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Maupiti Island, released in 1990
Released for: Atari ST/STE, DOS, Amiga
Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
Thriller, Mystery
detective, crime
From the Internet Games Database
https://www.igdb.com/games/maupiti-island
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.04 — How isolated are your characters in your current WIP?
Of all my characters, only the devil-girl is self-aware enough to realize she is isolated in her head—as she would point out are all people—that it is impossible to more than simulate the existence of "other" that is not oneself, that she can't prove that she isn't the only one in the universe. This is one of the reasons, perhaps, she accepts loneliness so readily, and living and studying in solitude. Nevertheless, she chooses to fill the void with people, despite her complaining and grousing about never being left alone to read and to study and to practice her tricks. She feels the best of her is that part that responds to the needs of others, for which she has trained and educated herself so diligently. In it, in her isolation, she finds purpose—and though she'd not admit that to anyone—joy. It's why she's able to commit to doing things that help those she feels responsible for—even to the point that it kills her (she's nearly died several times). In her worldview, she's not convinced death will change anything; instead, it will be the last thing she learns.
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🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the #universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments.
Operating nearly a mile (1.6 km) underground in #SouthDakota, #UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration track rare particle interactions within seven tons of liquid #xenon to help confirm #darkmatter.
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New audio reel has been added: https://retromaniacs.nl/audio-reel-archive/reel.php?slug=das-grosse-geheimniss
Enjoy this weird clip reel with theme music and sound effects. I have not been able to find any leads to anything. #mystery #music #audio
"Winter's Orbit" is a #SciFi #Mystery #MMRomance by Everina Maxwell.
Prince Kiem enjoys the life of a royal, even if some of his more outrageous behavior doesn't please the emperor. When the ruler summons the Prince this time, it's not for another dressing down. It's to tell Kiem that he will be marrying Count Jainan, the recently widowed husband of Kiem's cousin Taam. The marriage is necessary to maintain the fragile alliance between the empire and the vassal planet Thea. Jainan has been raised to do his duty, and that means being a good husband to whichever partner the empire chooses for him, however difficult that may be. Neither of the men knows just how dangerous their new alliance will prove to be.
https://michaeljoseph.info/blog/2023/review-winters-orbit-everina-maxwell/?ref=mastodon
#WordWeavers 2026.10.04 — What is your MC's most irrational fear? Where did it come from?
Those few characters with irrational fears are dealing with mental illness, and currently aren't the MC. However, though the MC is a day angel with feathered wings meant for flying, she feared flying up until age ten. Falling, actually. An uncle got sick and tired of it, and the therapist bills, and her getting beat up at school, and shoved her off a cliff. It is one of many mysteries to contemplate in the stories as to how Bolt survived, considering day angels are still entirely human with no instinct for flight yet violate physics… Anyway, when she figured out she could fly she immediately feared landing, but that was handled within the day.
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He didn’t try puppy-dog eyes—to the best of his knowledge, Agent Rose was immune to every feminine instinct to fall in love with cuddly creatures. That’s why she kept a man-eater for a pet.
#WordWeavers 2026.10.03 — Share a line from your WIP that foreshadows something important without giving it away.
In the prior paragraphs, Rainy Days has just discovered that Bolt's name is not "Tandem" as she thought, but "Good Eye." Yes, that's—count them—three (3) identities and it's complicated. To fully appreciate the tension below, pretend Rainy Days is their world's Queen Elizabeth I.
Rainy Days extended a fist for a bump and I bumped knuckles firmly in a womanly gesture. My knuckles felt like glass. They ought have clinked loudly. They ought have shattered as the commanding woman added, "I expect Good things. I'm keeping an Eye on you."
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The Strunedge in Ashenmore
My eyes opened, my back was against a wooden wall. I looked down at the nasty tattered dress I wore. I began looking around as I then saw a boy approaching me. “Hello?” the boy asked, “Are you alright?” “I don’t know.” I said. But it didn’t sound like my voice, except—what was my voice like? I couldn’t remember anything. How did I get here? Who was this boy in front of me? “Who are you?” “I could ask you the same,” he said. The boy’s face was warm and friendly […]https://solaceem.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/the-strunedge-in-ashenmore/
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🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the #universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments.
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But For The Grace (D.C. Smith #2), by Peter Grainger
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For Audio Fiction Friday, check out Ylem Media's "Partial Veil," a fantastic supernatural mystery a la Twin Peaks and the X-Files. An excellent ensemble cast!
#EroticMusings 2026.10.02 — Week 70 (September 27-30) Culture: What does arousal mean to you? Share an example from your work of arousal stemming from something other than someone else's physical appearance.
[I think this post is SFW, but consider the prompt and innuendo. —RS]
Instead of quoting a dictionary, I'll define the word thusly:
Arousal; noun, state of being. A waking to a contextually defined stimulus that draws interest consciously, subliminally, or autonomically.
I see the word as a psychological term. The word requires adjectives to imply less seemly narratives. Speaking of which, in the following #excerpt from Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) it isn't too difficult to deduce what interests Bolt, a day angel woman with wings, and her friend, Shugh.
Beyond that!
Sheesh!
He (or she if we use modern pronouns) is wingless but very human, and he just saved her from a bonehead maneuver where he caught her before she fell off a building. Whether her wings could have saved her from the twelve story drop without injury is debatable, but the grabbing her wrist in time isn't. His action changed her perceptions of him, which he reflects back at her. The pair are very different in all so many ways that have kept any attraction previously at bay, but…
Another glance confirmed. He was male. Which brought back flashes of handsy Teri, our passion hours ago, and what I had found she had missing, that which he had. The voice in my head asserted, Reasonably Cute. Available, too.
My heart thudded. Oh, flap.
He stood, dusted himself off, then approached. I scooted the chair back, the legs making a muted shriek, until it struck the wall. I threw my wings back against the wall, feeling immediately silly to have felt intimidated. This was Shugh. Nice. The gender chameleon. Blended in with the women. Soft. Feminine wear, accessories, hair—when up. Easy to accept as she.
He said, "My face is up here."
I looked up from his hips as he squatted down, my face heating up. He didn't hide his biological gender beyond depilating, which alleviated the sense he misrepresented himself. But in my mental state, any reminder that I might appreciate his maleness…
Now at eye level, I glanced away from his green eyes. His blond hair, unfashionably long for either gender now that it was down to his hips, fluffed and waved in the breeze as if it wanted to clothe him from behind. He added, "You've been the only one who's been unwaveringly supportive of me after that day with the gateway. I can't express how much I appreciate that."
I nodded.
"Being supportive and protective is attractive," he added—a comment that was so true, that so reflected my mood, that I would have said it a moment after he had, had he not—as I stood, crowding him back.
His right hand ended up at my navel…
PS: Teri is a woman.
Edit: I revised the "Being supportive" sentence and migrated back to the manuscript.
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@floofpaldi, I answered both #PennedPossibilities 1134 and 1145 for good reason: I see a big difference in being asked to describe how my MC dresses in 1145 and being asked what type of clothing they typically wear back in #PennedPossibilities 1134. Either way, both were spoiler questions for me!
1145 allowed me to talk about the MC's thoughts choosing her clothing, and let me evoke images and meanings that discusses my MC's mentality and her issues with the clothing in her life without actually describing what I didn't want to.
1134 let me insinuate what readers might typically see of my MC in hypothetical cover art was a pretty sneaky tricky solution. I redirected the question and escaped describing what my current MC was wearing (let alone typically wearing) at all! But I well said plenty left unsaid.
1134: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/117306788929517666
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#WordWeavers 2026.10.02 — Which character knows your MC better than your MC knows themselves?
Various SCs know aspects of my MC, Bolt, better than Bolt is willing to accept. Blue is best able to predict and manage Bolt's emotional and physical needs, though it's often a triage situation since they don't live together. He can calm her like none other. She's active and likes exercise both in and out of bed, which he can readily provide.
Night on Fire and her sister Light Insight both know Bolt and her photography better than Bolt does herself. Bolt considers photography a throwaway hobby. She's used it only to capture what interests her in a way that most pleases her, for her own (sometimes arguably pornographic) consumption. The two women see how Bolt works intuitively, understand how she sees the world from the body of work pasted to the walls and ceiling of her apartment, and therefore know what they can ask of her that's both reasonable and possible. They know full well that Bolt will give them skeptical, puzzled looks and try to say no, but also know Bolt is a soft touch—and that Bolt's art can make them a lot of coin.
Rainy Days (the main series antagonist) learns everything she can about anyone she's interested in. Bolt made her interested.
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My Dad knew the Night Gallery episode I watched the other day! I was telling him about it and he's like "is that the one where Roddy was saying "Portifoy" a lot and I was excited to confirm it was. We had never talked about Night Gallery before but I knew he was a Twilight Zone fan, he got ME into it as a kid, but we saw the entire series of Night Gallery at Wal-Mart and he was surprised to learn that I already owned it.
#WordWeavers 2026.10.01 — What is a promise your MC made that they regret?
Bolt knows that in her position (essentially a wholly-owned courier/delivery subsidiary of the mob), she can't promise even one of her feathers. Yet, when a neighbor got used to spy on her, then immediately gave away what he had been forced to do, she grew to like the guy. (Molt becomes a cute LI). I'm not entirely sure if she regrets promising that she could protect him, because she would have fought regardless of the promise and proved definitively she can't protect anyone. However, putting herself in his place and seeing said promise as broken hurts nonetheless.
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#alphabetchallenge #ttrpg - G - Gumshoe - Pelgrane Press
Whether solo or in a group this system fails forward to leave no clue unturned and no genre unexplored. #gumshoe #rpg #ttrpg #RPGCommunity #TTRPGCommunity #Mystery #mysteryrpg #clue #ttrpgpodcast https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc