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  1. Born this day: 10/04/1941 (d. 12/11/2021) Anne Rice was an American author of Gothic fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful film, Interview with the Vampire (1994).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Rice

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #AnneRice @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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  2. Born this day: 10/04/1941 (d. 12/11/2021) Anne Rice was an American author of Gothic fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful film, Interview with the Vampire (1994).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Rice

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #AnneRice @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Design by R. D. Scudellari

  3. Born this day: 10/04/1941 (d. 12/11/2021) Anne Rice was an American author of Gothic fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful film, Interview with the Vampire (1994).

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Rice

    #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
    #AnneRice @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

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    Design by R. D. Scudellari

  4. Perhaps the warmest time in a woman's life, and not exactly one where exploring the cosmos is top of mind...but perhaps that makes this visual all the more intriguing. At least I like to think so, in my not-so-humble opinion as the painter.

    From yours truly: "Mother-to-be in blue nebula with comets".

    #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #comets #spaceart #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #motherhood #nebula #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart

  5. Perhaps the warmest time in a woman's life, and not exactly one where exploring the cosmos is top of mind...but perhaps that makes this visual all the more intriguing. At least I like to think so, in my not-so-humble opinion as the painter.

    From yours truly: "Mother-to-be in blue nebula with comets".

    #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #comets #spaceart #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #motherhood #nebula #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart

  6. Perhaps the warmest time in a woman's life, and not exactly one where exploring the cosmos is top of mind...but perhaps that makes this visual all the more intriguing. At least I like to think so, in my not-so-humble opinion as the painter.

    From yours truly: "Mother-to-be in blue nebula with comets".

    #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #comets #spaceart #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #motherhood #nebula #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart

  7. Perhaps the warmest time in a woman's life, and not exactly one where exploring the cosmos is top of mind...but perhaps that makes this visual all the more intriguing. At least I like to think so, in my not-so-humble opinion as the painter.

    From yours truly: "Mother-to-be in blue nebula with comets".

    #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #comets #spaceart #beautifulwoman #beautifulgirl #motherhood #nebula #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart

  8. Gelesen: Silo (2013, orig. Wool, 2011) von Hugh Howey, übersetzt von Gaby Wurster und Johanna Nickel
    #books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #scifi

  9. Gelesen: Silo (2013, orig. Wool, 2011) von Hugh Howey, übersetzt von Gaby Wurster und Johanna Nickel
    #books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #scifi

  10. Gelesen: Silo (2013, orig. Wool, 2011) von Hugh Howey, übersetzt von Gaby Wurster und Johanna Nickel
    #books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #scifi

  11. Gelesen: Silo (2013, orig. Wool, 2011) von Hugh Howey, übersetzt von Gaby Wurster und Johanna Nickel
    #books #bookstodon #sciencefiction #scifi

  12. Tim Fehlbaum – Tides“ (2021)

    Ich habe ein Faible für intelligente Science-Fiction, die nicht gleich mit Laserpistolen, Superhelden und explodierenden Raumschiffen eskaliert. Ein bisschen Dreck, Wasser, kaputte Infrastruktur und die unangenehme Frage, wie wir eigentlich leben wollen, reichen ja tatsächlich schon völlig, für einen ordentlichen Film. Und bei Tim Fehlbaum ist das fast schon Prinzip und Programm zugleich. (ZDF, Neu!)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  13. Tim Fehlbaum – „Tides“ (2021)

    Ich habe ein Faible für intelligente Science-Fiction, die nicht gleich mit Laserpistolen, Superhelden und explodierenden Raumschiffen eskaliert. Ein bisschen Dreck, Wasser, kaputte Infrastruktur und die unangenehme Frage, wie wir eigentlich leben wollen, reichen ja tatsächlich schon völlig, für einen ordentlichen Film. Und bei Tim Fehlbaum ist das fast schon Prinzip und Programm zugleich. (ZDF, Neu!)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  14. Tim Fehlbaum – Tides“ (2021)

    Ich habe ein Faible für intelligente Science-Fiction, die nicht gleich mit Laserpistolen, Superhelden und explodierenden Raumschiffen eskaliert. Ein bisschen Dreck, Wasser, kaputte Infrastruktur und die unangenehme Frage, wie wir eigentlich leben wollen, reichen ja tatsächlich schon völlig, für einen ordentlichen Film. Und bei Tim Fehlbaum ist das fast schon Prinzip und Programm zugleich. (ZDF, Neu!)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  15. Tim Fehlbaum – „Tides“ (2021)

    Ich habe ein Faible für intelligente Science-Fiction, die nicht gleich mit Laserpistolen, Superhelden und explodierenden Raumschiffen eskaliert. Ein bisschen Dreck, Wasser, kaputte Infrastruktur und die unangenehme Frage, wie wir eigentlich leben wollen, reichen ja tatsächlich schon völlig, für einen ordentlichen Film. Und bei Tim Fehlbaum ist das fast schon Prinzip und Programm zugleich. (ZDF, Neu!)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  16. CW: May (or may not) contain offensive language

    He's a poet! Arthur, give him some more wine. Look, he's finished his glass already. Go on, dear. He's a poet! I think that's wonderful. I should have known when you took that Newboy book.

    #ScienceFiction #SamuelRDelany

  17. #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.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery ##sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
    #microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

  18. #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.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery ##sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
    #microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

  19. #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.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery ##sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
    #microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

  20. #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.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery ##sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
    #microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

  21. CW: May (or may not) contain offensive language

    Yeah. That must be bad.

    #ScienceFiction #SamuelRDelany

  22. #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 comp​licated. 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."

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  23. #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 comp​licated. 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."

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  24. #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 comp​licated. 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."

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  25. #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 comp​licated. 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."

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  26. CW: May (or may not) contain offensive language

    Oh. Edna coming over later?

    #ScienceFiction #SamuelRDelany

  27. #PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

    The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  28. #PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

    The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  29. #PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

    The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  30. #PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

    The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

    [Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #sf #sff #sciencefiction
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion
    #RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

  31. So we have screened the episode of Lunatics, "No Children in Space" for our family. ​:smug_dance:​

    (Or put another way: for the Writer, the Director, the voice actor for Georgiana, and her supportive brother).

    We were pretty happy with it. There's only a few notes about fairly nitpicky stuff -- mainly sound-balancing stuff (some foley is too loud, others are too quiet).

    It IS rather slow paced. That is by design. In fact, I have made it just a little bit slower during the editing process. This is much more "cozy cinema" than it is "action/adventure", and that is no doubt going to be a tonal clash for some sci-fi viewers.

    But that tonal change was an objective.

    And my son pointed out a visual glitch I had not noticed before. It remains to be seen whether I'm going to fix that or ignore it.
    ​:leftsharkdance:​

    A case can be made that I really should focus that energy on episode 2 at this point.

    There is also the matter of online and IRL premieres, signing up for film festivals or conventions, DVD mastering, and a whole lot of other promotional work. #Cinema #Animation #Anime #ScienceFiction #LunaticsProject
  32. So we have screened the episode of Lunatics, "No Children in Space" for our family. ​:smug_dance:​

    (Or put another way: for the Writer, the Director, the voice actor for Georgiana, and her supportive brother).

    We were pretty happy with it. There's only a few notes about fairly nitpicky stuff -- mainly sound-balancing stuff (some foley is too loud, others are too quiet).

    It IS rather slow paced. That is by design. In fact, I have made it just a little bit slower during the editing process. This is much more "cozy cinema" than it is "action/adventure", and that is no doubt going to be a tonal clash for some sci-fi viewers.

    But that tonal change was an objective.

    And my son pointed out a visual glitch I had not noticed before. It remains to be seen whether I'm going to fix that or ignore it.
    ​:leftsharkdance:​

    A case can be made that I really should focus that energy on episode 2 at this point.

    There is also the matter of online and IRL premieres, signing up for film festivals or conventions, DVD mastering, and a whole lot of other promotional work. #Cinema #Animation #Anime #ScienceFiction #LunaticsProject
  33. So we have screened the episode of Lunatics, "No Children in Space" for our family. ​:smug_dance:​

    (Or put another way: for the Writer, the Director, the voice actor for Georgiana, and her supportive brother).

    We were pretty happy with it. There's only a few notes about fairly nitpicky stuff -- mainly sound-balancing stuff (some foley is too loud, others are too quiet).

    It IS rather slow paced. That is by design. In fact, I have made it just a little bit slower during the editing process. This is much more "cozy cinema" than it is "action/adventure", and that is no doubt going to be a tonal clash for some sci-fi viewers.

    But that tonal change was an objective.

    And my son pointed out a visual glitch I had not noticed before. It remains to be seen whether I'm going to fix that or ignore it.
    ​:leftsharkdance:​

    A case can be made that I really should focus that energy on episode 2 at this point.

    There is also the matter of online and IRL premieres, signing up for film festivals or conventions, DVD mastering, and a whole lot of other promotional work. #Cinema #Animation #Anime #ScienceFiction #LunaticsProject
  34. So we have screened the episode of Lunatics, "No Children in Space" for our family. ​:smug_dance:​

    (Or put another way: for the Writer, the Director, the voice actor for Georgiana, and her supportive brother).

    We were pretty happy with it. There's only a few notes about fairly nitpicky stuff -- mainly sound-balancing stuff (some foley is too loud, others are too quiet).

    It IS rather slow paced. That is by design. In fact, I have made it just a little bit slower during the editing process. This is much more "cozy cinema" than it is "action/adventure", and that is no doubt going to be a tonal clash for some sci-fi viewers.

    But that tonal change was an objective.

    And my son pointed out a visual glitch I had not noticed before. It remains to be seen whether I'm going to fix that or ignore it.
    ​:leftsharkdance:​

    A case can be made that I really should focus that energy on episode 2 at this point.

    There is also the matter of online and IRL premieres, signing up for film festivals or conventions, DVD mastering, and a whole lot of other promotional work. #Cinema #Animation #Anime #ScienceFiction #LunaticsProject
  35. CW: May (or may not) contain offensive language

    "No ma'am," Siam answered. "Not much. Any more. But I thought I was gonna die when you just poured all that iodine in there." He laughed.

    #ScienceFiction #SamuelRDelany

  36. What If the Tomb Was Never Meant to Be Opened? Two days trapped in the desert. A sealed tomb. A deadly trap. And a team running out of time. A sneak peek of Tuesday's M. Pax Tales... youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYh
    #sciencefiction #audiobook #videobook #books #scifi #spooktober #spooky #fantasy

  37. What If the Tomb Was Never Meant to Be Opened? Two days trapped in the desert. A sealed tomb. A deadly trap. And a team running out of time. A sneak peek of Tuesday's M. Pax Tales... youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYh
    #sciencefiction #audiobook #videobook #books #scifi #spooktober #spooky #fantasy

  38. What If the Tomb Was Never Meant to Be Opened? Two days trapped in the desert. A sealed tomb. A deadly trap. And a team running out of time. A sneak peek of Tuesday's M. Pax Tales... youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYh
    #sciencefiction #audiobook #videobook #books #scifi #spooktober #spooky #fantasy

  39. What If the Tomb Was Never Meant to Be Opened? Two days trapped in the desert. A sealed tomb. A deadly trap. And a team running out of time. A sneak peek of Tuesday's M. Pax Tales... youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYh
    #sciencefiction #audiobook #videobook #books #scifi #spooktober #spooky #fantasy