Aroughcoune was the result of the Covid timeline and STEM education being a part of my daughter's curriculum. Watch the full interview with the ⁨@USDN_Podcast⁩ here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEtU... Aroughcoune is available in bookstores everywhere. 💙📚 ❤️📚

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Check it out! Please Like and follow! It's been a big year for the big raccoon! #horror 📚💙 ❤️📚 www.instagram.com/p/DTDXFqMDkR...

🎙️ NEW USDN PODCAST Author @markberton.com joins the USDN Podcast to discuss AROUGHCOUNE. Conspiracy. Horror. Consequences. 🔗 Follow Mark Berton 🌐 www.markberton.com ▶️ Watch on YouTube 🎧 Listen on podcast platforms The USDN Podcast — Where Indie Comics Come to Life.

Found another 5-star review on the Amazon page. "What a fun read," is probably the best compliment you could give me and makes it all worthwhile. Stay blessed! #HorrorFiction #readmorebooks #horror #cryptid #pittsburgh 💙📚 ❤️📚

🎙️ LIVE | USDN PODCAST Into the Heart of the Unknown: @markberton.com talks Aroughcoune 📅 Monday, Dec 29 ⏰ 7PM EST Cryptid horror. Government secrets. Survival in the wild. Join us live and be part of the conversation. The USDN Podcast — Where Indie Comics Come to Life. #Aroughcoune

Check us out Monday night! #horror ❤️📚 💙📚

Got some Christmas cash to spend on #books? Skip Amazon and get Aroughcoune on bookshop.org to support your local bookstore! 👇👇 Aroughcoune is a Roswell Publishing 2025 Bestselling horror novel. 💙📚 ❤️📚 Get your copy today!

Well, I'm off! Thank you for an amazing 2025 with Malloween, KrampusFest, Halfway to Halloween, and for helping Aroughcoune become a @roswellpublishing bestseller! Thank you to @w.w.w.p_writersgroup and @woollybearbooks Have a safe and happy holiday season! ❤️📚 💙📚

Honored, thankful, bewildered 😜 that Aroughcoune has become one of Roswell Publishing's 2025 Bestsellers! Thanks to everyone who took a chance on this crazypremise. We hope you enjoyed reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it and making it real. #horror 💙📚 ❤️📚 www.instagram.com/reel/DSfEjrK...

Volunteered at the Bridgeville Public Library Christmas event as #Santa photographer. The library, along with the Friends of the Bridgeville Public Library put on an incredible day of fun with holiday movies, a magic show raffles, crafts and more. ❤️📚 💙📚

Sometimes you just have to bake yourself a pumpkin loaf to remember Halloween's not gone, it's just resting.💙📚 ❤️📚

I only set up a Bookshop.org page last week, & discovered I should have done it much sooner. The demand is there & the sales are going through. Thank you for your patience & for supporting independent and small book stores everywhere! #horror #horrorbooks #horrorbookstagram #cryptid 💙📚 ❤️📚

Mission accomplished: Aroughcoune is officially in stock at its first-ever physical bookstore, Woolly Bear Books in Carnegie, PA! ​If you are near Pittsburgh, stop in and get the guaranteed signed edition! ​#Aroughcoune #FirstStore #WoollyBearBooks #CarnegiePA #IndieBookstore #SignedCopy 💙📚 ❤️📚

Graaf State Hospital in Aroughcoune was based on Dixmont State Hospital outside of Pittsburgh. I covered it for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, eventually turning my coverage into a book on the hospital's history. amzn.to/4hM72UW #history #horror #insaneasylum #abandoned #urbanexploration

Has anyone ever compiled how many places Bruce Springsteen knows of where we can go to find a good job and get a fresh start? Seriously, the guy's like a living LinkedIn. #music #clasicrock #springsteen

I'm reading Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons and somewhere along the way, my brain said the sheriff , Bobby Joe Gentry, is now Joe Don Baker and it's become quite a fascinating ride. Does anybody else's brain substitute B-list celebs for characters? 💙📚 ❤️📚 #carrioncomfort #simmons #horrorbooks #twins

Scott is everywhere, doing all the things! Here's even more links to his work. I'll be in the mix somewhere and will be sure to post the right one when it's available! 📚💙 📚❤️ #horror #books

I was invited to be a guest on @ScottRoche.com Omniverse podcast to talk about Aroughcoune. Interview is scheduled for next Friday night. This is my first podcast, so I don't know what to expect. Stay tuned... www.scottroche.com/omniverse/ #horror #cryptid #horrorbooks 💙📚 ❤️📚

<Shameless Plug> I made a maze book. I'm proud of it. You might like it. Check it out this gift-giving season, it might be a good fit for one of your weird friends. </Shameless Plug> www.amazon.com/You-Can-See-... If it's not your bag, I'd appreciate a share. #maze #mazes #book #puzzles #games

So, I saw there's a lot of hate for Amazon. Never fear - Aroughcoune is available on Bookshop! If you want to support independent authors & publishers as well as indy bookstores, you can find Aroughcoune (and my other 2 books) here: bookshop.org/a/119014/979... 💙📚 ❤️📚 #horror #books

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Today's the day! Come on out to the Krampus Holiday Marketplace to get your signed copy of Aroughcoune! If you're supporting small businesses this weekend for holiday shopping, there's no better way to find so many in one place! #horrorjunkie #smallbusinesslove #krampus #pittsburgh #holidayshopping

Nova & I watched Good Boy and all I could think of is "this is Benji meets Haunted Mansion." It was good, the world forgot that dogs have been acting since RinTinTin. 6/10 for me. Nova 👇crushing on Indy's rugged good looks & charms. She gave it an 8/10. #haunted #horrorjunkie #goodboy #doglover #dog

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A good after-dinner horror gem:You'll Never Find Me. Insane acting, dialogue that's almost poetry, and diabolical sound work. No spoilers, but if you read reviews trashing the ending, you need to remember the film's about psychotic paranoia and everything makes sense. #horrorfan #australia #thriller

Signed copies available at Krampus Holiday Marketplace, Time and Space Marketplace , Monroeville Mall, Sunday, Nov. 30, from 11 to 6! #pittsburghevents #cryptids #horrorfan 💙📚 ❤️📚

One week from today, come visit the Krampus Holiday Marketplace and get a spooky stocking stuffer or two from the many amazing vendors there! Plenty of free parking and the entire mall at your disposal! Aroughcoune will be on sale for $10 a copy. Signatures are always free! 💙📚 ❤️📚 #pittsburghevents

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Hey everyone, my friend Caroline Ailanthus is looking for beta readers. Info is below. Feel free to step up. Beta readers are crucial to getting good ideas out there into this competitive world. www.facebook.com/share/p/1K1v... 📚💙

Matheson pulls off a dark farce, but barely. Reminded me of The Trouble With Harry. You really, really need to suspend disbelief for this to work at times. Other times, you see wisps of Matheson's genius. Gotta give him credit for not sitting on his I Am Legend laurels. 💙📚 ❤️📚

Pittsburgh City Paper has a list of resources for people needing food assistance. Thankfully, PA is shouldering the republican SNAP cuts at the state level. Thanks to @governor.pa.gov

Happy Halloween!!! Be safe, get candy, have fun!!! - MB 📚💙 📚❤️

I know I've been blitzing this promo hard, but today's the final day. Load your Kindle with something a little bit different for Halloween and treat yourself!!! #HalloweenSale #kindledeals #horror #SpookySeason 📚💙 📚❤️

Experience a story that blends suspense, horror, and the unexplained. Order "Aroughcoune" and discover the secrets lurking in Algonquin State Game Lands: amzn.to/4hM72UW 💙📚 ❤️📚 #kindle #sale #books #pittsburgh

FLASH SALE ALERT! Aroughcoune is just $.99 for Kindle! Dive into a bizarre nightmare set in Western PA revolving around a giant, military-bred, genetically modified raccoon. Grab this captivating thriller today! #horror #KindleDeal #99Cents #BookSale #SciFi #CreatureFeature #WeirdFiction #WesternPA

ALL TREAT, NO TRICKS! Roswell Publishing is AMAZING! They're putting the Kindle version of Aroughcoune on sale for Halloween, Oct. 26-29, only $.99! If you've been on the fence about weird horror fiction, there's no better time to give it a try! 💙📚 ❤️📚 #kindle #horror #halloween #sale

Was at the Bridgeville Public Library for the Haunted Halloween @ The Library event put on by the Friends group when I spotted this on the New Adult shelves!!!! Couldn't be prouder! The event opens the library doors to all kids, big and small. #halloweenvibes #libraryprograms #library #libraryevents

Stay tuned... Something Wicked This Way Comes....this weekend... amzn.to/4hM72UW www.facebook.com/markbertonau... 💙📚 ❤️📚 #halloween

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Several months ago, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Caroline Ailanthus, a fellow author who also cherishes science in her writing. She was gracious enough to share the full recordings with me, which I've posted below. Enjoy! Part 2 is in the works. ❤️📚 💙📚 youtu.be/xVNLfvGOw4I?...

Started a YouTube Channel. Like and subscribe and join me as I make an ass of myself in yet another format nobody was asking for 😜 youtu.be/xVlSlda7QEY?... 🩸📚 💙📚 #horror #halloween

Your camping trip nightmare is here! The Aroughcoune is a rabid, killing machine created in a secret government lab on Plum Island. Read it now for a true Halloween fright! #MonsterBook #Thriller #HalloweenReads #SecretLab #WesternPA 📚💙 📚🩸

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This Halloween, be sure to visit Aroughcoune's home for an extra-special, horrific treat! 👇👇👇 amzn.to/4hM72UW for purchase, or read it now on Kindle Unlimited! 💙📚 🩸📚 #halloween #horror #reading

My friend Caroline Ailanthus just posted an interview with Southern Gothic Horror author Tif Robinette! 💙📚 🩸📚 newsfromcaroline.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/a...

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It's the weekend! Looking for a good horror book that you can finish before Monday so you can recommend it to all your friends at work? Look no further! amzn.to/4hM72UW ❤️📚 🩸📚 #horrorbooks