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Mark Leslie

Biography

Mark Leslie is a writer of "Twilight Zone" or "Black Mirror" style speculative fiction. He lives in Southwestern Ontario and is sometimes seen traveling to book events with his life-sized skeleton companion, Barnaby Bones.

His books include the "Canadian Werewolf" series, numerous horror story collections, and explorations of haunted locales.

When he is not writing, or reading, Mark can be found haunting bookstores, libraries or local craft beer establishments.

Where to find Mark Leslie online

Website: http://www.markleslie.ca/

Series

Canadian Werewolf by
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Fears and Frights: A Canadian Werewolf 2 Book Bundle
Price: $9.99 USD.
This Time Around: A Canadian Werewolf Story
Price: Free!
A Canadian Werewolf in New York
Price: $4.99 USD.
Stowe Away: A Canadian Werewolf Novella
Price: $3.99 USD.
Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
Price: $4.99 USD.
Fright Nights, Big City
Price: $4.99 USD.
Uncollected Anthology: Were-Creatures & Conundrums by
There Ain't No Cure For The Winter Wolf Blues (Uncollected Anthology: Were-Creatures & Conundrums Book 33)
Price: $1.99 USD.
Nocturnal Screams by
Nocturnal Screams: All 8 Volumes
Price: $14.99 USD.
Nocturnal Screams: Volumes 1 to 4
Price: $6.99 USD.
Night Cries
Price: Free!
Ode to Classics
Price: $2.99 USD.
Dark Shadows
Price: $0.99 USD.
Literary Haunts
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

There Ain't No Cure For The Winter Wolf Blues (Uncollected Anthology: Were-Creatures & Conundrums Book 33) by
Series: Uncollected Anthology: Were-Creatures & Conundrums, Book 33. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,770. Language: English. Published: April 1, 2024 by Uncollected Anthology. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Today's forecast calls for flurries and frustration followed by a cold front of despair. Starting your daily commute in a snowy climate is frustrating enough. But imagine if your morning routine involves having to wake up outdoors bare naked in a huge snow drift after your night of running around on all fours and howling at the moon? Or how about trying to leverage your unique enhanced powers...
The Pizza Man by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,400. Language: English. Published: October 14, 2023 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Horror
A group of students keep getting pizza deliveries that they never ordered. Is it a strange prank, or is there something more to the mysterious stranger who keeps showing up at their door?
Yippee Ki-Yay, Motherf*cker!: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard by
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 28,880. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2023 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / general, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / guides & reviews, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / reference
Welcome to the party, pal! This guide and look at many of the behind-the-scenes details related to Die Hard is a must-read for fans. In July 1988 John McClane didn't just become a fly in the ointment of Hans Gruber's plans, but he heralded in a new era of action movies and inspired countless "Die Hard in a" or "Die Hard on a" copycats, and created a franchise that spanned five decades.
This Time Around: A Canadian Werewolf Story by
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 0. Price: Free! Words: 13,640. Language: English. Originally Published: May 1, 2018 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOON AND NEW YORK CITY Being a werewolf isn't all about howling at the moon. Or running carelessly through boundless fields feeling the wind in your fur. Not when you live in the most populous city in the US. For Michael Andrews, a Canadian living in Manhattan and afflicted with lycanthropy, there are odd side effects to being a werewolf in the middle of a bustling metropolis...
Les Frissons du Bonhomme de Neige by &
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 9,150. Language: French. Originally Published: March 31, 2023 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Il est possible que vous ne construisez plus jamais un autre bonhomme de neige! Si vous avez déjà jeté un regard mal à l'aise par-dessus votre épaule en passant devant les sentinelles enneigées silencieuses qui vous regardez fixement lorsque vous les dépassez sur le trottoir glacé, si vous vous êtes déjà demandé ce qui pourrait actuellement arriver si ce vieux chapeau de soie sur la tête de...
Hex and the City by &
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 6. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 85,750. Language: English. Published: March 14, 2023 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
Their love has uncovered an ancient evil curse that does more than bring a plague on their houses; it unleases something far more sinister that can destroy humanity. If you enjoy thrilling action, paranormal adventure, and quirky humor, you'll love HEX AND THE CITY. Read it today!
Fears and Frights: A Canadian Werewolf 2 Book Bundle by
Series: Canadian Werewolf. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 183,440. Language: English. Originally Published: March 15, 2022 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
THERE'S NO ESCAPING THE EVIL THAT RISES WITHIN OUR OWN HEARTS. On a work trip to Los Angeles, Michael Andrews stumbles upon the rising underground movement of the Proud Fighters for America, a white-supremacist group hell-bent not only on vanquishing any outside their pre-defined definitions of the one pure race, but also on leveraging long-buried paranormal experiments conducted by Nazi...
Only Monsters in the Building by
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 7. Pre-release—available April 18, 2024. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,020. Language: English. Published by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG WHEN A WEREWOLF NEEDS THERAPY? Find out in this humorous mystery adventure in the continuing tales of Michael Andrews, a Canadian Werewolf in New York.
Halloween Treats by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,260. Language: English. Originally Published: October 25, 2021 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Are you looking for a few chilling and atmospheric tales to get into the Halloween spirit? Join author Mark Leslie as he takes you on a moonlit walk in the brisk fall air and bends your ear with eerie tales involving the dead returning, a vengeful ghost, a wilderness bogeyman, and the bizarre side-effects of an over-active and fearful imagination. Memento Mori: A Curious Nightmare Prospero's...
Thriller Sampler: Dan Kotler / Canadian Werewolf by &
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 16,070. Language: English. Originally Published: September 30, 2020 by Stark Publishing & Happy Pants Books. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
This collaborative sampler from Kevin Tumlinson and Mark Leslie combines a "Dan Kotler" archeological thriller with a "Canadian Werewolf" humorous thriller. These 15,000+ words are meant to introduce you to two different characters from two different thriller universes. The Brass Hall - Kevin Tumlinson What is a Celtic tomb doing in Egypt? Dan...
The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 26,560. Language: English. Published: October 11, 2022 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / guides & reviews, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Film & video / reference, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Reference, Nonfiction » General reference » Trivia
The Prop Book That Keeps on Popping Up! Yes, the cover of this book looks a lot like the one Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading at the New York airport in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. That same book also appears in 2018's Deadpool 2. It was long believed that this was a prop book. But it was a real book published in the 1980s and from a company that went out of business...
Bumps in the Night: Creepy Campfire Tales by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,580. Language: English. Originally Published: April 28, 2016 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror
If you go into the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise! BUMPS IN THE NIGHT collects four short stories perfect for either sharing around a campfire or reading while on a sleepover. It contains two brief tales ideal for after dark storytelling, drawing upon classic motifs captured within campfire tales for generations, as well as two longer stories which inspire similar chills but allow...
Night Cries by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 15,710. Language: English. Originally Published: May 14, 2018 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult
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THE MOST TERRIFYING THINGS HAPPEN IN THE DARK Screams echo through the thick darkness of night in this collection of three short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie. Taste of Darkness: Sensory deprivation takes on a new meaning when you let the darkness completely consume your senses of sight, sound, touch and smell, leaving you with the bitter taste of the encroaching darkness. And...
Too Macabre for Montreal: Tales Deemed Too Disturbing for MACABRE MONTREAL by &
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,560. Language: English. Originally Published: October 16, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » New Age » The Paranormal, Nonfiction » History » North America » Canada, Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder » Serial killers
What is too macabre for Montreal? Are you sure you really want to know? When working on the book MACABRE MONTREAL, the authors ended up with a few chapters that ended up being cut from the original manuscript because they were felt to be a little too dark, a little too disturbing, perhaps too close to home, and too controversial, to include in...
Nobody's Hero by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 45,300. Language: English. Originally Published: January 14, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
Some are born to save the world. Most of us just dream about it. What makes a hero? Is a hero someone who puts on a mask and costume and rushes to the rescue? Is a hero someone who lands a crippled airplane? Is a hero someone who finds a cure to a wasting disease? Is a hero someone who uses their supernatural powers to help others? Is a hero someone who loves another person so much they put...
Z is for Zombie: Nocturnal Screams: Volume 6 by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 6. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,990. Language: English. Originally Published: October 10, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror
Are you ready to be infected? The walking dead take center stage in these three decidedly different takes on the reanimated corpses of the recently deceased. These original tales are about mindless, flesh-seeking shells of former humans, about the still sentient undead, and about a unique and daring bet made on a boys' night out. THE ZOMBIE WHISPERER: Taking a dare and winning is everything to...
Dark Shadows by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 13,540. Language: English. Originally Published: June 2, 2018 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror
THERE IS NO ESCAPING YOUR OWN SHADOW Dark shadows hide some of the horrors, but not all of the screams in this third collection in a series of short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie. THE SHADOW MEN: The bogeymen of the New Hampshire wilderness known as "The Shadow Men" lurk in the shadows of the trees and only come out at night in order to lure and trick children into their...
Obsessions: An Anthology of Original Fiction by , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , &
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 73,440. Language: English. Originally Published: November 24, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
Webster defines "obsession" as an "a persistent disturbing abnormal preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling." Obsessions sometimes include a hobby or collection that has gotten out of hand. Other times an obsession can drive a person to invent something new, cure a disease or attempt to right a great wrong. And at other times, obsessing can send a person down a dark and...
Ode to Classics by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 15,180. Language: English. Originally Published: May 14, 2018 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult
WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO SCREAM? These screams you hear echoing through the thick darkness of night are an ode to the classic masters of short fiction and horrific tales. MEMENTO MORI: A CURIOUS NIGHTMARE: Inspired by the short story "A Curious Dream" by Mark Twain, this tale draws from the same sentiment Twain was projecting regarding the ill regard the living have with "taking of the deceased...
Active Reader: And Other Cautionary Tales from the Book World by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,290. Language: English. Originally Published: June 5, 2015 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Three stories which explore the darker side of the world of books. ​In a style reminiscent of the old "Twilight Zone" television show, these three tales will take the book loving reader to a place that is somewhat familiar yet frighteningly surreal and disturbing. Active Reader Loyalty programs that track a reader's every preference are handy, save time and offer great discounts -- at least...
Strange Sudbury Stories by , , &
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 25,860. Language: English. Originally Published: October 20, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
6 Speculative Tales by 3 Sudbury Authors Sudbury is not only in our blood, but it also courses through our veins, is a part of the very breaths we inhale and exhale, the way that those deposits of nickel, gold, copper, and platinum, which slammed into the earth via a crashing meteorite some 1.8 million years ago enrich the very bedrock of the grounds that formed the Sudbury basin. Something...
Unexpected Strangers by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 5. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,560. Language: English. Originally Published: September 8, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror
Something Strange This Way Comes! We have been told, from the earliest days of our childhood, to be wary of strangers. From a fear of strangers who stalk their prey in their homes as darkness descends, and one mother's valiant attempt to protect her family, to an eerie encounter of two strangers in a seemingly innocent chance meeting on a lonely rural bus stop bench, and to an awkward transient...
Literary Haunts by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,280. Language: English. Originally Published: August 14, 2018 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
The echo of screams haunt the night in this fourth collection in a series of short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie. SPIRITS: People who haven't died can still leave their spirit behind, tied to a place. Sally and Rob, two young lovers, are caught up in the legend of The Phoenix Baby, the ghostly crying that haunts a repertory cinema in Ottawa and, as they unravel the mystery they...
Nocturnal Screams: Volumes 1 to 4 by
Series: Nocturnal Screams. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 57,970. Language: English. Originally Published: March 19, 2018 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror
Fans of Black Mirror, The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine are in for a treat in this collection of short horror tales. If you enjoy fun & eerie jaunts into worlds where darkness mingles with the echoes of cries in the night, you'll love these 12 stories. VOLUME 1: Dark Cries TASTE OF DARKNESS: Sensory deprivation takes on a new meaning when you let the darkness completely...
Phantom Itch by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 8. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 17,710. Language: English. Originally Published: November 9, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Sometimes you see them. Sometimes you hear them. Sometimes they touch you. But you know they are there. Ghosts, phantoms, spirits. Whatever you call them, however you think of them, they have haunted us since people first sat around the safety of a fire, sharing speculative stories of the afterlife and what might happen when we shuffle off this mortal coil, huddling closer to one another and to...
Something Wicked by
Series: Nocturnal Screams, Book 7. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,950. Language: English. Originally Published: October 26, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Sci-Fi Erotica, Fiction » Erotica » General, Fiction » Horror
(5.00 from 1 review)
Not For The Faint of Heart! Something wicked and slightly erotic this way comes. Four short horror tales infused with erotica result in tales designed to simultaneously arouse and disturb, to both amuse and abuse your senses. Feel an eager shiver of anticipation as you plunge into riveting tales of sex mingled with terror and marvel at the duality as your blood heats up and chills at the same...
Lover's Moon by &
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 63,970. Language: English. Originally Published: May 24, 2022 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Romance » Romantic Comedy, Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » Shifters
He's an alpha wolf and a beta boyfriend. She's dated every monster in New York City. It's time for their Meat-Cute. Michael Andrews, a Canadian living in New York, is learning to live with the side effects of lycanthropy. Other than waking up naked and bloody in Central Park once a month, he's managing just fine. If only he could finish the book he's supposed to be writing. If only he could...
Fear and Longing in Los Angeles by
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 91,510. Language: English. Originally Published: February 23, 2021 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE. If New York is the city that never sleeps, then L.A. is the city where you have to sleep with one eye open. Michael Andrews learns quickly that it's not just the cut-throat world of Hollywood you need to be leery of. There's something deeper, darker, and far more disturbing lurking beneath the surface of the city, operating in the shadows and striking at the most...
Fright Nights, Big City by
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 89,810. Language: English. Originally Published: December 21, 2021 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
STOP SPREADING THE NEWS THERE'S NO LEAVING TODAY Not when the Big Apple comes under attack from an infectious worm threatening to rot it, and the entire nation, to the core. Michael Andrews thought he'd found the perfect woman in Lex. A companion whose own powers neutralize his werewolf curse and bring the balance he has always wanted. But his plans on settling down and giving up the vigilante...
A Canadian Werewolf in New York by
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,130. Language: English. Originally Published: December 12, 2016 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
After waking up from his latest night of howling at the moon, Michael Andrews is naked, has a bullet hole in his leg, and a sneaking suspicion he ran into another wolf. If he's going to make an evening talk show appearance he'll need to figure out what happened the previous night without letting his occasional heroics sidetrack him. It's just another day in the life of this alpha wolf, beta human.
Nocturnal Screams: All 8 Volumes by
Series: Nocturnal Screams. Price: $14.99 USD. Words: 118,580. Language: English. Originally Published: November 26, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
Screams echo through the thick darkness of night in this single volume collection of the eight books in the Nocturnal Screams short story series. Fans of the eerie episodes of Black Mirror, The Twilight Zone or the stranger tales from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine are in for a treat in this collection of short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie. Contains the full volumes with...
Stowe Away: A Canadian Werewolf Novella by
Series: Canadian Werewolf, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 19,800. Language: English. Originally Published: August 18, 2020 by Stark Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
HOW DO YOU KEEP AN INNOCENT CHILD SAFE FROM A PREDATOR WHEN YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE BEAST THAT ASSUMES CONTROL OF YOU? A train bound for Vermont leaves Manhattan at 11:35 AM. It takes approximately 9 hours to arrive. Sunset at the arrival destination occurs at 8:20 PM. How does Michael Andrews, a man on that train who is afflicted with a werewolf curse, resolve the fact that the math just...

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