Week­ly Moon Dis­patch – Week of Novem­ber 7, 2026

Do you need more Moon joy this week?

A wan­ing cres­cent hangs over Earth.

The long lunar night con­tin­ues at Con­rad Sta­tion. Out­side there is only Earth­light on the regolith and the hard black of vac­u­um. Earth hangs high above the sta­tion. Sur­face activ­i­ty remains min­i­mal. Life con­tin­ues inside the habi­tats under arti­fi­cial light, where the qui­et tech­ni­cal mar­gins that keep every­one alive stay ful­ly in force.

This is hard sci­ence fic­tion lunar fron­tier ter­ri­to­ry: thin mar­gins, three-day lags, and peo­ple try­ing to stay human while the vac­u­um waits outside.

Looking Back – Recent Posts

• Life on the Fron­tier – For Drinks Tonight → Read the post
• Lore & Secrets – Put the Lunokhod Back → Read the post
• Fab­u­lae Lunae Vignette — Deci­sions → Read the post

Coming This Week

• Mon­day – Fron­tier Foun­da­tions: Shack­le­ton Rim – Mose’s guar­an­tee from the Astro­naut Office is a land­ing on Shack­le­ton Rim and an ice core from a per­ma­nent shad­owed region.
• Tues­day – Char­ac­ter Spot­light: Avery Clarke – The Luna­dyne man at the new sta­tion who tells arriv­ing inde­pen­dents that the facil­i­ty’s needs come first, and not to be in a hurry.
• Wednes­day – Hard Tech & Sci­ence: Ten Kilo­me­ters an Hour – On the South Road the crawler is an all-ter­rain vehi­cle at ten kilo­me­ters an hour or less. At twen­ty, Nils tells Doc, a rock he can­not dodge will wreck it.

Recommended Reading Order

• The Luna­dyne Inci­dent → https://www.amazon.com/Lunadyne-Incident-Other-Stories-Fabulae-ebook/dp/B0D5F7L3QS
• 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

All three books remain available:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16F7MQW

The Joy­ful Moon is still watch­ing…
and the long night continues.

— Torn MacAlester
Still rid­ing the trails with Nils, Gen, and the whole Fab­u­lae Lunae crew
🚀🌕