Mark A. Rayner is a Canadian author of

satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming ...

humour Humour (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humorism, humoral medicine of the ancient Gre ...

and

speculative fiction Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, na ...

from

London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximate ...

. He is the author of four books: His first novel, ''The Amadeus Net'', was published by

ENC Press ENC Press (Emperor's New Clothes Press) is a small, independent publishing house founded in 2003, in Hoboken, New Jersey, by New York City editor and writer Olga Gardner Galvin. It exclusively publishes full-length novels. Business model ENC Pres ...

in New York in 2005 and his second novel, ''Marvellous Hairy'', was published by

Crossing Chaos Enigmatic Ink Crossing may refer to: * ''Crossing'' (2008 film), a South Korean film * ''Crossing'' (album), a 1985 album by world music/jazz group Oregon * Crossing (architecture), the junction of the four arms of a cruciform church * Crossing (knot theory) ...

in 2009 (2e Monkeyjoy Press, 2010). His third novel, ''The Fridgularity'' ( Monkeyjoy Press, 2012.) is a satire of Internet culture and the

technological singularity The technological singularity—or simply the singularity—is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization. According to the m ...

. ''Pirate Therapy and Other Cures'' is a collection of humorous, absurd and satirical short fiction, published by Monkeyjoy Press in early 2012. He has also written numerous short stories, including: Hounding Manny ceans of the Mind A Reluctant Emcee byss & Apexand Any Port in a Storm arsec He has been nominated for the

Prix Aurora Award The Aurora Awards (french: Prix Aurora-Boréal) are a set of primarily literary awards given annually for the best Canadian science fiction or fantasy professional and fan works and achievements from the previous year."Literary glow of Auroras lur ...

(for short fiction) three times. Rayner teaches in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at The

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

. He is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada,

SF Canada SF Canada was founded as an authors collective circa 1989 under the title Canada’s National Association of Speculative Fiction Professionals. Several Canadian science fiction authors have made public claim to be "founding members" of the organi ...

and is a founding member of The Emily Chesley Reading Circle.

References

Made In Canada EntryCanadian Books & AuthorsSF CanadaThe Writer's Union of Canada

External links

(ENC Press Website)
The Fridgularity

Marvellous Hairy

Pirate Therapy and Other CuresThe Skwib
(blog)
Emily Chesley Reading Circle
* Canadian science fiction writers Canadian humorists Canadian male novelists Canadian satirists Living people Canadian male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub