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Mark Zidzik
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The #OwnVoices #Author of " #Dracula / Harker: A #Gay #Gothic #Romance " and unapologetic anti-reactionary. Hate my sexual orientation, politics, and book, and see if I care.
Book website: https://markzidzik.com
Author blog: https://markzidzik.com/blog
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"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I": a novella not for the faint of heart.
www.draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #LGBTQFiction #QueerRomance #QueerFiction #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Kim Davis exercising her religious freedom to be a bigoted POS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance" is not just the tale of the Count and Jonathan Harker. Part II will also feature the love story of Ilse, Countess Dolingen of Gratz, and Lucy Westenra. Read Part I to prepare for the drama to come
draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #SapphicRomance #ParanormalRomance
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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The sad truth is I can't write anything scarier than how this looks. But then, "I really don't care, do you?"
#SouthPark #Melania #Trump #MelaniaTrump
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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It's Halloween: the most romantic day of the year! Find a cozy crypt and snuggle with your favorite Undead--or, at least, read something brimming with melancholic yearning.
draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #MMRomance #GothicRomance #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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What is love but tears and blood drawn by Fate?
draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #LGBTQFiction #QueerRomance #QueerFiction #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #Vampires #Dracula #Halloween
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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"Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death."
www.facebook.com/irenhorrorsa...
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Two words: keep going.
#WhiteHouse #Trump
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Desire, danger, and the Undead. What more is there to live for?
draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #GayFiction #LGBTQRomance #LGBTQFiction #QueerRomance #QueerFiction #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #Vampires #Dracula #Halloween
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Another disease-bearing mosquito squashed.
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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And there's more:
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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The Fourth Reich has invaded Bluesky. Either get bombed with lies and propaganda or block, block, block. #Trump #Republicans #MAGA
October 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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#MAGA, meet #Jesus.
www.facebook.com/share/p/17QV...
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Those who would scare us will one day find out what fear is--if only when the Grim Reaper calls. Until then, enjoy scaring yourself with "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I."
draculaharker.com
#GayRomance #LGBTQRomance #QueerRomance #GothicRomance #ParanormalRomance #Vampires #Dracula
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
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October 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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In John Stagg's poem "The Vampyre," husband and wife Herman and Gertrude discuss his vampiric haunting by his dead "dear friend" Sigismund and his fear that he will likewise return from the grave to feed upon her.
poets.org/poem/vampyre
#Gothic #horror #vampires #undead #poem #poetry #Halloween
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The text for John Stagg's poem "The Vampyre" can be found in HTML format at https://poets.org/poem/vampyre
September 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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MMT Productions, a graphic arts company, has an odd way of marketing itself: it "roasts" what it opines are "horrible" book covers to "support authors." Is it any wonder indie authors seek out morally questionable AI rather than deal with such gatekeepers of "art"?1/2
www.youtube.com/@mmtproducti...
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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The elevator pitch for "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance," Part I of which is downloadable for free on Smashwords at
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#GayRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance #LGBTQRomance #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #Dracula #Vampires #Halloween
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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I didn't know the Romans had put wheels on Jesus's cross to help him on his way to Calvary.

This photo from the bigoted hatemonger's memorial says it all: performative Christians think themselves Jesus when, in fact, they, for their lack of empathy, are not fit to touch the hem of his garment.
Dan Beasley, a Trump supporter and former US politician, carries a wooden cross--on wheels--through State Farm Stadium before Charlie Kirk's memorial service.
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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A short video teaser for "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" downloadable for free on Smashwords at www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#GayRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance #LGBTQRomance #GothicRomance #GothicFiction #Dracula #Vampires #Halloween
September 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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"Dracula" reimaginings abound!

Julie C. Dao has an unusual Gothic take in her recently completed duology: Lucy Westenra is turned by Dracula only to turn against him. Plus, reviews cite some Sapphic tension between her and Mina.

www.juliedao.com/now-comes-th...
www.juliedao.com/so-blooms-th...
September 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The last in a triptych of brief musical character introductions for "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" now downloadable for free on Smashwords at www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
(1/4)
#GayRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance #LGBTQRomance #GothicRomance #Dracula #Vampires #Halloween
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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The second in a triptych of brief musical character introductions for "Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance--Part I" now downloadable for free on Smashwords at www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#GayRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance #LGBTQRomance #GothicRomance #Dracula #Vampires #Halloween
September 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Whether you are dead asleep
or asleep in death
does not matter.
I have never loved you more.
(3/3)

Copyright © 2005 Mark Zidzik.
An image of a beautifully handsome Victorian young man asleep or lying dead in bed under a full moon's light.
September 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Enough of the unworthy dead (C. Kirk), and back to the enthralling undead.
"Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance-Part I" is available to download for free on Smashwords:
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#GayRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance #LGBTQRomance #GothicRomance #Dracula #Vampires #Halloween
September 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM