Mark Bertrand (Novelist)
@markbertrand
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.
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
A father did everything right. A daughter built something worth carrying into the world. The system didn’t care. Case 004 — The Flight That Was Not Authorized In Chambers is live. Some decisions don’t require explanation. #ReadersCourt #InChambers
There is no U.S. government. There's the paid-off politicians in the White House, Congress, Senate, and courts. Foreign oligarchs and governments run the markets.
Corrupt is one way of putting it. Well paid off is another. Well paid by foreign oligarchs is another.
When something breaks—a job, a system, a life—who actually gets a second chance… and who never does?
The insurance company killed him. No crime was committed. open.substack.com/pub/markbert...
The insurance company killed him. No crime was committed. open.substack.com/pub/markbert...
My WIP is close. Maybe in March for the release? www.markbertrand.com/the-vintner-... The Vintner and The Novelist
Awarded best thriller series. www.markbertrand.com/nirvanaing-s...
I'm drafting a second revision for This Could Be It with a knight’s futility: each scene stretched, reforged, 1,200 words of fracture and vow. The tale isn’t for solace—it is a mirror for those who suspect consciousness alone is fraud. Awakening comes with a blade, not a blessing.
Dimes to dollars; there are a lot of them living there. They are a predatory class built upon human sacrifice. The wealthy exploit humans not just sexual but in every way: labor, wages, prision, war, legal, domestic...
Forbes lists Cuban’s net worth as $5.7 billion as of the current date Instagram +12 Forbes +12 Facebook +12 . Recent profiles—Business Insider, Parade, and others—also cite the $5.7 billion figure, reflecting median industry estimates. He is a Predatory Class influencer. #defundTheWealthy
Floods, deportations, tariffs, Ebstein... seen it all before. Truth is: When you're poor, the courts punish you. When you're rich, the courts protect you. Justice, like Congress, is pay-to-play. Until you make Citizens United unconstitutional, you are all talk and no action. The wealthy make it so.
Billionaires don’t need politicians. They own access. They own the ballet software. They fund the ads, write the policies, and sponsor the debates. You think your vote counts. Their money counts more.
Are those union-protected workers? How many millionaires and billionaires on the board? Looting is a crime against humanity.
If the handful of billionaires who own the media are using Epstein to distract you, they are banking huge dollars on advertising. They do not care about making life better; they only want you not to see them looting.
A couple of multimillionaires like you aren't the answer. “Left” and “Right” are media illusions The real line is Top vs. Bottom And they’re counting on you never looking up Bolster the middle class = destroy oligarchs. We cannot thrive with them; we thrive without them. Embrace the historic change.
If the wealthy control the headlines, they control your outrage. If they control your outrage, they control your apathy. They don’t need you asleep. Just distracted.
92% of us are not rich. But we’re fed by media funded by the 0.1%—the same people buying our courts, our laws, and our leaders. Project 2029 starts now. Day 1: See the leash. #togetherwestand #unitedwewin Look closer now.
One day, we'll look back and realize the judicial branch was just the accounting department of oligarchy. The trick is to own the rules you break. Then let a legal team assemble 3,000 pages of footnotes explaining why you're a genius, not a felon. #project2029 Keep following. The answers are coming.
One day, we'll look back and realize the judicial branch was just the accounting department of oligarchy. The trick is to own the rules you break. Then let a legal team assemble 3,000 pages of footnotes explaining why you're a genius, not a felon. #project2029