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ReadbeanGravy Train by Daniel F. Galouye <br> <br> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60809" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60809</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reading?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sciencefiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifiart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifiart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sciencefictionart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefictionart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrofuturism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrofuturism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pulpfiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pulpfiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pulp?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pulp</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcovers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookcovers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/coverart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coverart</a>
Bryan W. Conway<p>“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”<br>― Frank Herbert, Dune</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booklovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booklovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frankhebert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frankhebert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
Ratchman<p>The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera. </p><p>Lex Teel: </p><p>In a family full of psychopaths, he is the wild, impulsive one. Disappoints his father not because of his viciousness, but because of his lack of control.</p><p>But being a serial killer in a position of power, it has allowed him free reign for hundreds of years. Even acting only periodically, he has amassed a massive body count.</p><p><a href="https://www.ratchman.com/characters/character-profile-lex-teel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ratchman.com/characters/charac</span><span class="invisible">ter-profile-lex-teel</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scifibooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifibooks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2502.17 — Does your MC prefer to be indoors or outdoors?</p></blockquote><p>Well, he's a day angel. Wings, right? Guess...</p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommentingIsCool</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/EngenderedQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EngenderedQ</span></a> Writing Author Daily Challenge FINAL Questions Week 15 (93-102, suggested February 18-28)</p></blockquote><p>This indeed is the last set of prompts. It's been a great ride and I feel I learned something from all of you. I don't rule out that a random set of prompts might show up every so often, but I think I've touched on all the topics I could think of. If you have just stumbled upon this game, go ahead and answer the prompts in any order that gets your creativity revved up. This is the last page of the threaded post that includes ALL of them. This hashtag is here to help you reimagine your literary worlds while giving you a totally different perspective of gender in our own.</p><p><strong>Follow:</strong> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/EngenderedWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EngenderedWriting</span></a><br><strong>Weekly Prompts? Search:</strong> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/EngenderedWritingQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EngenderedWritingQ</span></a><br><strong>Google Docs Link:</strong> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10RK_eD_1Q-P7VKv8xYVDeF7kkHuNX8878pBeELo3VAU/edit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/10R</span><span class="invisible">K_eD_1Q-P7VKv8xYVDeF7kkHuNX8878pBeELo3VAU/edit</span></a><br><strong>Please boost so your writer followers know about the challenge.</strong></p><ul><li>(Feb 18) 93 — Since this is the last set of prompts, what of value did you take away from following the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/engenderedWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engenderedWriting</span></a> challenge game? Do you feel you learned something? Did it change what you write about? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/@NaraMoore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NaraMoore</span></a></span></li><li>94 — If your character <em>presents</em> as male, <em>regardless of the sex assigned them at birth</em>, your character wakes finding themselves physically weak. If presenting as female, they wake physically strong. What effect does this have on the character, or possibly the plot. How does their reaction differ from question 90.</li><li>95 — Humans are suddenly predictably fertile once a year for a week. (The change happens in the story or just before the story.) How does this change gender roles? Society?</li><li>96 — If humans always had had a fertile season would our modernity be different or would it be the same old time religion and patriarchy?</li><li>97 — Long ago our ancestors fought off the patriarchal invaders and obliterated their barbaric idea for their women kin. How would a modern society work if inheritance and family flowed only through women, and was both traditional and legally recognized?</li><li>98 — Is marriage inevitable? Is it an exclusive symptom of patriarchy? Do any of your stories touch on the subject?</li><li>99 — If humans were exclusively matrilineal, would marriage evolve in your stories?</li><li>100 — Your MC has an object they adore that is NOT associated with their gender or gender role. Whether it gets suddenly revealed, or if they routinely flaunt it, it suddenly causes them huge trouble. How do they cope? CW if appropriate. </li><li>101 — One of your characters has an opportunity for power (your definition) if they take on the opposite gender role. How do they react? What do they do?</li><li>102 — Men stop being aggressive (your definition). Does society fall apart? Does the population decrease? Could you write a story from that male POV?</li><li>(Feb 28) 103 — Men cease to have interest in sex (your definition) overnight or over no more than a span of a year. Does society fall apart? Does the population decrease? Could you write a story from the male POV, or would from the female POV be more interesting?</li></ul><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sfwrtr</span></a></span>]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>challenge</span></a> about <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> for <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/hashtagGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtagGame</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/hashtagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtagGames</span></a></p>
The Funny Pages<p>Ace O'Hara by Basil Blackalle and Conrad Frost<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aceohara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aceohara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2502.18 — How is familial love thought of in your world? What is the ideal and the reality?</p></blockquote><p>This question begs for a long ethnology paper, because there <em>are</em> ideals and then there <em>is</em> reality. The reader will enter the world thinking one thing and leave understanding another. <em>Love</em> and <em>family</em> have a gazillion conflicting meanings, so for <em>love</em> let's go with <em>emotional bonds.</em> For <em>family</em> it's the following relationships <em>only.</em> </p><ul><li><strong>Vertical:</strong> Multigenerational between mothers and children. </li><li><strong>Horizontal:</strong> Between siblings. </li><li><strong>Diagonal:</strong> Between an uncle (sometimes an aunt) and nieces and nephews.<br></li></ul><p>If you detected something missing, you're correct. Since an uncle usually raises his sister's children, that bond is typically strongest, followed by sibling bonds, finally maternal. </p><p>In the current WIP, one MC (a responsible boy) has an uncle who flaked out on him and disappeared, an always angry workaholic mother, and sisters that detest him because at the age of 10, thanks to the flaky uncle and uncaring mother, the MC ends up raising his sisters. (Is this a Cinder-fella trope?) </p><p>The female MC's mother is a refugee and has no family, and is absent working to support them. This MC is a latch key kid who's most often raised by the books she reads, and sometimes by non-related "uncles" who associate with her mother. </p><p>Way too much to unpack here, true. </p><p>Keep in mind that Western culture's concept of the nuclear family collided with the age of single parenthood and blended families, and we deal with it. They do, too. Fortunately, the two MC's find each other. That, of course, is neither vertical, horizontal, nor diagonal. It's both familial in how they view it, and romantic in how they treat it. In their culture, that's a <em>disaster</em>—but not to them.</p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommentingIsCool</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>
Alistair Young<p>Intent -<br><a href="https://eldraeverse.com/2025/02/18/intent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eldraeverse.com/2025/02/18/int</span><span class="invisible">ent/</span></a> </p><p>Because we actually care quite a lot about your motives.</p><p><a href="https://schelling.pt/tags/eldraeverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eldraeverse</span></a> <a href="https://schelling.pt/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://schelling.pt/tags/scienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scienceFiction</span></a></p>
PD Wright<p>Predator 2 - 1990</p><p>For me, an underrated classic.</p><p>Could’ve easily been a retread of the first one, but they tried something a little different - and for the most part, it really worked.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.tearsinrain.uk/p/predator-2-1990" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tearsinrain.uk/p/predator-2-19</span><span class="invisible">90</span></a></p>
M. Pax<p>What is life like on Earth when everyone is controlled by an AI? Glitch is a free short story set in the world of Echoes of Haller Canyon. Read it now on my blog. </p><p><a href="https://www.mpaxauthor.com/echoes-of-haller-canyon-a-bonus-story/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mpaxauthor.com/echoes-of-halle</span><span class="invisible">r-canyon-a-bonus-story/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p>
Galactic Journey<p>The second Galactoscope is up, and this quarter of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> books has an amazing member:</p><p><a href="https://galacticjourney.org/february-18-1970-galactoscope/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">galacticjourney.org/february-1</span><span class="invisible">8-1970-galactoscope/</span></a></p>
Xanathon<p><span>No AI<br><br>Creative Commons CC-BY<br><br></span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/noAI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noAI</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/AI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/render" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#render</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/renderedArt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#renderedArt</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/3DRender" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DRender</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/CGI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CGI</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/CGArt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CGArt</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/3DArt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DArt</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/SciFi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/ScienceFiction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/MastoArt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/MastoArt3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt3D</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/FediArt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediArt</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/Xanathon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xanathon</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/Robot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Robot</a><span> </span><a href="https://social.phantanews.de/tags/Robots" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Robots</a></p>
David W. Jones<p>What would happen if a tiny black hole passed through your body?</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tiny-black-hole-body.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-tiny-bla</span><span class="invisible">ck-hole-body.html</span></a></p><p>&gt; In 1974, science fiction author Larry Niven wrote a murder mystery with an interesting premise: Could you kill a man with a tiny black hole?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mysteries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackholes</span></a></p>
The Funny Pages<p>Jeff Hawke by Sydney Jordan<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jeffhawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jeffhawke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceopera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceopera</span></a></p>
Laura Blackwell (she/her)<p>Do you like community? Do you like surprises? Well, Jenna Hanchey is planning to read a Choose-Your-Adventure style story this Story Hour! And we have no idea what Leslie What is going to read—just that it’s going to be awesome. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PST! <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/StoryHour2020" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoryHour2020</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FantasyFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Jenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jenna</span></a> Hanchey <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Leslie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leslie</span></a> What <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AuthorReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorReading</span></a><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/StoryHour2020" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StoryHour2020</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AuthorReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorReading</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@lesliewhat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lesliewhat</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.storyhour2020.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">storyhour2020.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Strange Seawolf 🕒 CET<p>I couldn't bring myself to post it yesterday because I was completely floored by this. But Jay from Liminal Fiction has reviewed <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HeraldPetrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeraldPetrel</span></a> and it came back with a solid 5 stars and the summary:</p><p>"If you enjoy ‘hard’ science fiction and space opera with a helping of romance, you will love this book."</p><p>I never would have been bold enough to even think of it as hard <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.limfic.com/2025/02/16/review-herald-petrel-strange-seawolf/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">limfic.com/2025/02/16/review-h</span><span class="invisible">erald-petrel-strange-seawolf/</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@floofpaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>floofpaldi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@DoctorMonkey2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DoctorMonkey2</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@QuokkaMocha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>QuokkaMocha</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@Firlefanz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Firlefanz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@paulk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paulk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@HeliaXyana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HeliaXyana</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@SJHoodlet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SJHoodlet</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SpaceOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceOpera</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a></p>
RETECH<p>‪Unthink your ungood thoughts.</p><p>Doubleplus Rations for Upper Party Members</p><p>Work Harder for the Party.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orwell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dystopian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dystopian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/newspeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspeak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/glitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glitch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span></p>
Rock Paper Shotgun<p>Company Of Heroes devs reveal B-movie version of Advance Wars - the first Relic Labs experiment - <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/company-of-heroes-devs-reveal-b-movie-version-of-advance-wars-the-first-relic-labs-experiment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rockpapershotgun.com/company-o</span><span class="invisible">f-heroes-devs-reveal-b-movie-version-of-advance-wars-the-first-relic-labs-experiment</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/Strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strategy</span></a>:Turn-BasedStrategy <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/EarthVsMars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthVsMars</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/Strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strategy</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a></p>
E.S. Raye<p>I've had my head down as I power through the Gas Giant Gambit developmental edits, but I have resurfaced to say:</p><p>- I have a finalized cover I can't wait to share.<br>- Map design is underway, and looks better than I dreamed.<br>- I'm more than halfway through my edits and right on schedule!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a></p>
TheEdinburghBookshop<p>SF &amp; Fantasy readers, two fabulous new releases begging to be read: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, published Gollanz, and &amp; The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon, published Bloomsbury. </p><p><a href="https://bookish.community/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livres</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/FantasyBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyBooks</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/ScienceFictionBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionBooks</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/NnediOkorafor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NnediOkorafor</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/SamanthaShannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamanthaShannon</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/DarkMirror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMirror</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/BoneSeason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoneSeason</span></a> <a href="https://bookish.community/tags/DeathOfTheAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathOfTheAuthor</span></a></p>