welcome, my friends…
You’ve found the site of Mark S. King, award-winning columnist, author and video blogger. I’m an absurdist, a lover of human frailty, and a gay man in recovery living with HIV. What’s not to love?
Here’s a mock “Gay Pride” video I produced, to show what you’ve gotten yourself into by showing up here.
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If you’re new to the site, you can take a 30-second tour by watching the “Welcome Video – Play Me!” near the top of the page. Basically, my site includes the live blog “My Fabulous Disease,” as well as the ongoing series of videos created for the blog, and archives of my other writings, my book “A Place Like This,” and various other videos and fun items you might enjoy.
My book, A Place Like This, is available through all online book sellers such as Amazon.com. It is a poignant, funny memoir of Los Angeles in the 1980’s, and follows my transformation from a young, wholesome actor in television commercials to a drug addict and owner of a phone sex company – until AIDS emerged and changed the landscape for all of us. For reviews, or to read the prologue (and watch me win a car on The Price is Right!), just click here.
Maintaining a clean and sober life is Job One today (my Newsweek piece outlines my self destructive path from a community AIDS leader to an I.V. drug user). I hope my work might speak to your own experiences, or help you understand the journey of someone unlike yourself. Whatever the case, thanks for visiting my site, and please be well.
– Mark
p.s. Oh, and who’s the overwrought woman peering at us from the footer below? None other than Anita Mann, a comic alter ego of mine. Check out her infamous “TV Set” number here. Or, choose the Anita Mann listing under categories above to see her full catalogue of multi-media nonsense!