The Trials of Astra (and other short stories)
L.L. FordAt the Trials of Astra, you can find Sci-fi, horror, fantasy, irl science, and book discussions! Find all that and more in your inbox on Friday(ish)!
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The Dragon Mother’s Chosen Pt. 2
Welcome back to The Dragon Mother’s Chosen! For part 1, click here. This is also your warning that this is a darker story in the world of Astra. If dark themes and gore are not your thing, I invite you to skip this one! Alright, let’s jump...
The Dragon Mother’s Chosen Pt. 1
I - I think he was always there. Every loss. Every heartbreak. Every promise crushed, every desertion, every embarrassment, every big and little thing. He was there. He was always there. He liked when I was sad. He really liked when I was m...
Discussing A Few Rules For Predicting the Future
Recently I read Octavia Butler’s essay A Few Rules for Predicting the Future. It’s a fairly short essay that I found in hardcover format at my new favorite local bookstore with some beautiful art by Manzel Bowman. I mention Bowman because a...
Lost Time and Flood’s Past
I wasn’t the only one who lost everything when the floods came. I wasn’t even hit the hardest. I survived. So many didn’t. Sometimes people would drag themselves up out of the flood and across the Boundary… but they weren’t different. That...
August Newsletter
What is left
When your dreams have changed
When you look back and gaze down?
What is left
When you lose hope for another time
When you can’t take anymore of your life
What is left when you don’t care what hap...
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Writer of sci-fi, horror, fantasy, poetry, and anything else that catches my interest! Neuroscientist by day, writer of the weird any other time \ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffd He/Him
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