Speculative Miscellany

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Speculative Miscellany

NerdArt Roundup! March 17, 2017

I skipped last week. Yeah, sorry about that. I’m going through some things in what I want to do here. Also, life kind of got busy for a while. But here’s this week. Two-Thirds of the people in my house are on Spring Break. That means life has eased up …

Weekly NerdArt Picks | 3-3-2017

Time for another Weekly NerdArt Picks! I’ve realized that I’m shifting later in the week. Not necessarily because I’ve wanted too, rather work has been busy. I shouldn’t expect that to change, so maybe doing this later in the week isn’t so bad.   Science Fiction Pick of the Week: …

Changing Atomic Spectra or Hiding from Interplanetary Interlopers

Well, this is interesting. This article just came across my feed this morning. Keep in mind, the ideas behind this are still VERY much theoretical. No one has even tested to see if it can be done. Even so, this is fantastic fodder for brainstorming and creative thought. Spectroscopy is …

FlashFic: Wally

There’s something fun about using images as inspiration for these stories. This one is inspired by Lunch Break at the Workshop by Erik Taberman over at ArtStation, which was picked in my most recent Weekly NerdArt Picks. I highly encourage you to go check out his work at https://www.artstation.com/artist/taberman. Wally cranked …

Weekly NerdArt Picks | 2-22-17

It’s time for the Weekly NerdArt Picks! A busy week at work makes me a little late on posting this week’s NerdArt Picks, but better late than never, eh?  Science Fiction Pick of the Week:   This week’s Scifi NerdArt of the Week Pick is Code R by Chandler-lieve from over …

The Straight Guy’s Guide to Reading The Gay Teen’s Guide to Defeating A Siren

I know a lot of writers. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not bragging. No name-dropping. The reality is that I know a lot of writers because I work with multiple writing groups in Arizona and am a moderator at a local critiquing group. Most of the writers I know have …

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