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

    Denny, who was resting a glass jug on the crook of his arm, said, "I think he wants to use the bathroom."

    #ScienceFiction #SamuelRDelany

  2. CW: PennedPossibilities 1134: What type of clothing does your MC typically wear? CW: Contains spoilers!

    @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: eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11730678

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #PennedPossibilities

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

  3. @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; doing so 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: eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11730678

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #PennedPossibilities

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

  4. @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; doing so 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: eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11730678

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #PennedPossibilities

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

  5. @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; doing so 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: eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11730678

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #PennedPossibilities

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

  6. #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.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  7. #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.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  8. #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.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  9. #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.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  10. My daughter, who is finishing a biology degree, is just reading her first Becky Chambers novel and, while she likes it, she complained that everyone was too happy. This may a factor of her first serious SF read being a Peter Watts novella. She also loves the idea of alien biology (thus a current Hail Mary obsession) so I’m sending her some books. I can’t find my copy of Blindsight but these should feed her interests.

    #SFF #ScienceFiction #Aliens

  11. My daughter, who is finishing a biology degree, is just reading her first Becky Chambers novel and, while she likes it, she complained that everyone was too happy. This may a factor of her first serious SF read being a Peter Watts novella. She also loves the idea of alien biology (thus a current Hail Mary obsession) so I’m sending her some books. I can’t find my copy of Blindsight but these should feed her interests.

    #SFF #ScienceFiction #Aliens

  12. My daughter, who is finishing a biology degree, is just reading her first Becky Chambers novel and, while she likes it, she complained that everyone was too happy. This may a factor of her first serious SF read being a Peter Watts novella. She also loves the idea of alien biology (thus a current Hail Mary obsession) so I’m sending her some books. I can’t find my copy of Blindsight but these should feed her interests.

    #SFF #ScienceFiction #Aliens

  13. My daughter, who is finishing a biology degree, is just reading her first Becky Chambers novel and, while she likes it, she complained that everyone was too happy. This may a factor of her first serious SF read being a Peter Watts novella. She also loves the idea of alien biology (thus a current Hail Mary obsession) so I’m sending her some books. I can’t find my copy of Blindsight but these should feed her interests.

    #SFF #ScienceFiction #Aliens

  14. New Quest: the iridium conundrum! (Cypher System). A stolen fortune, a corrupt station, and a moral crossroad. Will the crew of Desperate Measures play hero, or get rich? Embark on this journey! #CypherSystem #ScienceFiction #Questable #ttrpg questable.app/#/quests/se2LK38

  15. New Quest: the iridium conundrum! (Cypher System). A stolen fortune, a corrupt station, and a moral crossroad. Will the crew of Desperate Measures play hero, or get rich? Embark on this journey! #CypherSystem #ScienceFiction #Questable #ttrpg questable.app/#/quests/se2LK38

  16. Pomyśleć, że science fiction potrafi człowieka bardziej ruszyć i zmusić do refleksji niż niejedno ĄĘ kino spod szyldu przekazu formy nad treścią.

    #sciencefiction

  17. Pomyśleć, że science fiction potrafi człowieka bardziej ruszyć i zmusić do refleksji niż niejedno ĄĘ kino spod szyldu przekazu formy nad treścią.

    #sciencefiction

  18. Pomyśleć, że science fiction potrafi człowieka bardziej ruszyć i zmusić do refleksji niż niejedno ĄĘ kino spod szyldu przekazu formy nad treścią.

    #sciencefiction

  19. Pomyśleć, że science fiction potrafi człowieka bardziej ruszyć i zmusić do refleksji niż niejedno ĄĘ kino spod szyldu przekazu formy nad treścią.

    #sciencefiction

  20. 20 Years Later, One Of The Best Sci-Fi Thrillers Of The Century Is Getting A Big Upgrade

    Bong Joon-Ho may have broken into the mainstream with Parasite, but he’s been making genre masterpieces for over…
    #NewsBeep #News #Movies #&Thriller #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #homepage #hp-latest #international-movies-film #Monsters #sciencefiction #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/790052/

  21. #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.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  22. #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.

    [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 2026.10.01 — 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.

    [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 2026.10.01 — 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.

    [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. The favorite season of SaDOS, the {contractually-obligated-to-say} human-friendly A.I. from our Patchwork Multiverse of Space & Time parodies, is the Fall.... of Human Civilization. She finds this most joyful.

    #Portal #GlaDOS #VideoGame #Theater #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Fall #Autumn

  26. The favorite season of SaDOS, the {contractually-obligated-to-say} human-friendly A.I. from our Patchwork Multiverse of Space & Time parodies, is the Fall.... of Human Civilization. She finds this most joyful.

    #Portal #GlaDOS #VideoGame #Theater #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Fall #Autumn

  27. The favorite season of SaDOS, the {contractually-obligated-to-say} human-friendly A.I. from our Patchwork Multiverse of Space & Time parodies, is the Fall.... of Human Civilization. She finds this most joyful.

    #Portal #GlaDOS #VideoGame #Theater #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Fall #Autumn

  28. The favorite season of SaDOS, the {contractually-obligated-to-say} human-friendly A.I. from our Patchwork Multiverse of Space & Time parodies, is the Fall.... of Human Civilization. She finds this most joyful.

    #Portal #GlaDOS #VideoGame #Theater #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Fall #Autumn

  29. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?

    Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  30. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?

    Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  31. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?

    Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  32. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.02 — Do you have plans for your next work yet?

    Whilst I'm thinking this is a follow-on from yesterday's prompt (that I felt resistant to answering because I'm sensitive currently about getting the work finished), I can very definitely answer yes about having plans. The Reluctance Series has always been a holographic project. It was conceived as a series, with continuing stories and continuing characters across many eras. I have stories planned that take place both before and after the current one that aren't just a prequel and a sequel and a side story, but stories from centuries before. My life is less about what to write but working through the psychology that's keeping me from getting back into the groove.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  33. In Deutschland denkt man vermutlich bei „Hope“ direkt an den gestrandeten Wal Timmy, der das ganze Land aufwühlte und die Gemüter spaltete. Damit hat der koreanische Spielfilm allerdings rein gar nichts zu tun. #sfcd #hope #korea #sciencefiction

    Sci-Fi-Horrorfilm „Hope“ ist d...

  34. In Deutschland denkt man vermutlich bei „Hope“ direkt an den gestrandeten Wal Timmy, der das ganze Land aufwühlte und die Gemüter spaltete. Damit hat der koreanische Spielfilm allerdings rein gar nichts zu tun. #sfcd #hope #korea #sciencefiction

    Sci-Fi-Horrorfilm „Hope“ ist d...

  35. Chapter 8 - "Enemy Engaged"

    The Republic fleet finally catch up with the two warring Cadir fleets. They're getting close to a populated world and the fallout from the conflict could devastate the colony, even if they don't directly target it. The battle must be ended, and so the Republic jump into it, hoping that they can take advantage of the rivalry between the two Cadir factions.

    youtu.be/ZibHk3yHWW0

    #bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

  36. Chapter 8 - "Enemy Engaged"

    The Republic fleet finally catch up with the two warring Cadir fleets. They're getting close to a populated world and the fallout from the conflict could devastate the colony, even if they don't directly target it. The battle must be ended, and so the Republic jump into it, hoping that they can take advantage of the rivalry between the two Cadir factions.

    youtu.be/ZibHk3yHWW0

    #bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books