Just started reading @corydoctorow #RedTeamBlues and it's very weird seeing a bunch of #California places I actually know, and associated #siliconValley investor + culture stuff, now we're not there anymore.
Although, it was also weird when we were there tbf (I still haven't managed to read Parable of the Talents, Sower so distressed and depressed me, sorry Octavia..!)
#books #scifi #nearFuture #nearFutureFiction #amReading

Henry Edwards, Pensacola Lighthouse, July 2, 2040, Southern Redoubt

At last, a freighter on the distant horizon, visible only by the light of the moon and a few gas lamps at the prow and stern. Would Beulah be excited or would her bitterness inspire nonchalance?

#50WordFriday #NearFuture #CivilWar #50WordFiction

Henry Edwards, Pensacola Lighthouse, July 1 2040, Southern Redoubt

I had a sticky moment with Stonewall Jackson on the balcony.

He knew my place in his world. “You eat field peas, boy.” (Field peas were for slaves.)

Fear shook me though he was only a ghost.

Then he was gone.

#50WordFriday #50WordFiction #Microfiction #NearFuture #CivilWar #HauntedFlorida

*photo The US National Archives via flickr. General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson circa 1863

Henry Edwards, Pensacola Lighthouse, July 1 2040, Southern Redoubt

I had a sticky moment with Stonewall Jackson’s ghost outside the lantern room.

“You’ve been eating field peas, boy.”

Field peas were the food of slaves.

“But I’m not sure we were always in the right.”

Then he was gone.

#50WordFriday #50WordFiction #Microfiction #NearFuture #AmericanCivilWar

*photo The US National Archives via flickr. General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson circa 1863

Only FIVE copies of Elkport left (the ebook process ran up against in insurmountable wall), want one? Near future speculative fiction:
https://crowcollectiveworkshops.com/2023/04/14/elkport/

"But here's the wonderful thing about Elkport: I might not be the teenager I was in real-1987 but I don't have to care because I'm never looking at my own face." - The King of Elkport, Sage Tyrtle

#GenX #GenerationX #Eighties #Nostalgia #1980s #WritingCommnity #Writing #Writers #AmWriting #Novella #NearFuture #SpeculativeFiction

I liked the dangerous feel of the blood red used to highlight the camera and security systems, I hope players have lots of fun dealing with those. I’m also pleased with the evolution of my grid style to hexes. I’d love to do more maps like this, I think there is so much potential for modern and science fiction work. #battlemap #battlemaps #shadowrun #rpgterrain #rpgbuilding #ttrpgmapdrawing #cyberpunk #map #riftsrpg #mapmaking #rpgmap #cartography #nearfuture #rpg

Fehlt noch etwas im Osternest? Wie wäre es mit einem spannenden Roman? 📘🙂

Mein Buch "Der Glanz des Rosenkäfers" gibt es bei fast allen Online-Buchhändlern als E-Book, und euer lokaler Buchhändler bestellt es euch ebenfalls sehr gern. 📖📚

In der Story verbirgt sich auch das eine oder andere völlig unerwartete Easter Egg 🥚 🙂

#buchempfehlung #roman #thriller #ostern #lesezeit #nearfuture

#Understanding or evolutionary natures and more importantly the #subconscious #psychology that drives our #biases and #prejudices are a key to societal #liberation. The understanding can come through #knowledge but changing our natures takes #mindfulness practice. Mindfulness practice demands #leisure.

“In addition, people will have more time to focus on what they find interesting, meaningful, and exciting.”

https://dailytimes.com.pk/1052107/robots-and-future/

#robots #hope #future #nearfuture

Dieses frisch geschlüpfte Buch hat mir die liebe Barbara Esser zur "Geburt" meines Romans "Der Glanz des Rosenkäfers" geschenkt. :)

Schaut bei ihr vorbei: Sie ist Fotografin und Buchautorin und hat ihre Passion für die Berge im Buch "Bergweh" für die Ewigkeit festgehalten.
https://www.instagram.com/bergweh.dasoriginal/

#roman #neuerscheinung #thriller #nearfuture #autorenleben #bergweh

#introduction
I'm a #writer and #translator from #Dublin #Ireland living in #Turkey. I live near #Troy, just opposite #Gallipoli. Recovering #geologist. Interested in the interaction of #history, #geography and #culture.
Spend my days translating from #Turkish to #English. Nights revising a #ScienceFiction novel set in the #NearFuture.

#ClimateChange #ClimateFiction #books #writing #environment