Daily Moon Dispatch – 5 October 2026
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.
Milton Johnson still carries surface lessons that started as a rookie’s Moon legs: mass is not weight, and the station’s indoor calm is paid for outside.
Moon base hard science fiction: air, water, power, and the narrow buffers that keep the Habs alive.
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Coming This Week
- Tuesday: Lore and Secrets — Ninja Cranston
- Wednesday: The Soldier
- Thursday: Lunar Signals
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 lid still clicks.
— 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. |
