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Mark A. Rayner
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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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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.com · Aug 22
Howdy Bluesky!

I write #ScienceFiction, #humor and some literary fiction. I teach at a university.

My cats are keeping me sane. (Ish.)

If you want to understand my rich inner life, I recommend this #book: Alpha Max geni.us/AlphaMax

Hear my voice at:
re-creative.ca

#SFF #humour #writing
B&W Photo of Mark lying on pillow with hands behind his head thinking: "Life is too important to be taken seriously." ~Oscar Wilde
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The Husky: natures' drama queen. [sound on if you can take it]

#dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #husky #humor #humour

[description: a husky at the side of a swimming pool crying like ti's being tortured as its human encourages it to jump in. a little dog then […]

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November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Weird dog thinks its Winnie the Pooh.

#iknowitsabear #bear #bears #dog #dogs #humor #humour
two bear legs sticking out of a hole in a tree
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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If you want to get top speeds out of me, this is the sign to post.

#weird #signs #humor #humour
red sign that says: beware of falling snakes
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Monday vibe. The struggle is real.

#mondays #shampoo #humor #humour
four images of keanu reeeves (neo) looking confused in the rain with the label: Me in the shower trying to remember if I already used the shampoo
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The real question is HOW do we want time travel? Upgraded Delorian? Old-timey British Police box? Fancy art nouveau design with upholstered seat? HOW do we want time travel!

#timetravel #weird #signs #humor #humour
man holding sign that says: what do we want? time travel! when do we want it? it's irrelevant!
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Goblins love it when you make the bed!

Happy #caturday!

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour

[description: woman attempts to make the bed with a half-dozen hairless cats playing as she does so]
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Accurate.

Happy Friday everyone!

#friday #humor #humour
illustration showing a coffee cup labelled: week and a wine glass labelled: end
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Still using this in my lecture on color theory, though the undergrads never get it. (Most of the grads don't either, now, to be fair.)

#color #colortheory #humor #humour
black and white picture of rod stewart labelled "rod stewart" color picture of rod stewart labelled "cone stewart"
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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"Some men just want to see the world burn."

#batman #heinous #humor #humour
evil person using a syringe to put mustard into a cream filled donut
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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★★★★★ "A wonderful collection of shorts. FOUR thumbs up!

Mark A. Rayner shows his outstanding breadth with this collection of short stories. Sometimes mind-blowing. Sometimes outright hilarious. And occasionally deeply poignant. I can't recall the last time I'd cried […]

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Cover art for The Gates of Polished Horn, a collection of stories, by Mark A Rayner
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Guilty of all of these except lawful good and neutral good.

I'm a monster.

#books #book #bookstodon #humor #humour #dnd #alignment
bookmark alignment chart lawful good: book ribbon neutral good: sentence pointer chaotic good: scrap paper, recipts lawful neutral: memorizing the page number true neutral: proper bookmark chaotic neutral: leaf lawful evil: e-book neutral evil: leaving the book face down chaotic evil: dog ear
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Oh, I'm sorry, did you have to hand this in to your professor on Monday?

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #monday #humor #humour
white and black cat looking up innocently from a set of papers that have been ripped up
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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She seems nice.

#sundayfunday #humor #humour
black and white photo of a young woman with an assortment of knives laid out before her, smiling in what can only be described as a murderous way
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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When your cheat day is also #caturday.

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #cute #humor #humour
a small grey kitten chomping on a baguette that is almost as big as it is
November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Unless you're in the world of The Fridgularity.

https://geni.us/TheFridgularity
https://books2read.com/u/492V00
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fridgularity-mark-a-rayner/1bda57a97bb32c76

#books #book #sciencefiction #sff #singularity #ai
simple drawing of fridge looking at a screen with the label: on the internet of things nobody knows you're a fridge
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I don't care what the Boomers say. The 50s were terrifying.

#Photoshopped #vintageads #humor #humour #boomers
old ad photoshopped to advertise Chase and Sanborn "Instant Mock baby". Two women smelling the jars ecstatically with the label: you small the rich baby flavor!
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Seems legit.

#freecandy #aliens #humor #humour
a rusty white van with the words "Free Candy" spraypainted on the side with two grey aliens inside
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Baby: it's what's for dinner!

#humor #humour #weird #signs
a microwave that says: "child" in the screen and a label on the image that says: "When your microwave demands a sacrifice."
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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A little something to help with the post-timeshift Monday blues: a dog eating celery. [sound on!]

#dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #cute #asmr #humor #humour

[description: a golden retriever happily munching on a very crunchy piece of celery with the phrase […]

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November 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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This is 10,000 nunspotting points. No arguments , please.

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #nun #nuns #humor #humour
a cat dressed in a little nun outfit
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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A day late, but prime #caturday fuel: The Great Pumpkat

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #cute #humor #humour #halloween

[description: a cute grey kitten wearing a witches hat sitting in an orange blanket-lined bowl]
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Have a spooky Halloween everyone!

#dog #dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #humor #humour #halloween
a dog dressed as a ghost, with it's muzzle sticking through the boo hole
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Like this weird dog, I have busy plans for the weekend.

#iknowitsabear #bear #polarbear #humor #humour #weekend #friday
a polar bear lying on its belly with it's head hidden in a pool
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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In Canada, Halloween Moose kicks The Great Pumpkin's ass, every time.

#moose #Meese #mooses #humor #humour #halloween

[description: a huge bull moose eats jackolanterns by the street.]
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Just a reminder to my Halloween-deranged neighbors, it's hard to top this dude.

#halloween #vladtheimpaler #yarddecorations
painting of vlad the impaler, with the caption: halloween yard decoration champion, 1456-1462
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM