Mark
@katamazov.bsky.social
2023 Finalist of Killer Nashville Claymore Award and The Adventures in Fiction New Voices Award. Winner of the 2025 Darling Axe First Page Challenge.
www.markdanieltaylor.co.uk
www.markdanieltaylor.co.uk
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@katamazov.bsky.social
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The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
darlingaxe.com
Still getting over the fact that I've won first prize in the @darlingaxe.com First Page Challenge 2025!
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I can’t look at another auto-play video of influencers in $300 cardigans talking into a microphone. I just can’t do it anymore.
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I can’t look at another auto-play video of influencers in $300 cardigans talking into a microphone. I just can’t do it anymore.
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I have been fighting with Silent Hill f since I finished it a few weeks ago. The latest issue of @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social continues here: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/10/29/i...
If you have the time and inclination to read and share this, I'll be grateful. Small preview attached.
If you have the time and inclination to read and share this, I'll be grateful. Small preview attached.
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have been fighting with Silent Hill f since I finished it a few weeks ago. The latest issue of @bulletpointsvg.bsky.social continues here: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2025/10/29/i...
If you have the time and inclination to read and share this, I'll be grateful. Small preview attached.
If you have the time and inclination to read and share this, I'll be grateful. Small preview attached.
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One of my best friends and a great writer. I'd recommend this one, too: www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-ca...
October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
One of my best friends and a great writer. I'd recommend this one, too: www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-ca...
My short story, ‘What To Do When You’re Accused Of Being An Interdimensional Being Of Pure Evil’ is in Guy Kojak this week.
It’s Volume 5, The Horror Issue. You can read it for £3.50, here. www.guykojak.com/volume-five/...
It’s Volume 5, The Horror Issue. You can read it for £3.50, here. www.guykojak.com/volume-five/...
Volume Five — Guy Kojak
Our Fifth issue is dedicated to HORROR. Featuring short stories, poetry, and illustrations that capture the dark nature of the genre.
www.guykojak.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My short story, ‘What To Do When You’re Accused Of Being An Interdimensional Being Of Pure Evil’ is in Guy Kojak this week.
It’s Volume 5, The Horror Issue. You can read it for £3.50, here. www.guykojak.com/volume-five/...
It’s Volume 5, The Horror Issue. You can read it for £3.50, here. www.guykojak.com/volume-five/...
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Still getting over the fact that I've won first prize in the @darlingaxe.com First Page Challenge 2025!
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
darlingaxe.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Still getting over the fact that I've won first prize in the @darlingaxe.com First Page Challenge 2025!
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Reposted by Mark
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
darlingaxe.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
Still getting over the fact that I've won first prize in the @darlingaxe.com First Page Challenge 2025!
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
INFINITY LAND by Mark Daniel Taylor
"Long time lurker, first time poster."
Congrats, Mark!!
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/f...
#writingcommunity @katamazov.bsky.social
The First Page Challenge 2025—1st place
darlingaxe.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Still getting over the fact that I've won first prize in the @darlingaxe.com First Page Challenge 2025!
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much to David G. Brown and Michelle Barker for seeing something in the first page of my novel, INFINITY LAND. And congratulations to the other nominees and finalists! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
It’s Pynchon season coming up and one of the things he keeps coming back to in his later books is the idea of extremely powerful or straight-up evil people having a Road to Damascus moment where they try to make up for all the horror they’ve inflicted by using that power to make something right.
August 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It’s Pynchon season coming up and one of the things he keeps coming back to in his later books is the idea of extremely powerful or straight-up evil people having a Road to Damascus moment where they try to make up for all the horror they’ve inflicted by using that power to make something right.
My novel in progress, Infinity Land, was longlisted in the WestWord First Chapter competition this morning.
I should probably post more interesting things on BlueSky. Sorry.
I should probably post more interesting things on BlueSky. Sorry.
August 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
My novel in progress, Infinity Land, was longlisted in the WestWord First Chapter competition this morning.
I should probably post more interesting things on BlueSky. Sorry.
I should probably post more interesting things on BlueSky. Sorry.
The gang at Liminal Tales are performing my short story 'What To Do When You're Accused Of Being An Interdimensional Being of Pure Evil' at the Camden Fringe next week
August 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The gang at Liminal Tales are performing my short story 'What To Do When You're Accused Of Being An Interdimensional Being of Pure Evil' at the Camden Fringe next week
To the tens of people who still use Serializd and who keep liking my semi-viral review of an episode of Twin Peaks, please know that you’re keeping me from the edge
srlzd.com/r/abd05
srlzd.com/r/abd05
Katamazov's ★★★★½ review of Twin Peaks
One of the many things David Lynch does so well (and which can also be quite off-putting) is he melds the incredibly traumatic with common slapstick. Watching Shelly hanging onto the front of her own ...
srlzd.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
To the tens of people who still use Serializd and who keep liking my semi-viral review of an episode of Twin Peaks, please know that you’re keeping me from the edge
srlzd.com/r/abd05
srlzd.com/r/abd05
Opinions round up for the week:
- Lena Dunham is good, actually
- Trump can’t draw
- Coldplay should be made to apologise to those people who were getting it in
- Lena Dunham is good, actually
- Trump can’t draw
- Coldplay should be made to apologise to those people who were getting it in
July 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Opinions round up for the week:
- Lena Dunham is good, actually
- Trump can’t draw
- Coldplay should be made to apologise to those people who were getting it in
- Lena Dunham is good, actually
- Trump can’t draw
- Coldplay should be made to apologise to those people who were getting it in
God laughing at me, pissing himself, while I try and make myself feel better saving these images to my phone
July 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
God laughing at me, pissing himself, while I try and make myself feel better saving these images to my phone
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Brilliant. Really made me laugh.
My new short story, 'Conversations with God', is in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today.
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
conversations with god — Blood+Honey
by Mark Daniel Taylor “The murderer is lost, directionless—he will be looking for guidance…He’s not asking God who to kill next, he’s asking for redemption.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Brilliant. Really made me laugh.
Reposted by Mark
My new short story, 'Conversations with God', is in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today.
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
conversations with god — Blood+Honey
by Mark Daniel Taylor “The murderer is lost, directionless—he will be looking for guidance…He’s not asking God who to kill next, he’s asking for redemption.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
My new short story, 'Conversations with God', is in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today.
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
My new short story, 'Conversations with God', is in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today.
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
conversations with god — Blood+Honey
by Mark Daniel Taylor “The murderer is lost, directionless—he will be looking for guidance…He’s not asking God who to kill next, he’s asking for redemption.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
My new short story, 'Conversations with God', is in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social today.
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
Thank you also to @davidestringel.bsky.social for picking it out for their beautiful magazine.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
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Short story "Conversations with God" by Mark Daniel Taylor @Katamazov @katamazov.bsky.social.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
conversations with god — Blood+Honey
by Mark Daniel Taylor “The murderer is lost, directionless—he will be looking for guidance…He’s not asking God who to kill next, he’s asking for redemption.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Short story "Conversations with God" by Mark Daniel Taylor @Katamazov @katamazov.bsky.social.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/conv...
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You don't have to like her but when she cooks she's Anthony Bourdain
June 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You don't have to like her but when she cooks she's Anthony Bourdain
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My short story ‘Mister Bubbles’ is in the @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social this week as part of their weekly humour feature. You can read it on their fantastic website below.
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My short story ‘Mister Bubbles’ is in the @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social this week as part of their weekly humour feature. You can read it on their fantastic website below.
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
Going to go for a walk and figure out what’s wrong with me
June 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Going to go for a walk and figure out what’s wrong with me
My short story ‘Mister Bubbles’ is in the @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social this week as part of their weekly humour feature. You can read it on their fantastic website below.
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
June 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My short story ‘Mister Bubbles’ is in the @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social this week as part of their weekly humour feature. You can read it on their fantastic website below.
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
And thank you to
@ankitrajojha.bsky.social for helping me put it together!
thehooghlyreview.com/mister-bubbl...
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On today's Weekly Features:
Candice M. Kelsey muses on kith and kin, and Mark Daniel Taylor comes unstuck in time.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
Our publishing concerns, current calls and submission guidelines can be accessed here:
thehooghlyreview.com/submissions/
Candice M. Kelsey muses on kith and kin, and Mark Daniel Taylor comes unstuck in time.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
Our publishing concerns, current calls and submission guidelines can be accessed here:
thehooghlyreview.com/submissions/
June 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
On today's Weekly Features:
Candice M. Kelsey muses on kith and kin, and Mark Daniel Taylor comes unstuck in time.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
Our publishing concerns, current calls and submission guidelines can be accessed here:
thehooghlyreview.com/submissions/
Candice M. Kelsey muses on kith and kin, and Mark Daniel Taylor comes unstuck in time.
thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-featu...
Our publishing concerns, current calls and submission guidelines can be accessed here:
thehooghlyreview.com/submissions/
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We appreciate a piece that approaches sensitive topics with novelty, and Mark Daniel Taylor's story "A Call from Cobra" definitely does that. We were happy to chat a little
with the author in our interview over on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/post/author-...
@katamazov.bsky.social
with the author in our interview over on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/post/author-...
@katamazov.bsky.social
Interview with Author Mark Daniel Taylor
I can’t stand a likeable lead character.
www.weirdlitmag.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We appreciate a piece that approaches sensitive topics with novelty, and Mark Daniel Taylor's story "A Call from Cobra" definitely does that. We were happy to chat a little
with the author in our interview over on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/post/author-...
@katamazov.bsky.social
with the author in our interview over on the WLM blog at www.weirdlitmag.com/post/author-...
@katamazov.bsky.social
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Weirdly this is not the only time I've seen anti-trans ideologues get very weird about adoptive/step-parents where they insist calling them a parent is a polite fiction, rather than i think the more common understanding that there are many routes to becoming a parent.
Damn, Andy Ngo brilliantly shredded the Garcia narrative. So, he’s also a *step-father*, you say?
We have no choice but to set the constitution on fire and start throwing people into a foreign torture prison for life now.
We have no choice but to set the constitution on fire and start throwing people into a foreign torture prison for life now.
April 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Weirdly this is not the only time I've seen anti-trans ideologues get very weird about adoptive/step-parents where they insist calling them a parent is a polite fiction, rather than i think the more common understanding that there are many routes to becoming a parent.
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My short story A Call From Cobra is in the Spring 2025 issue of @weirdlitmag.bsky.social this morning!
You can read it, and the other great stories out today, on their site here—https://www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-call-from-cobra
You can read it, and the other great stories out today, on their site here—https://www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-call-from-cobra
March 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My short story A Call From Cobra is in the Spring 2025 issue of @weirdlitmag.bsky.social this morning!
You can read it, and the other great stories out today, on their site here—https://www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-call-from-cobra
You can read it, and the other great stories out today, on their site here—https://www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/a-call-from-cobra