Mark Berton - Author
@markberton.com
Mark Berton, author of Roswell Publishing's "Aroughcoune," and Arcadia Publishing's “Dixmont State Hospital” and “Moon Township." Berton earned two SPJ Spotlight awards for his writing.
https://www.facebook.com/markbertonauthor
https://linktr.ee/MarkBerton
https://www.facebook.com/markbertonauthor
https://linktr.ee/MarkBerton
Pinned
Aroughcoune
Check out Aroughcoune - Zin and Bill just want to enjoy a summer weekend camping and getting away from it all when their plans are thrust into a bizarre kill-or-be-killed nightmare pitting them agains...
bookshop.org
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
💙📚 ❤️📚 #horror #books
Sometimes you just have to bake yourself a pumpkin loaf to remember Halloween's not gone, it's just resting.💙📚 ❤️📚
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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 💙📚 ❤️📚
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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 💙📚 ❤️📚
If you are near Pittsburgh, stop in and get the guaranteed signed edition!
#Aroughcoune #FirstStore #WoollyBearBooks #CarnegiePA #IndieBookstore #SignedCopy 💙📚 ❤️📚
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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 💙📚 ❤️📚
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
amzn.to/4hM72UW
#history #horror #insaneasylum #abandoned #urbanexploration
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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
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
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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
💙📚 ❤️📚 #carrioncomfort #simmons #horrorbooks #twins
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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
💙📚 ❤️📚 #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
FYI that's my fiction podcast. You'll be appearing here - youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's also now available as a podcast via Spotify, iTunes, and iHeartRadio.
It's also now available as a podcast via Spotify, iTunes, and iHeartRadio.
Creative Dynamos - YouTube
Interviews that I have with creative individuals (and sometimes more than one person) and news about such interviews.
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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
💙📚 ❤️📚
www.scottroche.com/omniverse/
#horror #cryptid #horrorbooks
💙📚 ❤️📚
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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
💙📚 ❤️📚
www.scottroche.com/omniverse/
#horror #cryptid #horrorbooks
💙📚 ❤️📚
Reposted by Mark Berton - Author
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
💙📚 ❤️📚 #horror #books
Aroughcoune
Check out Aroughcoune - Zin and Bill just want to enjoy a summer weekend camping and getting away from it all when their plans are thrust into a bizarre kill-or-be-killed nightmare pitting them agains...
bookshop.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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
💙📚 ❤️📚 #horror #books
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
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
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
#horrorfan #australia #thriller
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
#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 💙📚 ❤️📚
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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
#pittsburghevents
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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
#pittsburghevents
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...
📚💙
www.facebook.com/share/p/1K1v...
📚💙
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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...
📚💙
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. 💙📚 ❤️📚
Now You See It . . .
The author of I Am Legend transforms a lonely mansion i…
www.goodreads.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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
With SNAP in jeopardy, here's where to find food assistance across Pittsburgh
These resources include pantries, free fridges, food banks, and free grocery programs by neighborhood or region.
www.pghcitypaper.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
📚💙 📚❤️
- MB
📚💙 📚❤️
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Happy Halloween!!! Be safe, get candy, have fun!!!
- MB
📚💙 📚❤️
- 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 📚💙 📚❤️
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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
💙📚 ❤️📚 #kindle #sale #books #pittsburgh
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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
💙📚 ❤️📚 #kindle #sale #books #pittsburgh