Laura Blackwell (she/her)<p>Story Hour is beginning its fifth year! What better way to celebrate than with returning favorite Randee Dawn and Story Hour debut Brian Trent? Pop into the Zoom or stream on YouTube Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! <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> <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/RandeeDawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandeeDawn</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BrianTrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianTrent</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://birdsite.blazelight.dev/users/randeedawn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>randeedawn</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>
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Fantasy for the Ages<p>Servant of Rage, 44%: Shocking good fantasy read so far. I continue to be impressed. The characters are quite well written, and their interactions are great reading. The magic is very cool. The action has been good. I've been sucked in! <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>
Fantasy for the Ages<p>NEW EPISODE: Jim's Top 10 Most Accessible & Immersive Fantasy Books, perfect reads when you don't want to work too hard, just want to get lost in a book for awhile. Zach reacts - sometimes wondering if his father has lost his mind. <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Top10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Top10</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/hwuZuJseEvg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/hwuZuJseEvg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
rdm<p>The child ran, and hid, as their parents had said.</p><p>They hid in the most hidden part of the house. The part no-one ever went.</p><p>It was dark and dusty. The walls lined with empty shelves that went to the ceiling. In one corner sat a box - completely featureless, except for a small slot, and a single button.</p><p>They heard footsteps - and they froze. Would they be found? Would they have the same fate as everyone else?</p><p>The footsteps receded. </p><p>They stepped back in relief, and nearly tripped over the box. As they did, they brushed the button. It made a small whir, and a piece of paper emerged, covered in words.</p><p>They looked at it, looked closer, and saw the tiny metal teeth. Pulling upward, the paper tore off.</p><p>Now they could see it clearly, it was a story. One they had never heard. Only short, but a story nonetheless.</p><p>Listening for footsteps and hearing nothing, they pressed the button again. Another story. A different one. A third press, a third story.</p><p>They sat and read. And pressed the button. And read some more.</p><p>Time passed, and their tummy gurgled. Surely it would be safe now?</p><p>They emerged from the hidden room to find the house empty.</p><p>They made their way to the kitchen. On the table sat a cake, with seven candles on it.</p><p>There was a noise at the front door.</p><p>"I don't know - they can't have gone too far, even after this time."<br>"We are going to have to call the police. "</p><p>"Mummy? Mums? Did I win?" the birthday child called out, unaware of the dramas they had caused.</p><p>They never found the hidden room again.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tootfic</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IAmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAmWriting</span></a></p>
rdm<p>I've been playing around with somethings after downloading my history.</p><p>I thought I'd captured all my stories and nothing else. It turns out there were 20-30 'something elses'. </p><p>I could have simply deleted those files and moved on. But I decided to fill them with new stories. So you'll be seeing my somewhat twisted imagination hard at work over the next few days.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IAmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAmWriting</span></a></p>
Exilian<p>Something sillier for this month's archive article, as we explain all the ways to tell if you've accidentally ended up in a classic Doctor Who episode.</p><p>Find out what they are here...<br><a href="https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?msg=116432" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?</span><span class="invisible">msg=116432</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a></p>
Kołek Niewiary<p>Przypomniałem sobie, że mam bloga i napisałem recenzję "Szarlatana i Hermafrodyty" czyli paciepnej, pretensjonalnej parodii powieści postgotyckiej.<br><a href="https://kolekniewiary.pl/?p=1339" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">kolekniewiary.pl/?p=1339</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ksiazki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ksiazki</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ksiazkodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ksiazkodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fantastyka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantastyka</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/recenzja" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recenzja</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gothic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ksi%C4%85%C5%BCki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>książki</span></a></p>
Fantasy for the Ages<p>Stone of Farewell, 80%: Can't emphasize this enough. This second book of the trilogy is many magnitudes of better than book 1. Book 1 was fine, and it built an important foundation. But this book just soars high, over and over. <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/MemorySorrowThorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MemorySorrowThorn</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 643 — How does your SC respond to the quiet? Do they take comfort in silence, or seek to fill the void with noise? </p></blockquote><p>Bolt, from the Reluctance Series during the Interstellar era, was blackmailed (framed for a murder) by the mob into being a messenger for a decade. She has wings. She had to be silent, sometimes a detective. It's not like she hung around mobsters, or wanted to be pulled in deeper. Nor could she confide in anyone, lest they get targeted by association. Worse, she never got paid much. </p><p>Eventually, she found a camera that fell off the back of a wagon. She got into street photography. One time, when she happened to be where news happened (too often in her profession), she had taken a few photos when a reporter's camera got slammed into a wall.</p><p>He asked if she'd sell him photos. Turned out she's pretty good.</p><p>She often gets her photos into her world's version of <em>The New Yorker</em> and <em>The New York Times</em> and is also a part time stringer. As you can guess, she wanders the cold dank unfriendly streets when she can be free (makes it harder to be given "assignments"), and dispels the dangerous depressing quiet that might otherwise seep in.</p><p>Her love affair with B&W street photography does not wane when she is freed from the mob, pardoned, and begins train to become a praetorian. Sure her subjects are different, and her wandering happens between trainings and bodyguard duties, but she has the knack of using a rangefinder without being noticed (think Leica).</p><p>Edit: This actually gave me detective noir story idea...</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></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>
Filipi Limi<p>Ellen Ripley, Action Hero<br><a href="https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/ellen-ripley-action-hero/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">grimdarkmagazine.com/ellen-rip</span><span class="invisible">ley-action-hero/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/alien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alien</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aliens</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>films</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a></p>
Spooky Panda 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 643 — How does your SC respond to the quiet? Do they take comfort in silence, or seek to fill the void with noise? </p><p>Junk can't handle silence. It drives him insane. He's always listening to music, singing, or speaking—even if it's only to himself. There's no such thing as "peace and quiet" while he's around. 🤣</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/TheCityOfOpulence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCityOfOpulence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigitalDystopiaSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDystopiaSeries</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</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/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 2504.14 — Would you enjoy living in a creative village/house/shared accommodation? Or do you already?</p></blockquote><p>The question did not ask if I had enjoyed living in a creative space (past tense). </p><p><em>I did.</em> </p><p>I attended the Clarion Writers Workshop (Clarion West). It's for Speculative, SF, Fantasy, and (I think) Horror Genre writing. It's for professionals or professional wannabes. You have to submit work to qualify.</p><p>It was literally (pun intended) the best six weeks of my life as an author.</p><p>Don't get me wrong, selling is <em>fabulous,</em> but the feeling lasts only a moment (like sex). The sense of community and actually living the life of an author while attending the workshop cannot be beat. </p><p>We lived together (except for a few locals) in the dorms of a college in downtown Seattle, cooked together, used the showers together, had our own floor to ourselves. We spent many hours in the common areas gabbing and blue-skying. Mostly, however, we wrote. </p><p>Then read what others wrote. </p><p>Then critiqued. Learned how to do that well, learned how to anticipate certain critiques from specific authors and to fix our stuff (assuming we thought we need to), learned how to have a hard shell by accepting criticism that helped us, and rejecting what didn't. Largely, we also helped each other through our fears. </p><p>Week days we had a guest lecturer who was a professional writer or editor. One day a week, we attended readings, usually at Powell's, by a local writer, though once at an author's place (I think that was for Octavia Butler).</p><p>The feeling of community and support was amazing. One time I wrote a 15,000 word novella in 15 hours for critique the next day. That was my max output per hour or per day ever. </p><p>I never felt burnt out. Those six weeks seemed to compact six months of life into a short span. When I returned home, I barely recognized my surroundings or old life. Ask my spouse!</p><p><strong>Highly Recommended</strong></p><p>PS: After reading other responses I want to qualify that I am cripplingly shy, introverted, and write fiction that doesn't go much with my persona. Nobody knew my gender despite an enormous email thread until I arrived, and I got the nickname Ambiguous Spice (and Oblivious Spice) for a reason. I warmed quickly because these were people like me. Kinda weird, some introverted, some extroverted. All in love with words and stories. I warmed up quickly.</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/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><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> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Clarion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clarion</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ClarionWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarionWest</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/critique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>critique</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/critiquegroupsforwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>critiquegroupsforwriters</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/actuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAutistic</span></a></p>
Neve Maslakovic<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/selfpromo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfpromo</span></a> Dive into the past with this promotion for time travel books! </p><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/time_travel_2025/mdkkajvxby" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/time_trav</span><span class="invisible">el_2025/mdkkajvxby</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a><br><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/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/timetravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>timetravel</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 0.044 — What is the most altruistic thing your MC has ever done?</p></blockquote><p>May Ri is neither altruistic nor is she transactional. For a woman who is always fighting against the paternalistic rules placed upon her, she pretty much does what she is told (but not always!). Her choice of friends and her prior decisions shaped her actions, which greatly helped the initial generations of native martians. She's great at engineering design and is especially talented at reverse engineering tech if given plenty of electronic and optical scopes, and other tools.What she did for Mars will be noted as foundational as much as it was politically ancillary, except for the last thing. She often volunteered in the crèche domes taking care of 3-6 year olds, but she liked that. Having been oppressed and mistrusted as a girl, she let her five daughters make their own choices, which is arguably how they grew up to be a force in their own right. She mentored and apprenticed hundreds of young martian women (and a few boys) in engineering and design.</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></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/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/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSMarsNeededWomen</span></a></p>
Mike L Tilford 📚 😺<p>Broken Binding day!
<a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/thebrokenbinding.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thebrokenbinding.bsky.social</a> and <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/aptshadow.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aptshadow.bsky.social</a> are going to bankrupt me.
<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23booksky%F0%9F%92%99%F0%9F%93%9A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksky💙📚</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23sff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a></p>
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<p>I’m rereading the 1952 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> classic <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheSpaceMerchants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSpaceMerchants</span></a> by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FrederikPohl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrederikPohl</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CMKornbluth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CMKornbluth</span></a> before teaching it again this summer. It’s always been compelling, but wow, it hits different in 2025. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VintageScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
E.S. Raye<p>We're about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way through Gas Giant Gambit's edits. I think we may finish this week! Then proofreading! And pre-orders! And author copies! And ARCs!</p><p>I can't wait!</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/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writerstodon</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/writersofmastodom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodom</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/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacewestern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacewestern</span></a></p>
Fantasy for the Ages<p>NEW EPISODE: A bit delayed, perhaps, but good things come to those who wait. Here's Jim's review (SPOILERS!) of The Boys, Season 4. <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/TheBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBoys</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Superheroes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superheroes</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/TVRecommendations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TVRecommendations</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/8hpYkanNJcA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/8hpYkanNJcA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Michael Whelan<p>GUNSLINGER '88 ROLAND (1988)<br>Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 20"</p><p>I was asked to do a cover for the trade paperback edition of THE GUNSLINGER by Stephen King. I'd done the dust jacket and all the interior illustrations for the limited edition, but this was the first mass market edition. 1/4</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fantasyart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/gunslinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunslinger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/darktower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darktower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/stephenking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stephenking</span></a></p>
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreeTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTalk</span></a>! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> online talk on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheLastMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLastMan</span></a> by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MaryShelley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaryShelley</span></a>. This talk previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> via <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SignumUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignumUniversity</span></a>, which is scheduled for June 2025. This is part of the SPACE Showcase day of programming.</p><p>Everyone is invited!</p><p>Teaser: <a href="https://youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTmQW-W6_w7mG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTm</span><span class="invisible">QW-W6_w7mG</span></a></p><p>Info on the May 3 talk: <a href="https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2025-spring-space-showcase/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blackberry.signumuniversity.or</span><span class="invisible">g/events/2025-spring-space-showcase/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EcoGothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoGothic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PlagueLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlagueLit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnlineEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineEvent</span></a></p>
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