Author/editor of scary fiction, graphic artist, geocacher, occasional musician & actor, perpetual old farthttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mkdtra426k2rOh, c'mon, let's go trample Osaka. It'll be fun!25 Apr 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdtra426k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mipqsiveck2mhttps://stephenmarkrainey.blogspot.com/2026/04/edens-ember-bookshop-grand-opening.html A great grand opening event at Eden's Ember Bookshop today in Eden, NC.05 Apr 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipqsiveck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mifah5dotc26Sure, why not.31 Mar 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifah5dotc26https://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mhtjuntabc24Oh lawd, he comin'.24 Mar 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtjuntabc24https://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mgq2scogfk2cJust when you think the city's revitalization program is going so well...10 Mar 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq2scogfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mgnljewwp22phttps://stephenmarkrainey.blogspot.com/2026/03/erica-novel-completion-house-at-black.html Erica, a Novel Completion, The House at Black Tooth Pond, and more09 Mar 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnljewwp22phttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mgldqck4yc2jhttps://darkentertainmenttrends.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-house-at-black-tooth-pond-reviewed.html Well, this is lovely https://darkentertainmenttrends.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-house-at-black-tooth-pond-reviewed.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQa0LJjbGNrBBrQrmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjP2RBHevl3lEcHlaZM4dx42aamWUw7a0Jp-QzPKJl-7g0jX2ZbEqPI3ULiS_aem_Q4B7XFfyW10y6Yvj0qhgKA&m=108 Mar 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgldqck4yc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3mg4zrh4ngc2hBack from AuthorCon. Long ramble a out it here: The Blog Where Horror Dwells: Scares That Care Presents AuthorCon VI, Williamsburg https://share.google/nHeFaiFGA2ZyLhwvy03 Mar 2026 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4zrh4ngc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3md53la2u4226MYTHS REBORN, from October Nights Press — features my story, "The Devils of Transylvania County," along with 18 other stories of cryptids, critters, and creepy long-leggedy beasties. Edited by Kelly A. Hearty. www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7XKCDBD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G7XKCDBD24 Jan 2026 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3md53la2u4226https://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3m62zv5cc2s2yBob Issel and I appear on Penny Dreadful's TERROR AT COLLINWOOD — a DARK SHADOWS Podcast — to talk about OUR SHADOWED PAST III, a massive new volume about... yes... DARK SHADOWS, which Bob and I produced over the past few months. Check it out here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUXOzfVcPIQ20 Nov 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62zv5cc2s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3m4obwhvd7s25Free fiction. https://stephenmarkrainey.blogspot.com/2025/11/free-fiction-sky-of-thunder-island-of.html02 Nov 2025 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4obwhvd7s25https://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lzf4xnhavk26Hey. It's the Night of the Fugue Devil. https://stephenmarkrainey.blogspot.com/2025/09/night-of-fugue-devil.html22 Sep 2025 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzf4xnhavk26https://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lye4fw73vk2qIt should not be this motherfucking hard to get a vaccine. Pharmacy now needs prescription. Cone Health IS NOT COMFORTABLE prescribing a vaccine. So, I'm left with no means to get the vaccine. This is 100% at RFK Jr.'s feet. If you support this piece of shit, you are a piece of shit. End of story.08 Sep 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lye4fw73vk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lwu6b5nf322oI figured I needed to holler about FUGUE DEVIL RESURGENCE (Black Raven Books 2022). It's available in ebook & paperback and contains a dozen of my scariest tales, including the novelette, "Fugue Devil," and its sequel, "Eye of the Devil." It'll scare you silly! https://www.amazon.com/Fugue-Devil-Stephen-Mark-Rainey/dp/1948594471/20 Aug 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwu6b5nf322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lrvdyhfslk2mDavid Niall Wilson's CLOSING TIME AT THE SUNNY SIDE UP is a fast-paced story of the road, with depraved murderers, weird scientists, and dedicated lawmen entangled in overlapping webs of intrigue. I've read many of Dave's works, and I put this one at the top of the list. books2read.com/u/bPjoRA18 Jun 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvdyhfslk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lrj46zulc225Henry County Enterprise reporter Jessica Dillon and I had a nice chat at Magnolia & Main Books a little while back. The article appears in this weekend's edition. https://henrycountyenterprise.com/raineys-latest-horror-novel-draws-inspiration-from-local-areas/13 Jun 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrj46zulc225https://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lrj43rti2225A mighty kind review of THE NIGHTMARE FRONTIER by Carson Buckingham in Hellnotes. Now available in paperback from Crossroad Press. Full review here: https://hellnotes.com/book-review-the-nightmare-frontier/13 Jun 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrj43rti2225https://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lqaxi7zh2c2uI've had far more than customary feedback from readers wondering whether I might consider writing a sequel to THE HOUSE AT BLACK TOOTH POND. Well...guess what. I'm plotting it as we speak. I guess that's why I've been feeling creeped out for a few days... https://www.amazon.com/House-Black-Tooth-Pond/dp/1637891776/28 May 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqaxi7zh2c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3loen7aki6c2zMy 2010 novel, THE NIGHTMARE FRONTIER, until now available in ebook and audiobook format, is now out as a trade paperback from Macabre Ink/Crossroad Press! www.amazon.com/dp/1637892845/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637892845/04 May 2025 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3loen7aki6c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lmxt532tkc2tIf you're fucking brave, you can watch and listen to Bryan Nowak's ALL THINGS WRITING podcast featuring a weird old dude. It's about THE HOUSE AT BLACK TOOTH POND and all kinds of scary stuff. Go ahead... prove your mettle! https://youtu.be/YTPNOt339Ss?si=YryuBfXzEXY4S9SR17 Apr 2025 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxt532tkc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lmmvnkfddk2tA highly valued reader informed me that The House at Black Tooth Pond was the horror novel he's been waiting 40 years to read. And now I may have a concussion because I tried to fit my head through the front door. https://www.amazon.com/House-Black-Tooth-Pond/dp/1637891776/12 Apr 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmmvnkfddk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lmdafoupcc2mIt's not that any of us hate one man more than we love our country, as that stupid, never-ending meme states; it's that we love our country enough to despise the man who's turned it from a shining beacon into a pariah nation before the rest of the civilized world.08 Apr 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdafoupcc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markrainey.bsky.social/post/3lm6xys6rjc2yExcellent news on the writing front, which I can't talk about yet, but it's certainly elevated my otherwise gloomy mood.07 Apr 2025 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:diigmmukwzhkf2hebt5mz52f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm6xys6rjc2y