow tie opening the crypt door for Jesus. Jesus is walking out and says: Thanks man, I owe you one. by jon adams
April 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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When you have been denied treats, once again.

#cat #cats #caturday #humor #humour
grey cat looking very cross in a dark background
March 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Another deep and thoughtful review of my new book, by Lisa Timpf, at The Seabord Review!

www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/rayners-th...

#review #reviews #book #books #fiction #shortfiction #SFF #sciencefiction #humor #humour
slide showing cover art of the gates of polished horn by mark a rayner, and this review: Places Strange & Familiar "Rayner has a unique and interesting voice, and while the characters and the events are sometimes drawn from beyond this world, they are also believable within the frame of the stories." -Lisa Timpf, The Seabord Review
March 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Oh, oh, do this one next:

"My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.”
― Ashleigh Brilliant

#philosophy #life #humor #humour #quote #quotes
tom gauld cartoon Soren Kierkegaard, 1843 Cartoon showing a man walking to the left and a dog walking to the right while they say: "Live can only be understood backwards" "but it must be lived forwards."
March 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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When I figure out an unconventional story edit for my WIP.

#dogs #WritingCommunity #dog #corgi #humor #humour #writing #WIP #amwriting #dogstodon
March 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A beautiful review from Olga Miret, author and reviewer extraordinaire!

She outlines each story on Amazon and on Goodreads, here:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#book #books #review #reviews
slide that shows cover of The Gates of Polished Horn by Mark a. Rayner (markarayner.com/gates) with a quote titled: wonderful and varied! “I loved this collection of stories. They are all beautifully written and make one stop and think. Best savoured slowly, and you should give them time to sink in.” –Olga Miret, author of The Man Who Never Was
March 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Caturday is always the best time to drop a new Mr.Mittens and the Yowltones album cover.

#cat #cats #caturday #humor #humour
four cats walking towards the camera while other cats look back at a forest fire
March 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Twitter, as foretold by Hieronymus Bosch

#twitter #humor #humour #satire
Detail from the Garden of Earthly Delights: Bird-headed monster or The Prince of Hell - close-up head eating human torso with black birds, smoke and fire shooting out of the torso's ass
March 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Introducing Chuck A. Merican: the obvious choice for Director of the CIA.

#humor #humour #satire #trump #TrumpIsARussianAsset
Putin wearing an obviously fake mustache and set of glasses
March 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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The Gates of Polished Horn continues to be in the top three on Amazon's list of Canadian short stories!

It's available elsewhere too:
books2read.com/u/4jzRWo

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gates-...

And Amazon: geni.us/Gates

#canada #canadian #shortstories #humor #sciencefiction #bestsellers
Amazon Hot New Releases in Canadian Short Stories -- shows three covers including The Gates of Polished Horn, a collection of stories by Mark A. Rayner
March 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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This is a deep cut, but it makes me laugh.

#humor #humour #ancienthistory #dogs #dog #corgies
In the background: two corgies in corgie-shaped floaties in the sea, labelled: The Sea Peoples In the foreground, a corgie swimming, looking scared, labelled: Bronze Age civilisations
March 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Me, the Monday after Daylight Savings Time begins.

#monday #daylightsavingtime #humor #humour
long haired orange cat with its fur all stuck up and the cat looking extremely grumpy and this caption: Morgenmuffel (german) a person who is grumpy in the mornings and doesn't like to wake up early
March 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Some sage advice as we head into a new week.

#buddha
#buddhastuff
#humor
#humour
Buddha's face with this caption: The root of suffering is the giving of the fucks
March 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Katzenschadenfreude.

Happy #caturday everyone!

#cat #cats #humor #humour
tuxedo cat lying on a beach, mouth open, almost like it's laughing: behind him is a sign that says no dogs
March 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Some days you just need to say "fuck it" and go for a ride on your ostrich.

#carpediem #humor #humour #odd #weird #ostrich
weird black and white photo of a female model riding an ostrich among a herd of ostriches
March 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Another helpful chart about the #writing process.

#writingcommunity #charts #humor #humour
two graphs -- one showing a straight line (bottom left to top right): what I planned --the other shows a crazy squiggly line that says: what happened
March 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Fun!

The publisher spotted this exciting placement of The Gates of Polished Horn on Amazon's bestseller lists yesterday!

The paperback is only US$13.80, US$3.50 for the ebook!

Amazon: geni.us/Gates

Others: books2read.com/u/4jzRWo

#book #books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #SFF #scifi
Hot new releases in science fiction short stories -- bestsellers on Amazon showing three covers, including: The Gates of Polished Horn, a collection of stories, by Mark A. Rayner
March 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Proofreading: It matters!

#humor #humour #weird #signs #proofreading #editing
sign with a picture of a bottle of sanitizer that says: "Please satanise your hands here"
March 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The new book made the Top Ten on Amazon in Science Fiction Short Stories! (Also top ten in Canadian Short Stories!) Plus, the hardcover edition is available now:

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Other Amazon: buff.ly/wJlP1J2
Other Ebook: buff.ly/WnkTt91

#book #books #bestseller #sciencefiction #shortstory #SFF
Amazon bestseller page for science fiction short stories. Showing covers for eight books, including the cover art for The Gates of Polished Horn, a collection of stories, by Mark A. Rayner
March 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Typography: It matters!

#KerningToo #humor #humour #typography #design #graphicdesign
a circular sign that says Fashion Fart, but really wants to say Fashion Art
March 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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ICYMI

My new collection of short stories went live this weekend. Plus the Toronto Star gave it a lovely review!

You can get the book on Amazon:
geni.us/Gates

Elsewhere:
books2read.com/u/4jzRWo

What fun!

#book #books #sciencefiction #SFF #shortstory
Rayner plays with the question of what's real. His stories are like thought experiments, with imagined and reimagined histories
March 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM