Literary Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Horror BIOGRAPHY
Mark lives in the Pacific Northwest (US) and enjoys being a father, husband, and proud servant to Murray A. Goodness (the Cat).
Recently, Mark started his writing practice full time and created an imprint, Phoenix T Publishing, for his works. This has included his debut novel, an epic contemporary fantasy called The Be(k)nighted: The Untold Origin of The Precept (2021), as well as a science-fiction/fantasy anthology comic: Wondrous Stories Comics (2021).
Over the past 18 years, Mark's short stories have also been featured in the following competitive, online e-zines: Wild Child, SDO Fantasy, Kenoma Publishing, 101 Words, The Nonconformist Magazine, Secret Attic, and Ripples in Space. In 2019. “The Beast” (a humorous fantasy short) was included in Running Wild Anthology of Stories, Volume 4, Book 2 (2021), from Running Wild Press.
Favorite authors include (not an exhaustive list): John Bradshaw, Octavia E. Butler, Noam Chomsky, Chris Claremont, Philip K. Dick, Stephen R. Donaldson, Neil Gaiman, Ursula K. LeGuin, Frank Herbert, Rumi, Abraham Lincoln, Michael Moore, Audrey Niffenegger, Sharon Olds, Edgar Allan Poe, J. K. Rowling, Carl Sagan, Rod Serling, Tom Simon, Kevin Smith, Aaron Sorkin, Jim Starlin, J. R. R. Tolkien, Andrew Vachss, Yanis Varoufakis, and Voltaire |
