Author: Torn

Golf and Outgassing the Mystery of the Ball

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# Golf and Out­gassing: The Sto­ry That Start­ed It All When I sat down to write the very first tale set in what would become the Fab­u­lae Lunae uni­verse, I knew I want­ed to begin with some­thing per­son­al to the his­to­ry of lunar exploration—something every space enthu­si­ast has smiled about at least once. Alan Shepard’s […]

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Venturing into the Void: Nils Carmike’s 1st Lunar Saga in “Descent into Darkness” and “Commander”

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This week spot­lights two grip­ping tales of Fab­u­lae Lunae: The Luna­dyne Inci­dent and Oth­er Sto­ries: the short sto­ry Descent into Dark­ness and its com­pan­ion vignette Com­man­der. These sci­ence fic­tion nar­ra­tives by Torn MacAlester cen­ter on astro­naut Nils Carmike, the inter­est­ing pro­tag­o­nist of the nov­el Thun­der Moon Tus­sle, as he nav­i­gates the per­ilous and awe-inspir­ing lunar frontier. […]

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Building Alien Worlds with Scientific Rigor: Introducing the DKF Framework for Science Fiction

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Wel­come, sci-fi enthu­si­asts and aspir­ing world-builders! As a hard sci­ence fic­tion writer, I’ve always believed that the heart of an inter­est­ing sto­ry lies in blend­ing imag­i­na­tion with sci­en­tif­ic pre­ci­sion. When craft­ing the uni­vers­es of my sto­ries, I turn to real-world sci­ence to ground my spec­u­la­tion, espe­cial­ly for one of the genre’s biggest ques­tions: What about […]

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“Drive to Houston” — A Tale of Resilience Amid Crisis

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Get ready for an grip­ping nar­ra­tive with “Dri­ve to Hous­ton,” a sto­ry set against the back­drop of a world turned upside down. It all begins with an alarm sig­nal­ing Jacob Con­ner, a lead astro­naut, to head from Dal­las to Hous­ton to sup­port NASA’s space sta­tion oper­a­tions. What fol­lows is a har­row­ing jour­ney through the ash-laden […]

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Welcome to the Lunar Abyss: Discover Descent into Darkness

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Greet­ings, space adven­tur­ers and sci-fi enthu­si­asts! I’m excit­ed to launch you into the depths of Descent into Dark­ness, a grip­ping tale from my anthol­o­gy The Luna­dyne Inci­dent & Oth­er Sto­ries, now avail­able on Ama­zon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5F7L3QS. Set in the Fab­u­lae Lunae uni­verse after a Yel­low­stone super-vol­cano erup­tion, this sto­ry plunges read­ers into the icy heart […]

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The Lunar Crawler of Golf and Outgassing: A Blend of Fiction and Artemis Innovation

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Hel­lo, lunar tech enthu­si­asts and sci-fi read­ers! Today, we’re div­ing into the six-wheeled crawler that plays a piv­otal role in Golf and Out­gassing, a stand­out tale from The Luna­dyne Inci­dent & Oth­er Sto­ries, avail­able now on Ama­zon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5F7L3QS. This rugged vehi­cle not only dri­ves the action in the sto­ry but also echoes real-world advancements […]

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Meet Annie MacInturner: The Lunar Trailblazer of Fabulae Lunae

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Greet­ings, lunar explor­ers and sci-fi fans! Today, I’m thrilled to intro­duce you to Annie Mac­In­turn­er, a stand­out char­ac­ter from The Luna­dyne Inci­dent & Oth­er Sto­ries, now avail­able on Ama­zon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5F7L3QS. Fea­tured promi­nent­ly in Golf and Out­gassing, Annie is a Marine lieu­tenant colonel turned lunar astro­naut whose grit, intel­lect, and moral com­pass make her a […]

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Exploring Fra Mauro

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Wel­come back, lunar explor­ers and sci-fi afi­ciona­dos! Today, I’m excit­ed to spot­light Golf and Out­gassing, one of the five cap­ti­vat­ing tales in my anthol­o­gy The Luna­dyne Inci­dent & Oth­er Sto­ries, now avail­able on Ama­zon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5F7L3QS. This sto­ry whisks you away to the rugged high­lands of Fra Mau­ro, where sea­soned astro­naut Annie Mac­In­turn­er and rookie […]

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29 May 2025: Cold Contact by Torn MacAlester

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Cold Contact by Torn MacAlester as imagined by Grok

In the unchart­ed depths of space, 250 light years from Earth, Frank ‘Coot­er’ Ross and his sharp-wit­ted mechan­ic, Cathy Soren­son, pilot the Hootie Bird—a scrap­py, two-per­son scout­ing ves­sel built for the stars. Tasked with spy­ing on a secre­tive UTAN colony, they stum­ble across a chill­ing trans­mis­sion hint­ing at alien con­tact. As Coot­er digs through his […]

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