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Mark Guyer (fiction) / Dustin Pinney (non-fiction)
@markguyer.bsky.social
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Writer: PHANTOM DELIVERY, THE CHOIR, MOCHI’S GRIMOIRE
Fiction pseudonym of non-fiction writer Dustin Pinney.

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Spoilers from the blog I wrote about Jason Newsted (that was actually about me).

We’re all survivors. Not nearly enough of us appreciate that.

But I see you. Rock on.

#adhdwriters #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #adhd #heavymetal #music #Metallica #JasonNewsted

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Text on a black screen: “If you’re reading this now, please understand that you are a survivor. I don’t know who or what tried to bury you, but you wouldn’t let it. Don’t let yourself forget that. And if you need a reminder of how amazing that is, do yourself a favor and listen to some heavy metal music.”
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Few will ever know the peace of a wizard in their chair.

#writer #writingcommunity #authorlife #adhdwriters #wizard #peace #mentalhealth
Fiction author Mark Guyer sitting in a chair, drinking a cup of coffee while wearing a wizard hat and robe. A stained glass floor lamp shines over his right shoulder.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Walking around Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira felt like entering a Hellboy comic:

#Hellboy #Cemetery #comics #MarkTwain #writinccommunity #writing #writer #authorsky #adhdwriters
A black and white picture of Woodlawn Cemetery. The trees are black and gray, the stone is white and stained.
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Look who I ran into…

#MarkTwain #TomSawyer #writingcommunity #writer #authorsky #adhdwriters
Mark Twain’s headstone.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Picked this up at the library today. Excited to learn more about my favorite actor.

#TimCurry #Vagabond #Library #Memoir #Books #writingcommunity #adhd #mentalhealth
The cover to Tim Curry’s memoir titled “Vagabond.” It features a young photo of the actor.
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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More friends hitched a ride with us to Corning.

#Books #Booksky #Bookstoread #HarlanEllison #EmilyCarroll #LewisCarroll #CliveBarker #JeffSmith #horror #fantasy #writingcommunity #authorlife #ADHD #MentalHealth #comics
Six books on a shelf: MINDFIELDS by Jacek Yerka & Harlan Ellison MY FAVORITE HORROR STORY - Anthology THROUGH THE WOODS - Emily Carroll ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - Lewis Carroll THE THIEF OF ALWAYS - Clive Barker BONE - Jeff Smith
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Some friends followed me to Corning.

#StephenKing #RayBradbury #GradyHendrix #Books #Booksky #HorrorCommunity #art #Writingcommunity
Books on a shelf: Carrie/Salme’s Lot/The Shining by Stephen King, Stories by Ray Bradbury, Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix, My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, and Dark Forces edited by Kirby McCauley
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Corning! Signed a copy of PHANTOM DELIVERY and left it in this Free Little Library. Just a heads up!

#horrorsky #BookNerd #Booksky #readingcommunity #readers #bookstoread #amwriting #writingcommunity #FreeLittleLibrary
The title page to “Phantom Delivery” by Mark Guyer. Scribbled just below the author’s name is this message: “Stay trapped in horror! MG” A green Free Little Library in Corning, NY.
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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“It’s the end. But the moment has been prepared for.”

Officially out of the old place for good! Time to regenerate!

#adhd #mentalhealth #moving #DoctorWho #TomBaker #regeneration
The Fourth Doctor, as played by the incredible Tom Baker, has reached the end of his amazing life. After falling off of a satellite, the Doctor has landed in a field. Weak and dying, his companions Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan kneel around him. He has just told them, “It’s the end. But the moment has been prepared for.” He’s now pointing behind him, where a ghostly white figure approaches.
November 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Sorry. You take atmospheric photos of action figures too?! That’s awesome! And Carpenter would dig your snapshot, I think. It looks like the ending. I took this a few years ago. I think I want to get back in the habit. Thanks for sharing!
A stormy background of cobalt lightning piercing the sky. The silhouette of the Headless Horseman, holding a Jack-O-Lantern high over his neck stump as his black horse kicks it's legs up into the air.
October 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
The original cast of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1992)
October 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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When the panic of yesterday settled down, I was able to snap this.

#photography #stress #adhd #park
A copper water fountain featuring the statue of a child pouring water out of a basin. It is isolated in Recreation park in Binghamton, NY. The water pit is stone the platform for the statue is stone. The statue is copper. A curved, stone bench encircles the top of the water where people can sit and be quiet.
October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Today taught me that no matter how stressed you think you are, it can always get worse. So, stay calm and handle one task at a time. It wasn’t all bad. Got to chat with an old friend. Snapped this. Serling left home, so must I.
#RodSerling #TwilightZone #Binghamton #stress #art #writingcommunity
A bronze statue of Rod Serling, creator, producer, main writer, and host of The Twilight Zone. He stands in his iconic pose, hands folded in the front, nice suit. A doorway stands behind him at an angle. The words “You Unlocks This Door With The Key of Imagination” are carved into the frame. He is standing on a hill in Rec Park in Binghamton, NY.
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I really, really, really, really, really like this movie, both ironically and unironically. But I ADORE this poster! Struzan made everything incredible.

#drewstruzan #mastersoftheuniverse #heman #skeletor #filmsky #scifi #fantasy #art
How can I describe this? It’s a masterful piece of artwork to promote a disappointing film. It’s the theatrical poster for the Masters of the Universe movie. He-Man is ripped and being and he takes up the center. Looking behind and over him is Skeletor, depicted with his massive black robe a skeleton face. Below them are minions of Skeletor in action figure stances. Anoce the title are flying machines that could be spaceships but are just flying platforma. The city is behind them. The artist, Drew Struzan, treated this like the biggest and best film ever.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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This book totally turned me around on making soup. I haven’t made all the recipes, but I have yet to try one I didn’t love. Who knew soup could be so satisfying and soothing?
An ohh-white book cover featuring. Two bowls, both filled with soup. One soup is green and yellow, the other is mostly orange and red. Both a full of vegetables and beans and spices. The title, in red, reads: “Soup Club.” The subtitle, in black, reads: “80 Cozy Recipes for creative, plant-based Soups and Stews to share.” The author is Caroline Wright. In the bottom right corner is a red icon in the shape of an Instant Pot that says, “Instant Pot Friendly.”
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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With fall at our door, I thought it was time for the Wizard to return.

#wizard #hat #fall #autumn #October #Halloween #magic #fantasy #writingcommunity
A photo of me in a wizard hat. It’s a side profile. My nose is very pronounced, I have bushy eyebrows and a dark beard. The hat is gray but looks almost too dark to see.
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Shout out to the Southeast Steuben County Library in Corning, NY for this AWESOME graphics on their website announcing Banned Books Week!

Free People Read Freely!

#books #libraries #library #bannedbooks #reading #writingcommunity #resist
A graphic announcing Banned Bools Week at the Southeast Steunen County Library. Most of the image is a green background. White text reads: “The Southeast Steuben County Library believes in the right to read: Free People Read Freely. In 2025, we observe Banned Book Week from October 5 to 11. Stop by the library to find a book that someone doesn’t want you to read. Discover more ar bannedbooksweek.org” Below this is a red, white, and blue graphic reiterating the dates for Banned Books Week and white text that says: “Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.”
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Halloween is about family.
#Chucky #Halloween #Horrorcommunity #family
In this image, I am wearing a trucker hat that has a family photo of Chucky, Tiffany, and their kid Glen/Glenda posing as if they were a typical suburban family getting their portrait done at Sears. There is fake blood splattered on the rest of the hat. The lower half of my face is covered because this isn't about me—it’s about family.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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If you see this, repost with a game from the year you were born

#mario #nintendo #gaming #80s
The cover of the original Super Mario Bros. game released in 1985. There’s a black background, art of Mario with his firepower, running along a white wall. Below that is the text: Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Entertainment System.
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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What’s the first comic you bought after being turned down for an assistant editor position at BOOM! Studios?

These VR TROOPERS issues I caught at my local shop. They’re from BROOM! But I don’t hold grudges.

Excited to read these!
#comics #vrtroopers #editing #reading #writingcommunity #comicbook
The cover of a comic book called VR TROOPERS: Three heroes in metal power suits stand heroically in front of a beam of bright white light.
September 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Just purchased this on Bookshop.org. Jacinda Ardern’s response to the mass shooting in New Zealand still moves me. I get to read about a hero of mine and support local bookshops. It’s the best!
#boolsky #bookshops #NewZealand #JacindaArdern
A black and white image of Jacinda Ardern, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, sitting in a chair, arms on her knees, hands interlocked, as she leans forward, smiling. In yellow letters is the title “A Different Kind of Power.”
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Day 8 of sharing images I love from horror/fantasy for no other reason than they’re nice and I love them.

Does this bad boy even need an introduction? Nosferatu (1922)

#horrorcommunity #fantasy #filmsky #horror #vampire #nosferatu #silentfilm
An open doorway. Standing in the center of the narrow passage is a tall, thin, pale man with extended fingers, black clothing, a bald head, bushy eyebrows, and a lifeless stare. His two front teeth are fangs.
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Day 7 of sharing images I love from horror/fantasy for no other reason than they’re nice and I love them.

Here’s Christopher Lee in Faerie Tale Theatre: The Boy Who Left Home to Find About the Shivers.

#fairytale #ChristopherLee #horrorcommunity #fantasy #wizard #sorcerer #magic #Halloween
A dark wizard (or sorcerer) in a black and gray robe stands in an old castle. He has his hand held out in front of him and is unleashing a beam of magic from his palm.
September 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Day 7 of sharing images I love from horror/fantasy for no other reason than they’re nice and I love them.

The Crimson King of The Dark Tower by Michael Whalen.

#horrorcommunity #fantasy #StephenKing #DarkTower #TheDarkTower #MichaelWhalen #CrimsonKing #Gunslinger #Roland
#art
In a dank green room stands a throne made of human skulls. All over the floor are corpses. Sitting in the chair, appearing to be little more than a crimson robe with a form shrouded in shadow, is the Crimson King.
September 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Day 5 of sharing images I love from horror/fantasy for no other reason than they’re nice and I love them.

The Hobbit (1977)

#TheHobbit #Gandalf #art #Tolkien #wizard #animation #RankinBass #fantasy
Gandalf the wizard stands beneath a storming sky with his robes and beard flowing but his eyes closed and calm.
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM