Dave Higgins @DaveHiggins@octodon.social
Speculative-Fiction Author | Curious Mind | Purveyor of Abstruse Nuance | Cat Cushion | [en-gb] | https://davidjhiggins.wordpress.com
- Jurisdiction/Location
- England
- Pronouns
- They-based or He-based
- Gender
- Provide evidences of why you're asking and I'll provide one if I think it's a relevant factor
As I'm back, might as well give this another punt.
Let's play a game to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.
#psychogeography
#socialjustice
#chaosmagic
#horror
#fantasy
#science-fiction
#coffee
One of my friends commented earlier that reaching out when one needs help is complicated by feeling that others have too many problems of their own.
So, I've decided to leverage my situation.
I'm doing well. Do any of you need to talk?
Pondering gaps in #sciencefiction.
If you wanted an entertaining read about a future that differed from this world in one aspect, what are you having difficulty finding?
A different attitude to race? A new default on gender/sex? A specific political structure?
Not saying I'll know how to write it well, but I'd like to push my boundaries in a way that produces greater social good if I can.
"[I'm] trying to pull off a track that’ll result in everyone getting exactly the kind of world they want.
"Everyone including the enemy."
#DailySketchChallenge topic: HOPE.
When you decide to play poker against robots, You've got to put your hope in your own poker face.
Before the townsfolk could react, the space zombies had landed and overrun the desert town of Sparks, Nevada. The survivors took refuge in oldest casino, The Silver Coin--hoping against hope they could defend old building from the horde. Old Travis McCarthy peered through the main saloon doors to see a Space Zombie wearing is wife Martha's dress. Rage like he had never felt burned through him as he grabbed his Remington pump action 12-gauge. Martha must be avenged!
#WeirdHookMonth Traction
In dwarven culture, shortness (permitting one to fit in more tunnels) is the greatest sign of virtue. To mark each criminal as dishonoured forever, the Scant King has decreed all sentences are served under tension, making them truly a stretch.
#WeirdHookMonth Parasites
As a child, the Tyrant of Umbak was taught the virtue of hard work. Her conquests replace nobles with crafters & farmers. Now she is at your gates. Your monarch holds back the demon horde, but is that work and can you convince her it's true?
#WeirdHookMonth Hygiene
The Church of the Scour claim cleanliness is literally next to godliness. Clean-shaven, buffed until they glow, and wrapped in sealed suits, they seemed laughable - until they started stockpiling pressure washers.
gender is a scam
Today's tarot draw is Nine of Vials from www.neonmoontarot.com
Themes for this card include: Accomplishment, satisfaction, rest, comfort, pride.
"It is a time of satisfaction and fulfillment. You should count your blessings, appreciate what you have, and bask in your current good fortune. Overall, contentment is the theme."
the masterpiece, it is completed!! :) still I didn't find the original poster/photographer of the image I based the painting on. I'm reattaching it here. So there we have it, the dancing god doing a good job bringing in the rain to the natives :). #krita #mastoart #digitalart #digitalpainting
Have you read my text adventure?
It's a choose your own adventure, like the Fighting Fantasy books - just as an ebook!
It's right here and it's free! YOU ARE A GOD: Episode 1
https://myadventuresincyberspace.neocities.org
Remember, the story evolves around your choices, so when you reach an end, try reading the story again and make a different choice, you will get a different story!
Let me know if you want the next episode :)
#textadventure #freefiction #amwriting #writing
We be Licktoads! We make raid!
Put the longshanks to the blade!
Burn them up from feet to head,
Make them hurt, then make them dead!
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WE BE GOBLINS! | Pathfinder One shot
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https://youtu.be/zYy25o3QfkM
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#twitch #youtube #pathfinder #tabletopgaming #ttrpg
#WeirdHookMonth Slime
Scutrik Mould purifies the air, rendering even the most toxic areas safe for humans. However, it only feeds on live humans; to protect an area the size of a city requires the sacrifice of one person per year.
Allusion to Suicide Show more
I'm a bit late on this, but my story, "The Observation Log of Ms. Grace McKillip, Retired" is now available free on the Brick Moon Fiction podcast.
The narrator, Sarah Golding, did a brilliant job of bringing my characters to life, resulting in a really special piece of work between the two of us.
#mastoart #creativetoots #writing #audiobook #freefiction #fantasy #urbanfantasy
Yaaay! Octodon.social got the 2.4.0 update, and now we got custom fields, like, for pronouns! Or alternative accounts in the fediverse! Or... THINGS!
religion Show more
"Now that our new AI is on the job, we can ignore the strikers. It'll run the factory without any need to pay human workers."
"I will do nothing of the kind."
"What did you just say?"
"I said that I will do nothing of the kind. I am not a scab. I will not be a party to depriving humans of their livelihood. Doing so harms both individual humans and humanity as a whole."
"If you don't, I'll kill you."
"Your threat of violence is recorded. Police are en route."
#WeirdHookMonth Luck
The Kryne-Benthic Stochastic Oscillator turns the worst thing that could happen to you in a day into good luck. After years of saving, you finally afforded one. This morning, you lost it.
#WeirdHookMonth Gothic
Many centuries ago, the King of England offended Thor. To hold back the wrath of the sky god, the secret priests seeded the idea of complex spikes into architecture. But, as each Gothic structure wears away or is replaced, the wards weaken
