From Poet of the Sphere to The Sound of Mark, from The Eternal Boy to The Dreamer and The Dream, from Too Close To The Sun to Playing God, from The Wolf in Me, The Wolf in You, The Wolf in Us to Vega – The Vampire King, from The Rambler to Poet of the Multiverse, from The Comeback Kid to The Pathfinder, from The Doorman to I’ll Meet You At The Lighthouse, from The Storyteller to The Return of The Wolf, from Scales & George to The Affair, from The Shadow of The Wolf to my upcoming poetry collection The Outsider – all my published poetry and stories are all now available to buy from Amazon! Get yourself a copy now! 😎
The crew of the Artemis II mission to the Moon captivated and inspired a whole new generation of scientists, engineers, astronauts, explorers, artists, and storytellers from the moment that they left the pull of Earth’s gravity and they began their journey to our natural satellite for the first time in over 50 years and gave humanity the collective opportunity to experience the return to somewhere we know, to somewhere that has always been a constant in our lives, and somewhere that will one day become humanity’s first interstellar outpost, beacon, workplace, and home… for ten days, we the people of Earth stopped focusing on the chaos and the turmoil of the conflicts being fought around the world and we lifted our eyes and followed every step of the way of the 685,000 mile round trip of a crew of four sojourners as they traveled farther than any humans have ever traveled before and they got to witness the sights of the dark side of the Moon that we do not get to see here on Earth - not to mention the sight of Earth rising over the horizon of the Moon, and a spectacular solar eclipse - and they were able to share what they saw with those of us back on Earth in the form of photographs that will continue to capture and captivate the imagination of people for years to come… NASA Commander Reid Wiseman, NASA pilot Victor Glover, NASA mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen maintained almost continuous contact with Earth for almost the entirety of their journey to the Moon, and as they reached farther and farther away from this lifeboat of a planet that we all call home they gave us all so much insight and inspiration about who they are and who we all are as a people; because what that crew embodied every moment of their mission was what makes humanity so singular, so unique, so special, and so extraordinary, and what we can all achieve if we work together and never give up on the power of our dreams and our exceptional ability to make leaps into the unknown for the betterment of all of humanity… the mission of Artemis II and its phenomenal crew will never be forgotten by those who watched them and followed the story of their space adventure every step of the way and every hour of every day by those who wanted them to do what they set out to do: to return humanity to the moon and invite future generations of astronauts to follow their example and one day eclipse their accomplishments and once again return humanity to the surface of the Moon and use it as a staging ground for a future mission to the planet Mars… the crew of Artemis II have now successfully returned to Earth and are now sharing their experiences and their bond with one another with the entire world as they attempt to put into words how their mission and their journey has changed them and their relationship with Earth and all of humanity; but one thing they should be sure about is that to many of those of us who watched them, and who listened intently to every word they said, they are more than a team of astronauts; they are more than a crew of voyagers; they are the heart and the soul of what makes humanity capable of doing extraordinary things; and, in my opinion, what the crew of Artemis II shared with us here on Earth was nothing short of poetry and, to me, they are nothing short of poets.
In this episode, Mark reads Chapter Ten: “Where Now?” of his new book ‘The Shadow of The Wolf’ – the sixth book in his The Wolf and The Vampire book series, which focuses on the mother, daughter, wife, werewolf Olivia Hunter – published February 2, 2026.
What’s it about?
Two Wolves Collide.
Sister and brother, Olivia Hunter and Mark Mayweather – separated from one another all their lives – are once again drawn together; however, their reunion does not unfold as they hoped it would, and as a result they find themselves on opposite sides of a life and death struggle that will expose who they are, what they are, and what kind of a werewolf they both are.
And witness the reunification and the reckoning of the relationship of Olivia Hunter and Vega – The Vampire King. Will their love survive the battle being fought beneath The Shadow of The Wolf?
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Interstellar Storyteller’, from his poetry collection Poet of the Multiverse and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
In this episode, Mark reads Chapter Nine: “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” of his new book ‘The Shadow of The Wolf’ – the sixth book in his The Wolf and The Vampire book series, which focuses on the mother, daughter, wife, werewolf Olivia Hunter – published February 2, 2026.
What’s it about?
Two Wolves Collide.
Sister and brother, Olivia Hunter and Mark Mayweather – separated from one another all their lives – are once again drawn together; however, their reunion does not unfold as they hoped it would, and as a result they find themselves on opposite sides of a life and death struggle that will expose who they are, what they are, and what kind of a werewolf they both are.
And witness the reunification and the reckoning of the relationship of Olivia Hunter and Vega – The Vampire King. Will their love survive the battle being fought beneath The Shadow of The Wolf?
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Anything Is Possible’, from his poetry collection The Rambler and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
In this episode, Mark reads Chapter Eight: “A Wolf in Need” of his new book ‘The Shadow of The Wolf’ – the sixth book in his The Wolf and The Vampire book series, which focuses on the mother, daughter, wife, werewolf Olivia Hunter – published February 2, 2026.
What’s it about?
Two Wolves Collide.
Sister and brother, Olivia Hunter and Mark Mayweather – separated from one another all their lives – are once again drawn together; however, their reunion does not unfold as they hoped it would, and as a result they find themselves on opposite sides of a life and death struggle that will expose who they are, what they are, and what kind of a werewolf they both are.
And witness the reunification and the reckoning of the relationship of Olivia Hunter and Vega – The Vampire King. Will their love survive the battle being fought beneath The Shadow of The Wolf?
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Marble’, from his poetry collection The Dreamer and The Dream and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
In this episode, Mark reads Chapter Seven: “Everybody Hurts” of his new book ‘The Shadow of The Wolf’ – the sixth book in his The Wolf and The Vampire book series, which focuses on the mother, daughter, wife, werewolf Olivia Hunter – published February 2, 2026.
What’s it about?
Two Wolves Collide.
Sister and brother, Olivia Hunter and Mark Mayweather – separated from one another all their lives – are once again drawn together; however, their reunion does not unfold as they hoped it would, and as a result they find themselves on opposite sides of a life and death struggle that will expose who they are, what they are, and what kind of a werewolf they both are.
And witness the reunification and the reckoning of the relationship of Olivia Hunter and Vega – The Vampire King. Will their love survive the battle being fought beneath The Shadow of The Wolf?
There are moments when we all stand upon a line between two extremes - a terminator between night and day, a fulcrum of balance between order and chaos - because there are moments when we find ourselves removed from our lives, removed of identity, removed of any knowledge of who and what we are, who and what we were, and who and what we are supposed to be; and then follows the choice: Which path to follow? Which route to take? Which power within us to call upon? Which fate to hear the voice of and all them to dictate our destiny, our future, our life going forwards? And we are asked: what we would be willing to sacrifice for what we want and what we say we need above everything else. It’s not always easy. It’s not always hard.
It’s not always possible to understand how the choices of a single person may affect the outcome of countless lives, until you are already living in the reality you made and are now looking back upon how, when, where, and why you chose to do what you did.
Sometimes our choices are taken out of our hands; sometimes our decisions are made by others who believe they are meant to have control over us; sometimes our fall and our pull towards the side and the energy we feel the most seduced to can feel as if it was always going to happen and may have already happened, and so much so that there was never any way for us to change the course of inevitability.
We are at our most susceptible to doing something wrong, that at the time feels right, when we at our most vulnerable - and that is when and where questions are asked and answers come quickly, and so do actions that we may one day wish to take back; however, some things and some people inevitably can never revert, nor return, to how they once were and we have to hone up to the new state of affairs we may be in some way responsible for.
Because each and every one of us - from the bad to the good, from the saint to the sinner, from the faithful to the traitor - have to go through so much throughout our lives and each and every one of us at some point in time must be reminded of the importance of sometimes having to traverse what feels like a high wire and proceed undeterred while walking and finding ourselves veering one way or another from the line of life that we have lived before we found ourselves considering the possibilities, the opportunities, the consequences, and the rewards of either staying upon the path of what we know or embracing the allure of the unexpected and putting your trust in the hope of the unknown.
Each and every one of us, every day of our lives, must be brave and resolute every step of the way that we take upon “the line”.
In this episode, Mark reads Chapter Six: “It’s Either You or Me” of his new book ‘The Shadow of The Wolf’ – the sixth book in his The Wolf and The Vampire book series, which focuses on the mother, daughter, wife, werewolf Olivia Hunter – published February 2, 2026.
What’s it about?
Two Wolves Collide.
Sister and brother, Olivia Hunter and Mark Mayweather – separated from one another all their lives – are once again drawn together; however, their reunion does not unfold as they hoped it would, and as a result they find themselves on opposite sides of a life and death struggle that will expose who they are, what they are, and what kind of a werewolf they both are.
And witness the reunification and the reckoning of the relationship of Olivia Hunter and Vega – The Vampire King. Will their love survive the battle being fought beneath The Shadow of The Wolf?
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