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Mark Bertrand (Novelist)

@markbertrand.bsky.social
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Mark Bertrand writes psychological thrillers about ordinary individuals trapped inside systems of law, judgment, and authority—systems that criminalize everyday life while claiming to preserve order. www.markbertrand.com

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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 21h
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Defund Wall Street
The stock market is not the economy. It’s a parasite feeding on it, and it’s time we stopped starving the host to keep the tick fat.
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 21h
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Defund Wall Street
The stock market is not the economy. It’s a parasite feeding on it, and it’s time we stopped starving the host to keep the tick fat.
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 21h
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Defund Wall Street
The stock market is not the economy. It’s a parasite feeding on it, and it’s time we stopped starving the host to keep the tick fat.
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Algorithm Didn’t Fire Him—It Made His Life Unprofitable
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Threshold markbertrand.substack.com/p/the-thresh...
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The Threshold
Billionaire Monster short story
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Who pays for America when AI takes the jobs? youtu.be/48fRD8KnbK4
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The Last Taxpayer | Who Pays for America When AI Takes the Jobs?
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Who pays for America when AI takes the jobs? youtu.be/48fRD8KnbK4
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The Last Taxpayer | Who Pays for America When AI Takes the Jobs?
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Who pays for America when AI takes the jobs? youtu.be/48fRD8KnbK4
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The Last Taxpayer | Who Pays for America When AI Takes the Jobs?
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Make the wealthy fund the rebellion! youtube.com/shorts/YXBYz...
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Make The Wealthy Fund The Rebellion #music #remix #bass
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Billionaire Who Bought God markbertrand.substack.com/p/the-billio...
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The Billionaire Who Bought God
This article is in reference to the op-ed I wrote for The Progressive in August 2026: [Billionaire Monsters: Hierarchy, Engineered Inequality, Rebellion, and Institutional Violence
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Billionaire Who Bought God markbertrand.substack.com/p/the-billio...
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The Billionaire Who Bought God
This article is in reference to the op-ed I wrote for The Progressive in August 2026: [Billionaire Monsters: Hierarchy, Engineered Inequality, Rebellion, and Institutional Violence
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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The Billionaire Who Bought God
This article is in reference to the op-ed I wrote for The Progressive in August 2026: [Billionaire Monsters: Hierarchy, Engineered Inequality, Rebellion, and Institutional Violence
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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The Billionaire Who Bought God
This article is in reference to the op-ed I wrote for The Progressive in August 2026: [Billionaire Monsters: Hierarchy, Engineered Inequality, Rebellion, and Institutional Violence
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Voting Fraud The Billionaire Wins Either Way
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#AIdatacenterbacklash The Billionaire Monster Wins Every Election Democrats manage the system that creates billionaires. Republicans are turning those billionaires into the state. youtu.be/AWnff5GEjtI
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Voting Fraud The Billionaire Wins Either Way
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#AIdatacenterbacklash The Billionaire Monster Wins Every Election Democrats manage the system that creates billionaires. Republicans are turning those billionaires into the state. youtu.be/AWnff5GEjtI
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Voting Fraud The Billionaire Wins Either Way
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Voting Fraud The Billionaire Wins Either Way
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Voting Fraud The Billionaire Wins Either Way
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Stupid Wears His Face | Billionaire Monsters
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Respectable Monster — When Greed Builds the Machine | Mark Bertrand
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Respectable Monster — When Greed Builds the Machine | Mark Bertrand
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Respectable Monster — When Greed Builds the Machine | Mark Bertrand
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Respectable Monster — When Greed Builds the Machine | Mark Bertrand
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Respectable Monster — When Greed Builds the Machine | Mark Bertrand
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Respectable Monster — When Greed Builds the Machine | Mark Bertrand
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Stupid Wears His Face | Billionaire Monsters
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Stupid Wears His Face | Billionaire Monsters
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Laura Benton does not merely envy male power. She studies it, copies it, and helps build a world where admitting its source becomes forbidden. Read RECKONING: Which lyric exposes her most completely? youtu.be/D8YnW_ZGWtQ
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A Thousand Tearful Eyes
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Institutional Power Is Not Against AI Writers open.substack.com/pub/markbert...
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Institutional Power Is Not Against AI Writers
It objects when the machine belongs to the writer.
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Karma's Coming For You
When a Billionaire Can Publish Your Confession Before You Write It
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Men enter Misandry Arena knowing the audience has not come to see who wins. They have come to see who dies. “We Hate Men” inspired by the cage-fighting scene in my novel Starzel—a world where suffering has become entertainment and hatred has become a profitable public ritual. youtu.be/1d6Fat1NxLA
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WE HATE MEN — Starzel | Dystopian Thriller Song & Novel Trailer
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Men enter Misandry Arena knowing the audience has not come to see who wins. They have come to see who dies. “We Hate Men” inspired by the cage-fighting scene in my novel Starzel—a world where suffering has become entertainment and hatred has become a profitable public ritual. youtu.be/1d6Fat1NxLA
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WE HATE MEN — Starzel | Dystopian Thriller Song & Novel Trailer
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Duane Simolke @duanesimolke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Some free sites for finding or promoting indie books. Please suggest more. #BookSky 💙📚 #BookPromotion www.selfpublishing360.com www.indiebookdirectory.com thebooklist.co/share/index thebookrex.com rebeccacrunden.com/resources-fo...
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Self-Publishing 360 | Indie Author Community | Support for Self-Published Writers
Join our Indie Author Community to promote your book for free! Connect with self-published writers, get feedback, and master book marketing together.
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The Economic Rot of Captured Culture
Case #018
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The Economic Rot of Captured Culture
Case #018
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The Economic Rot of Captured Culture
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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The Economic Rot of Captured Culture
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Reader’s Court: I share short thrillers where systems stand trial. You get the story first, then the autopsy—how power protects itself while staying “legal.” Case 012 The Brief Was Already Written | How Gun Industry Power Shapes Trials Before They Begin markbertrand.substack.com
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Reader’s Court: I share short thrillers where systems stand trial. You get the story first, then the autopsy—how power protects itself while staying “legal.” Case 012 The Brief Was Already Written | How Gun Industry Power Shapes Trials Before They Begin markbertrand.substack.com
The Reader’s Court Case 012 image featuring a child’s pink backpack, family photo, courtroom bench, and legal filings symbolizing how gun industry legal power shapes outcomes before trials begin.
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The courts were never just rooms where justice was supposed to happen. They were the place power learned to make itself legal. The Reader’s Court Special Edition: The courts were taken. The Constitution gives us the weapon. World War Three is in the courts. youtu.be/X_ze75iAmHM?...
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The Courts Were Taken: A Reader’s Court Special Edition
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The courts were never just rooms where justice was supposed to happen. They were the place power learned to make itself legal. The Reader’s Court Special Edition: The courts were taken. The Constitution gives us the weapon. World War Three is in the courts. youtu.be/X_ze75iAmHM?...
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The Courts Were Taken: A Reader’s Court Special Edition
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The courts were never just rooms where justice was supposed to happen. They were the place power learned to make itself legal. The Reader’s Court Special Edition: The courts were taken. The Constitution gives us the weapon. World War Three is in the courts. youtu.be/X_ze75iAmHM?...
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The Courts Were Taken: A Reader’s Court Special Edition
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The courts were never just rooms where justice was supposed to happen. They were the place power learned to make itself legal. The Reader’s Court Special Edition: The courts were taken. The Constitution gives us the weapon. World War Three is in the courts. youtu.be/X_ze75iAmHM?...
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The Courts Were Taken: A Reader’s Court Special Edition
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The courts were never just rooms where justice was supposed to happen. They were the place power learned to make itself legal. The Reader’s Court Special Edition: The courts were taken. The Constitution gives us the weapon. World War Three is in the courts. youtu.be/X_ze75iAmHM?...
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The Courts Were Taken: A Reader’s Court Special Edition
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The courts were never just rooms where justice was supposed to happen. They were the place power learned to make itself legal. The Reader’s Court Special Edition: The courts were taken. The Constitution gives us the weapon. World War Three is in the courts. youtu.be/X_ze75iAmHM?...
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The Courts Were Taken: A Reader’s Court Special Edition
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Broadcast Without Warning
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A young woman earned the future she was promised. Then Big Money, higher education, bought politicians, and captured courts made sure the human wound never reached the courtroom. Case 005 — The Scholarship In Chambers with The Reader’s Court open.substack.com/pub/markbert...
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The Scholarship
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A young woman earned the future she was promised. Then Big Money, higher education, bought politicians, and captured courts made sure the human wound never reached the courtroom. Case 005 — The Scholarship In Chambers with The Reader’s Court open.substack.com/pub/markbert...
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The Scholarship
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Mark Bertrand (Novelist) @markbertrand.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A young woman earned the future she was promised. Then Big Money, higher education, bought politicians, and captured courts made sure the human wound never reached the courtroom. Case 005 — The Scholarship In Chambers with The Reader’s Court open.substack.com/pub/markbert...
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The Scholarship
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