Mark Royse
@markroyse.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 stage-trained audiobook narrator & voice actor with 30+ years professional creative experience 🎙️
You want it darker? Happy Equinox.
September 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You want it darker? Happy Equinox.
And an empowered lynch mob will be convinced the only way to achieve justice for their fallen hero is to cleanse the country of trans folks, immigrants, and the homeless. Pure. Nazi. Bullshit.
September 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
And an empowered lynch mob will be convinced the only way to achieve justice for their fallen hero is to cleanse the country of trans folks, immigrants, and the homeless. Pure. Nazi. Bullshit.
Thanks to Spotify for including me in this ambitious, uber-queer project. It's an epistolary archive from nascent days of the internet. "Scratch" & "Winc" use the untamed frontier of cyber-space to eschew any fixed identity of gender or sexuality. Timely. Transgressive. Wild. tinyurl.com/ytc77a2a
September 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thanks to Spotify for including me in this ambitious, uber-queer project. It's an epistolary archive from nascent days of the internet. "Scratch" & "Winc" use the untamed frontier of cyber-space to eschew any fixed identity of gender or sexuality. Timely. Transgressive. Wild. tinyurl.com/ytc77a2a
Lordy! This marvel from @meakoopa.bsky.social... A riot of language. An orgy of ideas. Sacred. Profane. Wretched. Sublime. It healed Southern Baptist scars I didn't know I still had. The audiobook is transcendent--a Hallelujah Chorus of spoken word. OMG (literally). tinyurl.com/y4m26ths
September 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Lordy! This marvel from @meakoopa.bsky.social... A riot of language. An orgy of ideas. Sacred. Profane. Wretched. Sublime. It healed Southern Baptist scars I didn't know I still had. The audiobook is transcendent--a Hallelujah Chorus of spoken word. OMG (literally). tinyurl.com/y4m26ths
@rinakent.bsky.social delivers another violent, transgressive MM romance with lots and lots of pulse and spice. Mafia scion hot for teacher. Veteran romance narrators Stephen Dexter & Grayson Owens lead a full cast, but its their chemistry that grounds this lubricious romp. tinyurl.com/55b4h29r
September 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@rinakent.bsky.social delivers another violent, transgressive MM romance with lots and lots of pulse and spice. Mafia scion hot for teacher. Veteran romance narrators Stephen Dexter & Grayson Owens lead a full cast, but its their chemistry that grounds this lubricious romp. tinyurl.com/55b4h29r
@rorymichaelson.com charmed my curmudgeonly heart with this series. Contemporary dark fantasy. A world full of monsters and magic and teleporting ducks. A coterie of queer characters who bond amidst one world-ending catastrophe after another. Inventive. Soulful. Magical. tinyurl.com/4yavf49w
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
@rorymichaelson.com charmed my curmudgeonly heart with this series. Contemporary dark fantasy. A world full of monsters and magic and teleporting ducks. A coterie of queer characters who bond amidst one world-ending catastrophe after another. Inventive. Soulful. Magical. tinyurl.com/4yavf49w
This twisted tale from @caitlinstarling.com grabbed me by the short hairs. What a work! A claustrophobic fever dream of hunger, desire, and despair. Inventive, imaginative, yet seemingly inevitable. A virtuosic feat of horror. Wow.
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This twisted tale from @caitlinstarling.com grabbed me by the short hairs. What a work! A claustrophobic fever dream of hunger, desire, and despair. Inventive, imaginative, yet seemingly inevitable. A virtuosic feat of horror. Wow.
I'm such a fan of @leethomas1.bsky.social. He has a genius for blending atmospheric, suspenseful noir with creepy, supernatural dread. Masterful storytelling from a Lambda and Bram Stoker award-winning author.
August 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'm such a fan of @leethomas1.bsky.social. He has a genius for blending atmospheric, suspenseful noir with creepy, supernatural dread. Masterful storytelling from a Lambda and Bram Stoker award-winning author.
A multiple Audie Award-winning Audible exclusive from 2013, this unabridged production of Stoker's famous novel is narrated by a full cast including Tim Curry, Alan Cumming, and Simon Vance. The book's epistolary structure makes for great audio storytelling. sbee.link/gway3d7jmf
August 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A multiple Audie Award-winning Audible exclusive from 2013, this unabridged production of Stoker's famous novel is narrated by a full cast including Tim Curry, Alan Cumming, and Simon Vance. The book's epistolary structure makes for great audio storytelling. sbee.link/gway3d7jmf
Michael Rowe has done a difficult thing well. He’s crafted a quintessential gothic haunted house ghost story–with all the elements you’d expect–but he transcends trope and delivers genuine campfire creep. Impressive. sbee.link/vp8bkud3a7 #bookreview #bookstagram #kindle
August 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Michael Rowe has done a difficult thing well. He’s crafted a quintessential gothic haunted house ghost story–with all the elements you’d expect–but he transcends trope and delivers genuine campfire creep. Impressive. sbee.link/vp8bkud3a7 #bookreview #bookstagram #kindle
As a huge fan of Gillian Anderson, I was intrigued by this series. She's the narrator of all three books as well as the author (with Tom Clancy ghostwriter Jeff Rovin). This sprawling, paranormal thriller rattles at the seams, but holds together in the end. sbee.link/9fwvgbmq8x
August 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As a huge fan of Gillian Anderson, I was intrigued by this series. She's the narrator of all three books as well as the author (with Tom Clancy ghostwriter Jeff Rovin). This sprawling, paranormal thriller rattles at the seams, but holds together in the end. sbee.link/9fwvgbmq8x
@masonthomas.bsky.social creates engaging, entertaining indie gay fantasy with just the right blend of adventure, romance, and spice. Here he does his take on a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. sbee.link/bfqxyejcmg
August 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@masonthomas.bsky.social creates engaging, entertaining indie gay fantasy with just the right blend of adventure, romance, and spice. Here he does his take on a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. sbee.link/bfqxyejcmg
George Saunders' mesmerizing tale is taken up by a star-studded cast of narrators including Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Susan Sarandon, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Don Cheadle and many, many more. Winner of the 2018 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year. sbee.link/nqbw3f4t9v
August 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
George Saunders' mesmerizing tale is taken up by a star-studded cast of narrators including Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Susan Sarandon, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Don Cheadle and many, many more. Winner of the 2018 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year. sbee.link/nqbw3f4t9v
@buehlmeister.bsky.social is a virtuoso. He transforms and elevates every genre he plays with. This is one of the most captivating, well written fantasy adventure novels I've ever read. Wondrous, fantastic, magical. Gritty, earthy, real. Just magnificent. sbee.link/aupq9dxfmk
July 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
@buehlmeister.bsky.social is a virtuoso. He transforms and elevates every genre he plays with. This is one of the most captivating, well written fantasy adventure novels I've ever read. Wondrous, fantastic, magical. Gritty, earthy, real. Just magnificent. sbee.link/aupq9dxfmk
A midwestern/southwestern Gothic that is gritty and empty and full of longing. Lonely yet hopeful but with few expectations. No one does it like Stephen Graham Jones. @sgj.bsky.social Hypnotic and heartbreaking. sbee.link/7ptamxwhbv #bookreview #goodreads #kindle
July 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A midwestern/southwestern Gothic that is gritty and empty and full of longing. Lonely yet hopeful but with few expectations. No one does it like Stephen Graham Jones. @sgj.bsky.social Hypnotic and heartbreaking. sbee.link/7ptamxwhbv #bookreview #goodreads #kindle
This horror story is part bullied-gay-boy revenge fantasy, part cautionary tale against losing one's identity to a relationship, and part morality tale about being careful what you accept in the name of love. Appropriately myopic and adolescent. sbee.link/xvbrhepjct #bookreview
July 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This horror story is part bullied-gay-boy revenge fantasy, part cautionary tale against losing one's identity to a relationship, and part morality tale about being careful what you accept in the name of love. Appropriately myopic and adolescent. sbee.link/xvbrhepjct #bookreview
Is this the one you're referring to? If so, I think I almost used the same model for my second design, who does have albinism. Here makeup mattes her out and makes her more sculptural/sepulchral.
July 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Is this the one you're referring to? If so, I think I almost used the same model for my second design, who does have albinism. Here makeup mattes her out and makes her more sculptural/sepulchral.
A coming-of-age, coming-of-adulthood, coming-of-mortality novel. Raw, vulnerable, and heartbreaking. Haunting narration by Lee Osorio. sbee.link/rgv3knyhfu #bookreview #goodreads #kindle
July 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A coming-of-age, coming-of-adulthood, coming-of-mortality novel. Raw, vulnerable, and heartbreaking. Haunting narration by Lee Osorio. sbee.link/rgv3knyhfu #bookreview #goodreads #kindle
My antidote to a jarring cover design for Joyce Carol Oates' intimate, haunting novel. @joycecaroloates.bsky.social Very different from this overly graphic version: sbee.link/jbuk9tx8a6 #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign
July 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My antidote to a jarring cover design for Joyce Carol Oates' intimate, haunting novel. @joycecaroloates.bsky.social Very different from this overly graphic version: sbee.link/jbuk9tx8a6 #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign
This heartfelt sci-fi gay romance was a delightful surprise. I loved the atmosphere, the characters, and the love story. Turned me into an ol' softie. sbee.link/9rbh7ye3j8 #bookreview #goodreads #kindle
July 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This heartfelt sci-fi gay romance was a delightful surprise. I loved the atmosphere, the characters, and the love story. Turned me into an ol' softie. sbee.link/9rbh7ye3j8 #bookreview #goodreads #kindle
The cover of @michaelkiggins.bsky.social And the Train Kept Moving is classic noir, but after narrating the book, I created a cover design that captured the anxious, frenetic energy of the protagonist. Compare to the actual: sbee.link/gakprfcq4x #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign
July 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The cover of @michaelkiggins.bsky.social And the Train Kept Moving is classic noir, but after narrating the book, I created a cover design that captured the anxious, frenetic energy of the protagonist. Compare to the actual: sbee.link/gakprfcq4x #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign
A 2-part horror story from Quil Carter. Dark, violent, brutal, graphic. Unlike anything else I've read. A gay quasi-vampire tale with rough, transgressive, BDSM elements. Not for everybody, but I was enthralled. @fallocaust.bsky.social sbee.link/xgfm4cvqty #bookreview
July 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A 2-part horror story from Quil Carter. Dark, violent, brutal, graphic. Unlike anything else I've read. A gay quasi-vampire tale with rough, transgressive, BDSM elements. Not for everybody, but I was enthralled. @fallocaust.bsky.social sbee.link/xgfm4cvqty #bookreview
Another narration project of mine that I wanted a cover that evoked the narrative of the story. Compare with the actual: sbee.link/bqujm9wvnx #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign
July 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Another narration project of mine that I wanted a cover that evoked the narrative of the story. Compare with the actual: sbee.link/bqujm9wvnx #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign
I was skeptical going into this indie gay sci-fi romance series, but I found myself charmed by the characters and the plot. The setting is a post-computer world where AI destroyed much of the human race then vanished. Suspenseful, mildly spicy, and fun. sbee.link/ywbhjnvcgr #bookreview
July 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I was skeptical going into this indie gay sci-fi romance series, but I found myself charmed by the characters and the plot. The setting is a post-computer world where AI destroyed much of the human race then vanished. Suspenseful, mildly spicy, and fun. sbee.link/ywbhjnvcgr #bookreview
@andreonthemic.com is having a moment. This horror/sci-fi combines the surreal and campy fun of his Tinglers with a suspenseful narrative. In addition to veteran narrator @chucktingle.bsky.social , numerous authors join the cast incl. @andreonthemic.com and TJ Klune. sbee.link/3vrtwhpn6q
July 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
@andreonthemic.com is having a moment. This horror/sci-fi combines the surreal and campy fun of his Tinglers with a suspenseful narrative. In addition to veteran narrator @chucktingle.bsky.social , numerous authors join the cast incl. @andreonthemic.com and TJ Klune. sbee.link/3vrtwhpn6q