Mark Berton - Author

You took the journey with us. You paid the fare. Now leave that review and tell us how we did so the next person will enjoy what you did! Goodreads, Amazon, Storygraph, wherever. It's less than a minute, but it means so much!
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Dayton, I know you love cryptid creature features! 🦝💀
I’ll be at the Alt Street Market, May 2, with my 2025 bestseller, Aroughcoune, about a giant, genetically modified, rabid raccoon.
Visit altstmarket.com for full details!🔗
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So grateful to the Bridgeville Public Librar, Westmoreland Writers Wolf Pack & everyone who came out to support my Aroughcoune author talk! Had a blast & was shocked at how many people came out. Thanks to all! 💙📚 ❤️📚
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ONE WEEK AWAY!👇 💙📚❤️📚
There's 1 week to sign up! Already have a healthy group registered, but there's plenty of more seats if you can make it. Here's the link. Feel free to share and invite anyone you like. All are welcome! Hope to see you there!
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Special thanks to the esteemed UK horror review site, Ginger Nuts of Horror, for their recent interview about Aroughcoune. I hope you can check it out and share it with friends who enjoy horror, cryptids and creature features.
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Mark Berton On Writing Aroughcoune: Scientific Horror & Character  - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website Horror author Mark Berton discusses crafting Aroughcoune, where science meets terror. Explore his writing process, influences like Clive Barker, and building dread from real-world fears.

Most horror writers think in monsters. Mark Berton thinks in science experiments gone wrong. I talked to the author of Aroughcoune about narrative puzzles, plausibility, and the dread of the familiar.

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Gonna be a hectic year! If you want to catch me, try to make it out to one of these events and say Hi!
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Here's the registration link for my author talk. Feel free to share and invite anyone you like. All are welcome! Hope to see you there!
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Order that perfect Valentine's Day gift for the horror lover in your life! Get @roswellpublishing 2025 Bestselling debut Aroughcoune from these fine vendors:
Woolly Bear Books,
​Werner's Books,
Bookshop.org, ​Amazon
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Aroughcoune: It's about a monster too, just not as scary. amzn.to/4hM72UW 💙📚 ❤️📚

Don't forget: this month I'm presenting at the @bridgevillebpl Bridgeville Public Library about Aroughcoune! It's free and open to the public!
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REVIEW — Aroughcoune (Mark Berton) Animal horror is alive and well -- but this tale is of a creature far from it. Behold the Aroughcoune, a rabid trash panda fit for a 50s sci-fi movie screen. Pages of non-stop action, author Mark Bert...

Another stellar review for Aroughcoune!!! Check it out:
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Erie: I’m thrilled to announce that Aroughcoune has found its home on the shelves of Werner Books & Coffee.
​If you’ve been waiting to hold the nightmare in your hands, head down to Liberty Plaza and get your copy today!
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We are excited to be part of the 2026 Halfway to Halloween event at the Time and Space Marketplace in Monroeville! This was the first event we did after Aroughcoune released and met a lot of great people! I hope to see you all there!
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Another great review!!! Thank you!!!
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Covid and the #STEM origins of #Aroughcoune #horror #books #cryptids #bookrecommendations #raccoon YouTube video by Mark Berton

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. 💙📚 ❤️📚

Mark Berton on Instagram 1 likes, 1 comments - frogelixir on January 4, 2026

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Check it out! Please Like and follow! It's been a big year for the big raccoon! #horror 📚💙 ❤️📚

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🎙️ NEW USDN PODCAST

Author @markberton.com joins the USDN Podcast to discuss AROUGHCOUNE.

Conspiracy. Horror. Consequences.

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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.

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

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...

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! ❤️📚 💙📚

Mark Berton on Instagram: "Honored, thankful, bewildered 😜 that Aroughcoune has become one of Roswell Publishing's 2025 Bestsellers!!! Thanks to everyone who took a chance on this crazy-sounding premi... The A Roughcoune success story is an inspiring tale of perseverance and collaboration. From its humble beginnings to becoming a New York Times bestseller, A Roughcoune has captured the hearts of reade...

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 💙📚 ❤️📚
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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 💙📚 ❤️📚