Daily Moon Dispatch – 20 October 2026
The Moon is waxing gibbous as seen from Earth.
The morning terminator has reached Conrad Station.
The Sun has just risen at Conrad Station. The long lunar day is beginning.
Outside, hard golden light is returning to the regolith. After two weeks of Earthlight and vacuum black, the surface is bright again. Systems that spent the night on stored power can recover. Life still moves carefully — the lag has not changed — but the station is no longer living entirely indoors under artificial light.
Doc Keller is watching the EVA returns. Broken bones, poorly timed surface work, and the slow damage the Moon does to tissue all cross her threshold before they become anyone else’s problem.
Moon deputy hard science fiction from the trails around Conrad Station.
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Coming This Week
- Wednesday: Fabulae Lunae Vignette — Y+1
Recommended Reading Order
- Thunder Moon Tussle → https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Moon-Tussle-Torn-MacAlester-ebook/dp/B095BXX6YC
- Mask of the Joyful Moon → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16F7MQW
- The Lunadyne Incident → https://www.amazon.com/Lunadyne-Incident-Other-Stories-Fabulae-ebook/dp/B0D5F7L3QS
All three books remain available:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16F7MQW
The Joyful Moon is still watching…
and some questions stay unpaid.
— Torn MacAlester
Still riding the trails with Nils, Gen, and the whole Fabulae Lunae crew
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StoriesThe stories of Torn MacAlester are science fiction, where the science is well-grounded. I intentionally made any deviations for speculative purposes. To maintain maximum realism, I restrict the scope of these deviations. |
ArticlesI write articles of science fact and science fiction. The articles here span the knowledge of modern science and the speculations of fiction. I try to caveat everything that is an assumption. You will find articles about spaceflight, the possibilities of alien contact, and descriptions of technology used in my stories. |
