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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 01/10/2026

You too, huh? 👴👴👴 Although in my case it was...

maid marian from disney's robin hood movie a vixen anthro with a red and white face, eyes half closed, long eyelashes, speaking slyly to lady cluck off page, her mouth near the pedals of a flower she holds in her hands, wearing a large veil over her head and large prick ears

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 29/09/2026

Share someone who looks stylish posing with or next to a car.

Gunsmith Cats: Mister V #11 (of 11)

It takes more than an out-of-control 18-wheeler to stop Bean Bandit and Rally from getting their man! But now that they've got the counterfeiter Jim Macks, what next? Macks is Bean's client, but he's Rally's bounty target! And they've still got their friend Misty's kidnappers on their tail! It's the endless runaround of a bounty hunter's life, and as Rally's 23rd birthday approaches, Chicago's fastest draw is looking for a reward that isn't counterfeit! It's the final regular episode of Kenichi Sonoda's long-running hit, Gunsmith Cats!

Creator: Kenichi Sonoda
Letterer: Susie Lee
Translator: Dana Lewis · Toren Smith
Editor: Mike Hansen
Designer: Darcy Hockett
Cover artist: Kenichi Sonoda
Genres: Action/Adventure · Crime/Mystery · Manga

Publication date: Aug. 15, 2001

Format: b&w, 40 pg.

Price: $3.50

UPC: 76156899238001111

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 21/09/2026

If you see this, post your fav Disney character.

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 04/09/2026

#SongsOfSeptember Day 3 My urban fantasy thrillers feature the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats, torn apart as militaries on three continents vie to exploit their deadly talents. Protagonist Pawly seeks to know the truth about who--and what--she is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8P9...

pawly young woman lynx werecat with blonde hair main character from werecats emergent by mark j engels raging wearing a washington capitals hockey jersey jeans and a hoodie tied around her waist by the arms raging sinking her claws into someone's wrist who had attacked her with her mother and a family friend rushing up on either side to restrain her artwork by malcolm chan

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 29/08/2026

Nia Teppelin from Gurren Lagann. iykyk 😭😭😭

Nia Teppelin (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 29/08/2026

Celebrate #IndieAugust with nearly 300 sci-fi/fantasy/horror 📚🪐 ebooks during the #NarratessIndieSale --some free, some a little more, none over 2.99 USD (or equivalent in your local currency.) indiebook.sale #BookSky📚💙 #ReadSky My urban fantasy thriller series opener included 👇👇👇

Top: werecats emergent series opener of forest exiles saga by mark j engels book cover featuring young woman warrior werecat baring her claws with a dark forest backdrop behind her dressed in a tanktop and jeans

Bottom: Banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale. A chonky dragon reads a book at the bottom, a pile of skulls with a candle and ghost sit on the left of the text, and a space ship flies by a planet on the right of the text. Sale on NOW through August 31st.

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 28/08/2026

The @narratess.com sale is live! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 Now until August 31st my WERECATS EMERGENT joins a bunch of other great SFF books at indiebook.sale. #narratesssale #indiebooksale

A central banner for the Narratess Indie Book Sale surrounded by dozens of book covers.

The central banner is in shades of purple and indigo, with a dragon at the bottom and skulls, planets and stars, and gemstones adorning the corners; behind them is a starry sky.

Text: Indie Book Sale

indiebook.sale

Fantasy, Sci FI & Horror

29 - 31 August

Banner designed by Arden Powell

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 28/08/2026

Soon, very soon, the @narratess.com sale will be here! This weekend my WERECATS EMERGENT joins a bunch of other great SFF books at indiebook.sale -- bookmark it now! Starts shortly after midnight (GMT+2) and runs until August 31st. #narratesssale #indiebooksale

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 27/08/2026

I went out of my way to accentuate my furry women's anthro characteristics. Artwork featuring scenes from my urban fantasy thrillers featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats:

werecats convergent by mark j engels pawly young woman lynx werecat with blonde hair main character dressed in a sneak suit fights hana an enemy tigrine werecat woman operative with dark hair dressed in a tiger-striped bodysuit both women wielding spears artwork by elliot rodriguez

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 25/08/2026

If you see this post a blonde

werecats convergent by mark j engels pawly young woman lynx werecat with blonde hair main character dressed in a sneak suit leaping down from a balcony to an alleyway below with claws out fangs bared ready to shred a would-be perpetrator artwork by amy sun hee

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 23/08/2026

And my books were *there!* Be looking for the Doppelfoxx Publishing table at your next con.

Three contemporary action fantasy books in the 'Forest Exiles' series by Mark J. Engels: Werecats Emergent, Werecats Convergent, and Werecats Resurgent. The covers depict the main female character Pawly in various story related garb, from the neck down, as she stalks toward the viewer with her arms held slightly out to either side. From elbow down, her forearms and hand grow fur, and her fingers are tipped with sharp talons.

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 23/08/2026

WERECATS EMERGENT opens my Forest Exiles Saga--a breakneck urban fantasy thriller series featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats, torn apart as militaries on three continents vie to exploit their deadly talents. #narratesssale #indiebooksale

werecats emergent series opener of forest exiles saga by mark j engels book cover featuring young woman warrior werecat baring her claws with a dark forest backdrop behind her dressed in a tanktop and jeans

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 23/08/2026

Another @narratess.com sale will soon be here! Next weekend only, WERECATS EMERGENT joins a bunch of other great SFF books at indiebook.sale -- bookmark it now! Taking a cue from @tamarasharker.com, so participating authors drop your covers and blurbs in the replies. #narratesssale #indiebooksale

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 11/08/2026

Gavin and his mind-controlled minions will give no quarter as they wrestle for control of Time itself, taking the fight to the Commune's front door during the heart-pounding climax. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 for DEATH'S DOOR by @talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social ! www.amazon.com/review/R31F9...

Book cover image, graphic young dark skinned & haired man conjuring a lightning bolt, arm around a young white auburn haired girl with a pastoral scene seeming to drip from her fingertips. Title Death’s Door, tales from purgatory book 3, by Liz Roderick

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 11/08/2026

Magdalene returns from the Darkness to ominous news--Gavin is messing with the forces of life and death, ones he surely doesn't understand. Another thrilling installment of a dreampunk epic saga from @talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social ! www.amazon.com/Deaths-Door-...

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 09/08/2026

Alrightee then! Thank you! Because I quite love mine too. 🥰 Forest Exiles Saga--a breakneck urban fantasy thriller series featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats, torn apart as militaries on three continents vie to exploit their deadly talents.

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 09/08/2026

For International Cat Day, enjoy #AwesomeCharacters from my urban fantasy thriller series FOREST EXILES SAGA featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats, torn apart as militaries on three continents vie to exploit their deadly talents. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

black and white image of bare-chested sabre-toothed anthro wearing cutoffs towering over another man in a hoodie and a watch cap drawing back to take a swing with a fist the size of a cinder block art by panther flint based on a scene from the urban fantasy thriller novel werecats convergent by mark j engels

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 02/08/2026

Quote with some dangerous character art.

werecats convergent by mark j engels pawly hana an enemy tigrine werecat woman operative with dark hair dressed in a tiger-striped bodysuit launching a barrage of darts toward a startled lyncean werecat in a wintertime forest setting artwork by malcolm chan

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 31/07/2026

Alice Cooper in Wayne's World.

wayne and garth bowing upon meeting their hero alice cooper saying "we're not worthy!" from the movie wayne's world

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 28/07/2026

Final days of this @smashwords.bsky.social sky.social sale, including my urban fantasy thriller series featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats. Savings on my books and many more! #SWSale2026 #Smashwords www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

Last chance to save during the world’s biggest and longest sales event celebrating indie authors and the readers who love them. That’s right, the 18th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale begins July 1 and runs the entire month of July!

Why is it called the Summer/Winter Sale?

Because every July Smashwords celebrates summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere by placing nearly 100,000 ebooks on sale. This is NOT a typical book sale. It’s a month-long, stuff-your-device-until-it-breaks gorge fest that voracious readers mark on their calendars. Smashwords super sales like this one attract the type of indie reader who comes for the discounts, and stays for the discoveries.

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 24/07/2026

Drop a crush from your youth and i'm certain i have a *lot* of company

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 21/07/2026

If you see this post a smiling OC "What? I *am* smiling!"

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 20/07/2026

I had been trying to find this then and just now found it!

panel from a comic by Fred Perry featuring his Gold Digger character Brittany "Cheetah" Diggers and Princess Asrial from Ben Dunn's Ninja High School

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 20/07/2026

stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness:

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 19/07/2026

He'll do right by you and your characters. He did right be me and mine!

werecats emergent by mark j engels pawly young woman lynx werecat with blonde hair main character awakes after her first transformation to find she has returned to human form and is shocked to see a woman werecat smiling sadly at her with her hand on her cheek her mother artwork by malcolm chan

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 19/07/2026

He does great work! Such as this one below, with many more available in the Gallery section of my author web site at: www.mark-engels.com

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 10/07/2026

Post 4 female characters you love, then pass it on!

Nene Romanova Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 petite blonde police control operator with a bob cut

Minnie May Hopkins from Gunsmith Cats anime petite blonde bob cut grinning as she peeks inside her jacket at her custom-made explosive devices

Deunan Knute from Appleseed, blonde cybercop with a pixie cut dressed in tactical gear brandishing her riot gun with her cybernetic lover and partner Briareos standing behind her in the background with his hip howitzer

Dr. Elaki Kalakahaii, a lynx anthro woman with short fur atop her head instead of hair, explains her plan for an EVA outside her crew's spacecraft from the Erma Felna, EDF comic by Steven A. Gallacci

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 04/07/2026

You knowing me like you do, ought not to surprise you my favorite Ninja High School character was a particular shapeshifting princess named Asrial, inclined from time to time to remind anyone within earshot she was indeed "a Salusian of noble birth!"

head shot of blonde-haired princess asrial from ninja high school in her anthro skunk "Salusian" form dressed in her military uniform barking orders

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 01/07/2026

Big promotion going on all month over at @smashwords.bsky.social , including my urban fantasy thriller series featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats. Find my books there and a bunch of other great ones! www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

It’s time for the world’s biggest and longest sales event celebrating indie authors and the readers who love them. That’s right, the 18th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale begins July 1 and runs the entire month of July!

Why is it called the Summer/Winter Sale?

Because every July Smashwords celebrates summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere by placing nearly 100,000 ebooks on sale. This is NOT a typical book sale. It’s a month-long, stuff-your-device-until-it-breaks gorge fest that voracious readers mark on their calendars. Smashwords super sales like this one attract the type of indie reader who comes for the discounts, and stays for the discoveries.

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 29/06/2026

Quote-Post with something that is a circle!⭕️

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 29/06/2026

Drop some SPIES 🕵️‍♀️🖤🔫

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 29/06/2026

An actual line from one of my urban fantasy thrillers featuring the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats... "Clover Ewing, eat your heart out!"

excerpt from urban fantasy thriller werecats emergent by mark j. engels

A railing hung down from an awning above the deck. Grabbing hold of it, Stuie pulled herself the rest of the way through. Taking care not to look down at the frigid water, she pushed off and stuck a perfect landing on the deck below with hardly a sound. Auntie Alex would be proud!

She looked left and right and all around as she listened. Hearing no yelling, no talking, no footsteps, Stuie stuck out her tongue and reached back through the hatch to grab her overcoat. Clover Ewing, eat your heart out!

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 27/06/2026

"Truth?" by Def Leppard from their Slang album, after Pawly discovers her werecat heritage one fateful Halloween night. #WritingPrompt www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8P9...

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 23/06/2026

Did someone say "Crispin Freeman"? 😏

autographed guest of honor page from 1999 anime central chicago con book including rachael lillis, robert dejesus, leah applebaum, crispin freeman, and lisa ortiz

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 22/06/2026

@bookshop.org supports local, independent bookstores by providing them with an easy way to sell books online and gives shoppers an alternative to buying books on Amazon. Every time you buy a book on @bookshop.org , you financially support local independent bookstores. Link to my shop in the reply!

june 23-26 anti-prime day free shipping support bookstores, not billionaires bookshop.org

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 15/06/2026

Readers will surely come to love, respect, abhor, and vilify the hero/seer/child/condemned--all at the same time. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 to @drafoxter.bsky.social for FRAGMENTED FATES! www.amazon.com/review/R3BYO...

cover of fragmented fates by nancy foster featuring a dark skinned woman with pointed ears wearing a mask over her eyes and forehead and her hair put up with an intricate golden hairpiece looming down at the domes of a desert community below her

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 15/06/2026

Political machinations and personal grudges play out in this dark and gritty high fantasy tale by @drafoxter.bsky.social ... www.amazon.com/Fragmented-F...

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 13/06/2026

My urban fantasy thriller books feature the modern-day remnant of an ancient clan of werecats, torn apart as militaries on three continents vie to exploit their deadly talents, are the books I had in my heart to write--the books I wanted to *read* and couldn't find. Now the series is complete!

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 01/06/2026

One story in particular in this collection may inspire some to pause a moment and take a knee before a cottonwood tree to engage in some impromptu thing-finding. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 to @filigreemchana.bsky.social for THE BLOOD ORANGE TREE! www.amazon.com/review/R3F8H...

cover of the blood orange tree stories and poems by m crane hana a new mexico highway map overlaid with an original work storm jewel depicting a storm in the background and a young tree in the foreground decorated with blue bead garland and red pearls

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 27/05/2026

And if he *did* well... 😅 (pro tip--dig a hole)

lina inverse from slayers anime and manga petite red-hair wizardess wearing red robes with black and gold trim hands drawn back glowing ready to cast her signature dragon slave spell dig a hole

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Mark J. Engels @mark-engels.com · 25/05/2026

He and I go waaaaaaaay back. 👴👴👴

albedo anthropomorphics issue #2 from 1984 introducing stan sakai's usagi yojimbo antropomorphic white rabbit dressed as a ronin masterless samurai ears tied up in a topknot peering around a half-open sliding door with a menacing look, one hand and thumb pushing his katana up in its scabbard ready for action

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