Koronald.social<p>Rob Cobb's designs for Alien</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alien</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conceptart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conceptart</span></a></p>
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Liana Brooks<p>"You are playing with the biggest weapon since the atom bomb, and you’re treating it like a Frisbee.”</p><p>“Ma’am, that information is classified.”</p><p>“Sir,” she said mockingly, “I wrote the book on that ticking time bomb you’re about to detonate."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Decoherence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decoherence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/b/mq1RzQ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Book-Socials" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/b/mq1RzQ?utm_so</span><span class="invisible">urce=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Book-Socials</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> 2025.06.07 — Antagonist POV: If you were an animal, which one? CW: Spoilers</p></blockquote><p>[Rainy Days, female:] Human. I'll stick with human. Humans are animals.</p><p>Something different than what I am?</p><p>Right. But you have to understand I already have ibex horns like a crown of thorns on my head. They grew in by the time I was two. I've since acquired day angel wings—yes, I can fly—and feline legs that end in hooves. Didn't ask for either, but immortality tech sometimes runs amok when something kills you, ya know. I'm alive. That's good. </p><p>Not what you meant?</p><p>This is me sighing deeply. </p><p>All right. I'd like to be a cat. I'd be able to sit in a handsome guy's lap any time I wanted and be petted all day long. I <em>like</em> being petted!</p><p>Meow. </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>
ashnod<p>CryptoBro gets yelled at by Toronado bartender<br>"There’s a chance it doesn’t go through, honestly"<br><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/toronado-bar-orion-parrott-20340961.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfchronicle.com/food/wine/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/toronado-bar-orion-parrott-20340961.php</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.beer/tags/Beer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.beer/tags/Pub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.beer/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.beer/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.beer/tags/Toronado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronado</span></a></p>
Koronald.social<p>Richard Hescox</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aliens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monsters</span></a></p>
Lorgo Numputz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@frappe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frappe</span></a></span> I've always called the train portion the Muni Light Rail or Metro, pretty much interchangeably. </p><p>When very exhausted I've also used "the people... train... thing."</p><p>Source: have been in/around <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> for about 20 years.</p>
Frappe<p>What’s the best or most common way to refer to San Francisco’s Muni Metro, the light rail portion of Muni (lines J, K, L, M, N, and S). In particular a term that distinguishes it from Muni busses and streetcars.</p><p>“Best way to get there is to just take ________”. The tram? The light rail? Metro? Muni Metro? The subway (if using the part of it in the Market Street Subway)?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/muni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muni</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</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> 691 — MC POV: Have you traveled to other lands? (Or planets, even?)</p></blockquote><p>Yes. And yes.</p><p>Oh, you want an enumeration? I've been told I can admit I was with Rainy Days when she conquered the northern prefecture of the dragon lands. She'd decided I was her new favorite student and she fetched me during my math class, in front of everyone, and took me away to teach me "lessons" that in retrospect that were very important but a bit too nerve wracking for my taste. I learned what the phrase "grew up fast" meant, learning by doing as it were. </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>
:rss: THE RIVER<p>エイリアン初ドラマ「エイリアン：アース」予告編公開 ─ 2120年地球、「5種の生命体」が襲来<br><a href="https://theriver.jp/alien-earth-teaser-poster/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theriver.jp/alien-earth-teaser</span><span class="invisible">-poster/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/theriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theriver</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Tv_Movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tv_Movie</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>エイリアン</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3_%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>エイリアン_アース</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%BA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ディズニープラス</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/%E6%B5%B7%E5%A4%96%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>海外ドラマ</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> 2025.06.05 — What would your first chapter smell like?</p></blockquote><p>The primary scent would be more of a taint that would likely manifest as a taste: Rust.</p><p>The story takes place on Mars. The scene in question (the chapter has only one) takes place in an underground construction tunnel between habitat domes that was bored out from the bedrock, is rough looking, and is colored orange and dark red. Perchlorate (scentless) on Mars makes the surface dust toxic to breathe, so no chance is taken that some has leaked or seeped underground. Every surface is sprayed with a myco-epoxy (derived from fungus) which makes everything look wet. If the tunnel is new (never stated) it would have a funky chemical scent also. </p><p>The secondary smell, however, would be human sweat; in a more a refined sense, fear. A man tried to kidnap his daughter and beat his wife to do so. A vigilante group of women being led by the main character, a woman engineer wearing an exoskeleton, has cornered him. He is not happy.</p><p>That rust sent might be blood.</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>
Alan Langford 🇨🇦🧤🧊摏<p>Looking for a digital calendar for the 2025 Nebula Awards Conference?</p><p>So was I... nothing found, so I made one!</p><p><a href="https://alanlangford.com/2025/06/05/nebula-conference-2025-calendar-google-and-ical-formats/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alanlangford.com/2025/06/05/ne</span><span class="invisible">bula-conference-2025-calendar-google-and-ical-formats/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nebulaAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nebulaAwards</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</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/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
San Francisco (SFPL Archives)<p>Maritime Plaza escalators (San Francisco, California), circa 1966-1980, <br>Escalators, Urban renewal, Financial District (San Francisco, Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs</p><p>From Digital Collections of San Francisco Public Library<br><a href="https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A203102" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalsf.org/islandora/object</span><span class="invisible">/islandora%3A203102</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFPL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>image</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p>A wetware computer you can buy. There aren't words. <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/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a>, and ethics writer might be interested. </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/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</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/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Author</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/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2025/06/04/hardware-software-meet-wetware-a-computer-with-800000-human-neurons/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/forbes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/</span><span class="invisible">2025/06/04/hardware-software-meet-wetware-a-computer-with-800000-human-neurons/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/forbes</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> 690 — SC POV: What do you fear losing the most?</p></blockquote><p>I'll stick with the secondary character in 687, Chrome. </p><p>My country (alright, autonomous region) was invaded yesterday. I'm a dragon, and it's because of dragons violating "international norms" that it was invaded, regardless of me siding with the oppressed daemon population and me having acted as a railroad engineer in the underground railway that sent women to freedom in the north. Still… invaded. I worked as a spy for the north, helped track the movement of the dragon lords, and now everyone knows it. Moreover, my scary northern contact, who taught me to use my horns [to do magic] has turned out to be Rainy Days herself. You know… The Director of Home. The absolute planetary ruler? I've now been assigned to advise the military occupation governor, a kid genius daemon likely not even twenty years old. And she's coming on to me. It's been suggested (loaded word, that one) I acquiesce. Wanna guess by whom? Hint? Her initials are RD.</p><p>What do I fear losing most? If nothing else, my mind.</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>
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> 2025.06.04 — Describe the mood of the opening paragraph of your story using 3 adjectives. </p></blockquote><p>Intense, bloody, infuriating.</p><p>Because of feedback from the beta readers, this prompt is both a timely and useful exercise. I may have to add it to my bag of tricks for during revision. What was in my mind included <em>angry</em> and <em>outraged,</em> but rereading the paragraph, the MC strikes me as <em>detached.</em> I might even characterize it as her acting like a superhero. I need to fix that for the v3 beta reader…</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>
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> 689 — What does a perfect world look like to your MC? Your perfect world may not be their idea of a perfect world, so let's pry into their brain and discover the lens they choose to view the world through.</p></blockquote><p>This answer delves into spoilers territory, but only in a wide angle sense. The story arcs are barely started in the SF version, so it won't matter much unless you are reading this reply a number of years from its original posting date.</p><p>Her off-the-cuff answer would be that the world is perfect, it's simply all the people that keep her from studying her books that make it less than perfect. Delving deeper, there's more. She doesn't understand people and she's looking to explain the confusing parts as much as how the natural (and from our POV, magical) world works. She suspects there's something in people that's broken, but it's actually her reaction to having been betrayed when very young by a friend—although, let's not discount that her parents were killed when she was 5 and her <em>actual</em> subsequent guardian, Rainy Days, set her educational / social responsibilities bar intentionally way too high. I conceived this character as a study in how a good character can become evil (in a very <em>reasonable,</em> trying to save people, sort of way). Were she to find that something that affects most people that she could <em>fix</em>—and in the reluctance universe, it exists—she might fix it to make the world perfect. Discovering love and friendship ought (but won't necessarily) change her quest for perfection.</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>
San Francisco (SFPL Archives)<p>Refugee Camp at an unidentified location (San Francisco, California), 1906, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection<br>San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906, Refugee camps--California--San Francisco</p><p>From Digital Collections of San Francisco Public Library<br><a href="https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A133021" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalsf.org/islandora/object</span><span class="invisible">/islandora%3A133021</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFPL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>image</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a></p>
San Francisco (SFPL Archives)<p>Harry Bridges chairman of the I. L. A. strike committee (San Francisco, California), 1934 July 12, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection<br>San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs, Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990</p><p>From Digital Collections of San Francisco Public Library<br><a href="https://digitalsf.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A115856" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digitalsf.org/islandora/object</span><span class="invisible">/islandora%3A115856</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFPL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/image" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>image</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a></p>
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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> 687 — How much does your SC value communication in their relationships with others? Are they prone to being misunderstood?</p></blockquote><p>Chrome, short for Chromium, is a dragon who looks like a daemon because he only has horns. He is a secondary character who plays a role defining Thorn Rose's heritage, bringing on her epiphany about her teacher's motivations, and is a minor love interest. Note, despite the terms, these people are human.</p><p>His history, which he relates, peripherally intertwines with Thorn's mother. He helped run the underground railway which smuggled people out of the dragon lands. Communication is his specialty. Being a dragon raised as a daemon, he can pass a daemon (who are oppressed and sometimes enslaved, especially if they are women) or as a dragon to deal with authorities. Because he could go where many other "railroad engineers" could not and not be caught, and helped transport many people to a better life. He's too young to have been there when Thorn's mother as a little girl was packed in a crate of onions and garlic.</p><p>Chrome and Thorn have a misunderstanding, especially since her teacher, Rainy Days, arranged for them to… well, you know…</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>
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