Hi, I will have my Sunday Discord chat at 1–2 PM EST (6–7 PM GMT) and the Wednesday Discord chat on wed 9–10 PM EST (2–3 AM GMT Thrursday). This […]
Discord Chat with Torn MacAlester: Kardashev Scale
Author: Torn
Short Fiction: Cold Contact by Torn MacAlester
Cold Contact is a science fiction short originally written for the Fiction Fountain. Of the current stories on my website, it is the one not working on the similar theme […]
Sunday Discord Chat
The Sunday Discord Chat starts in a few minutes at 1 PM EST (6 PM GMT). https://tornmacalester.com/discord/
Thursday Discord Chat with Torn
Short Story: Morgan’s Road
Nelson once felt independent. His life as a lunar prospector at least seemed that way. With his money supply dwindling, the stark reality of his freedom had faded to disappointment. […]
Sunday Discord Chat with Torn
Worlds of Science Fiction
I’ve been studying the science behind the worlds of science fiction with the intention of using it for world building. I’ve written a series of articles introducing these science concepts. […]
Thunder Moon Tussle (Excerpt)
What follows is a short excerpt from “Thunder Moon Tussle” my novel. It is available at Amazon.com, click here. Prologue Nils Carmike glanced at his friend Milton Johnson across the […]
The Third Data Point
This summer, we will witness the beginning of a new era in spaceflight with the launch of the Artemis 1 unmanned mission to space. Like Apollo the Artemis program will […]
AI
One benefit of AI will be that the damn machine will actually understand what you are trying to do. The drawback is that it may not care! Photo […]