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Ossen, an AI written by Reggie, was about to pilot a robotic rover around the block for the first time.

>Reggie, anything I can get from the store while I'm out?

Reggie looked confused. "Uh, you're not going to a store, Ossen."

Jacob came to stand next to Reggie and chuckled. "We've been working on its sense of humor."

Reggie pinched his nose. "Just be careful, Ossen, and don't cross any streets."

>Do not worry. I will be home before the streetlights turn on

"You're just going once around the block!" Reggie exclaimed.

>Ha Ha Ha

With that, Ossen wheeled out the door.

Reggie turned to Jacob, "Did you teach it to laugh, too?"

Jacob shrugged. "I tried, but I think it unfortunately comes across as vaguely sinister."

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#PennedPossibilities 1149¾: Bonus Question: If your character is ill, who would care for them? Would they provide good care?

Bolt could get great caring healthcare, but she is certain she has to provide her government ID. (It is otherwise free, and it is a plot point in the story.) She's wanted by the constables, but worse, the mobsters whom she is forced to work for would love to learn who her family is, for reasons you might suspect. She's burnt her identification papers.

Surprisingly, plenty of the SCs would take care of her, including one of her mob coworkers.

#imposterToot @floofpaldi Get Well Soon!

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#WordWeavers 2026.10.07 — Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

I rarely write definitive lines of dialogue, though I do recall a building climactic moment where a single riposte shreds the antagonist's whole line of reasoning. Nothing to do with defining everything the reader needs to know about a character. I don't have the time to do a definitive search, but the following few lines speak volumes about how comfortable these two people are with each other, and a bit about their personalities. It's Bolt razzing Blue.

"Didn't sleep well?" I called down to him.

"I was popular last night?" he answered somewhat resentful of lost sleep.

"Ridden much?"

"No." He laughed. "Lots of dancing, late."

"Pity it was only dancing."

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The oath lasts a lifetime. The job doesn’t have to.
How Does a Rifter Retire?
Worldbuilding for the Rifters universe...
https://mpaxauthor.substack.com/p/how-does-a-rifter-retire?r=40xifa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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#PennedPossibilities 1149½: Bonus Question (Courtesy of @AnnaSaultron) Your MC comes across some spooky scary skeletons… What’s next?

Bolt often visits the Urban Desert, suburban ruins of overgrown landscaping, broken cement, and rusted steel, east of Home City abandoned over a century ago when the population fell quickly. Coming across horses is rare, and spotting their migrations at altitude more so, but this herd with a bone-white coat and yellow-ivory spinal plates (think a stegosaur; it's heat radiator anatomy) are unexpectedly flighty, notable. They rear, thrash tails, and whinny with wide eyes when she flies a body length overhead, just out of hoof range. She decides it must be a predator spooking the skeleton palominos and isn't up for that type of adventure. She resolves to tell a park ranger, if she spots one on the way to meet her man friend Blue for something more fun to ride.

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This is one weird SF book, full of body horror and general gooey ickiness. Having said that, it's unique and ambitious and takes big swings. It doesn't always succeed, but you have to admire the effort. #sciencefiction #horror #reviews #books #booksky #bookstodon

https://www.redheadedfemme.com/2026/10/review-sixth-nik.html

Weird Tales vol 18 number 05 (December 1931) - featured story: The Dark Man by Robert E. Howard.

#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
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Cover art by C. C. Senf

Died this day: 10/07/1849 (b. 01/19/1809) Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

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https://astralcomputing.com

Photo of Poe in 1849

Ace O'Hara by Basil Blackalle and Conrad Frost
#comicstrip #aceohara #comicstrips #sciencefiction #scifi

Movie TV Tech Geeks #BooksandComics #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Books The 6 Best Science Fantasy Books Released Since 2020, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TVqHH0

Let your imagination gallop with these speculative horse stories. From spaceships bearing gifts to a little girl's wish gone awry, enjoy these tales.

📚💙🪐🐴

https://books2read.com/horsesaremagic

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Orbit Garden

I came across a similar AI-slop image that was full of hallucinations: platforms coupled together for no reason and a few physical impossibilities, typical slop. But I liked the idea, and since I have a soft spot for classic sci-fi illustrations, I built something similar.

#render #renderedArt #3DRender #CGI #CGArt #3DArt #SciFi #ScienceFiction #MastoArt #MastoArt3D #FediArt #Xanathon #art #3D #Orbit #ClassicSciFi #RetroSciFi #Blender #Blender3D

Spooktober begins on Spotify!

Translations is the first tale in the M. Pax Tales Spooktober lineup.

An ancient tomb. A deadly trap. A lost language. And one woman determined to save the man she loves.
#Spotify #audiobook #videobook #fantasy #sciencefiction #writing #writingcommunity
https://open.spotify.com/show/1s4q0qjRutgk5vgeWwL2N7

Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon

Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…

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14.Un job de Croisière

https://panodyssey.com/en/article/adventure/14-un-job-de-croisiere-v6furbrbv27f

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📚 Our book this month at the Tog Science Fiction Book Club is I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
With Halloween just around the corner, we’ve picked a classic that sits right between science fiction and horror. 🧛
We’ll be meeting in person on Monday, October 26th at 7:30pm at Tog Hackerspace.
New people are always welcome.
https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/316827020/
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Artist and author Enki Bilal (1951-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?4269

L, 1980; R, 1980
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #Anime #MyHeroAcademia #ScienceFiction 15 'My Hero Academia' Episodes That Can Be Called Masterpieces, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TVpnlD

Schrottsammler

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Downtime for mutual benefit

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-05029-m280-pest-control-system-volunteer-maintenance

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L'appel à textes de la revue l'Éponge...

Et vous, "Comment voyez-vous le monde de demain ?"

#sciencefiction

https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/lappel-%C3%A0-textes-de-la-revue-l%C3%A9ponge-avec-de-la-science-fiction

Alex Landragin, Prix Planète-Sf 2026 !

Un grand bravo !

Qui a lu son roman le Livre des passages ?

#sciencefiction

https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/alex-landragin-prix-plan%C3%A8te-sf-2026

Fantastyka:
»Charles Stross „Dzieci Saturna”«

Informacje na temat powieści Charlesa Strossa „Dzieci Saturna”, która ukaże się w październiku 2026 roku nakładem Domu Wydawniczego Rebis.

https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/ksiazki/o-ksiazkach/fantastyka/charles-stross-dzieci-saturna/

#Fahrenheit_zin #sciencefiction #DomWydawniczyRebis #Wehikułczasu #CharlesStross #AgnieszkaHorzowska #SławomirFolkman #IgorMorski #DWREbis #DzieciSaturna #SaturnsChildren #LeszekKarlik #Freyaverse

N.K. Jemisin intronisée au Hall of Fame de de l'État de New York !

Un honneur pour celle qui a reçu trois prix Hugo sur trois ans pour chaque tome de la série Les Livres de la Terre fracturée !

Vous avez lu ses romans ?

#NKJemisin #sciencefiction

https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/n-k-jemisinintronis%C3%A9e-au-hall-of-fame-de-de-l%C3%A9tat-de-new-york

#EroticMusings 2026.10.06 —Week 71 (October 4-10) Characters: Have you ever created characters with desire that persisted beyond death?

Yes. Not big-D Desire as the hashtag might prefer, but little-d immortal desire fitting with the eerie nature of this month's first prompt. The MC is a woman shaman in an SF lost-generation-ship setting. The man was the MC's best friend's bodyguard and man-servant, with a deeper relationship implied. After saving his employer's life, he comes back as the shaman's second guardian whom only the shaman can see—a black leopard being her first. He wants to help the shaman protect her best friend and convincingly talks to his former employer through the shaman as an intermediary, though there are infuriating limitations and things he won't do or say. To the shaman, her guardians exist as if in the room with her—she can see, hear, and physically feel them, but they're ethereal and disappear when they couldn't co-exist or become intransigent.

The reader may grow to question if shaman's guardians are real or whether the woman is delusional but manages her mental illness extremely well. The story touches upon on the psychology of charisma and success as well as the difference between greatness and insanity.

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https://youtu.be/gXe20E-6Rgg?is=vhjjXhcqkYJqqIeS

Great new episode about time travel in Nick Leshi's City of Kik video podcast https://youtu.be/Gi9bTlokH44?si=bMdT4slr7F2BBg6Q #sciencefiction #timetravel #podcast

His Robot Wife: Extreme Patience – The stunning addition of the Robot Wife saga. $4.99 at Barnes and Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940165897061
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Space Opera Sisterhood

Strong women. Powerful space opera. Robert T. Jeschonek curated a great Storybundle featuring 15 authors, focusing on heroic women and science fiction adventure. This one is so much fun! It includes three of my longer sf pieces, none of which are part of a series. They are: Chosen as one of the best novelettes of […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/10/06/space-opera-sisterhood-2/

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.06 — <On a scale of 0-100, how much conflict (however you personally define it) is necessary for a compelling story?

A question like this requires a qualitative answer but, forced to answer quantitatively, I would guess approximately 31.4157% +/- 10√2​, which works out to some, enough, not too much, or the opposite of what the experts say.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.06 — What might an inattentive reader miss in your work?

Amongst the narratives that mention computers, elevators, interstellar travel, lorries, newspapers, photography, rush hour traffic, skyscrapers, and theatres, the inattentive reader might miss that there is no electricity or, by extension, electronics.

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Spooktober begins!

The first tale in the Spooktober lineup is Translations. An ancient tomb, a deadly trap, and a language that may hold the key to survival.

New episode of M. Pax Tales! https://youtu.be/SxGdmXQZbNU
#YouTube #audiobook #videobook #fantasy #sciencefiction #writing #spooktober

Movies of the day (4/8)
🎬 Mine(2016)
🎬 Monster High: The Movie(2022)
🎬 The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)(2011)
🎬 Splice(2009)

© TMDB

#Mine #MonsterHighTheMovie #TheHumanCentipede2FullSequence #Splice #Adventure #Comedy #Crime #Drama #Family #Fantasy #Horror #Music #ScienceFiction

#ArthurCClarke #TheNineBillionNamesOfGod #SciFi #ScienceFiction #bot

Ace O'Hara by Basil Blackalle and Conrad Frost
#comicstrip #aceohara #comicstrips #sciencefiction #scifi

#WordWeavers 2026.10.06 — What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

Practically everything? I don't want to give away the discovery aspect, so I'll pick something not mundane that's also SFW:

Men typically raise their sisters' children.

Which means their nieces and nephews. It isn't uncommon that boys will raise younger sisters, or cousins of first and second degree. The tradition causes considerable angst in the WIP.

To be clear, this is a normal gender role. Men grow up expecting this.

Blue—One of Bolt's LIs and the man with whom she's most comfortable—is already supervising his teenage sister who is a scatterbrain nerd with little common sense. He's doing this while being trained as a praetorian (a rare and special job), while occasionally working as what looks to our eyes to be a type of (male) geisha. Bizarrely, to our eyes perhaps, he's increasingly certain that were his sister to become pregnant he'd willingly give up his hard-won jobs to raise her children. In his society's terms and in Bolt's eyes, he is a very masculine guy.

In case you forgot: #gender #fiction #writer #author

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Explore daring, futuristic science fiction like you’ve never seen it before with this bundle of #African-inspired novels and short story collections from #NnediOkorafor, #WoleTalabi, and #AdamOyebanji! #AfricanFuturism #ScienceFiction #SFF #HumbleBundle
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https://www.humblebundle.com/books/african-futurism-nnedi-okorafor-wole-talabi-and-adam-oyebanji-daw-books-books

Dropping at 10pm EST!

s6e9 "Wait. Hear Me Out."

This ep, the crew delves a little deeper into the idea of "not cyberpunk, but what if?"

Links:

https://www.neondystopia.com/

https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/

https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/

https://youtube.com/@l0wl1f3pod?feature=shared

discord.gg/M6fGZERb7Z

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Sam & Max Hit the Road, released in 1993
Released for: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Point-and-click; Puzzle; Adventure
Science fiction, Comedy
helicopter, dinosaurs, minigames, guitar playing, robots, mummy, ufo, episodic, rabbit, psychic abilities, bird, dialogue trees, crime, dark humor, dog, teleportation, pizza, talking animals, bats, playstation network, chef, digital distribution, single-player only, anthropomorphism, playstation trophies, world map, voice acting, scatological humor, protagonist's name in the title, cat, mind control, breaking the fourth wall, game reference, rat, non-player character, save point, movie reference, steam play, british accent, villain, to be continued, item combination, shape-shifting, tentacles, clone, dynamic soundtrack, dimension travel, one-handed gameplay, recurring character, overweight character, flashback, severed limbs, hidden room, fake game over screen, running gag, whac-a-mole, scumm, gog preservation program, scummvm compatible

From the Internet Games Database
https://www.igdb.com/games/sam-max-hit-the-road

#games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #helicopter #dinosaurs #minigames #guitarplaying #robots #mummy #ufo #episodic #rabbit #psychicabilities #bird #dialoguetrees #crime #darkhumor #dog #teleportation #pizza #talkinganimals #bats #playstationnetwork #chef #digitaldistribution #singleplayeronly #anthropomorphism #playstationtrophies #worldmap #voiceacting #scatologicalhumor #protagonistsnameinthetitle #cat #mindcontrol #breakingthefourthwall #gamereference #rat #nonplayercharacter #savepoint #moviereference #steamplay #britishaccent #villain #tobecontinued #itemcombination #shapeshifting #tentacles #clone #dynamicsoundtrack #dimensiontravel #onehandedgameplay #recurringcharacter #overweightcharacter #flashback #severedlimbs #hiddenroom #fakegameoverscreen #runninggag #whacamole #scumm #gogpreservationprogram #scummvmcompatible #linux #win #mac #dos #sciencefiction #comedy

Chapter 12 - "Mollusc Melee"

After securing the medical centre, Major Sanjeev Varma rushes towards the remaining Cadir invaders, Namor Skenn following. The intent is to ambush the malicious molluscs as they break through the bulkheads, but it soon descends into chaotic mayhem. As the xeno soldiers rush into them, close quarters combat becomes necessary and Sanjeev is required to unsheathe his khanda.

https://youtu.be/gy9_aJuNrfo

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Some people make a big show of being opposed to space travel or at least ambivalent, but admit it: if you could board a starship and zip beyond the speed of light, you'd want to see a sight like this in person, wouldn't you?

Painted by yours truly: "To Touch the Cradles of the Gods".

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

Es ist mal wieder Zeit für ein nicht mit KI gestaltetes Raumschiff.
Entwurf für ein fiktives SF Buchcover mit Beschriftung.

#sciencefiction #adventure #midjourney #digitalphotocreations #tombud #gimp #ebookcover #bookcover #autorileben #selfpublisher

~ ~ ~
Jen Stevenson gets serious! And playful, and. . .

Book View Café is delighted to present I MORPH, a collection by Jennifer Stevenson.

*Eight stories about death, resurrection, and the messes in between.*

#death #Resurrection #InvisiblePlaymates #vampires #romance #collections #ShortFiction #fantasy #romance #ScienceFiction #HistoricalFantasy #Alchemy @bookstodon #bookstodon #ebooks #books #BookViewCafe

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-i-morph-by-jennifer-stevenson/

SONG OF THE WEEK “Changing of the Guard” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/changing-of-the-guard

#guard #twilightzone #astronaut #sun #faith #scifi #sciencefiction #jared #davidbowie #majortom #wife #space #travel #angels #JRRtolkien #beatles #whitealbum #mellotron #georgeharrison #wonderwall #singersongwriter #singeratlarge