Y+1by Torn MacAlester This morning on the Night Watch Live AM, we are speaking with Nick in Montana, who’s been living inside of the blast zone of Yellowstone since the […]
Lunadyne Incident by Torn MacAlester
Y+28, Day 1: “You, in the jail,” the voice said over the intercom. Sheriff Del Anderson stood and switched on the voice channel. Del watched the warped video of the […]
A Paradox: A Description of the Fermi Paradox by Torn MacAlester
It Starts With A ParadoxPart 2 of World Building for Science Fiction Part 2—It Starts With A Paradox by Torn MacAlester Photo by Rakicevic Nenad from Pexels The […]
The Soldier: A Vignette by Torn MacAlester
The Soldier Y+0 Granger realized that the whirlwind month had ended as he headed to the Greyhound bus, hoping to see if he could get a trip. According to the […]
Sins of the Son: A Vignette by Torn MacAlester
Sins of the SonPhoto by Brett Sayles from Pexels Sins of the Son By Torn Macalester “Did you hear it?” The patient asked over the cacophony of emergency equipment as the doctor worked on […]
Chat on Discord: WED JUL 5th, 9PM EDT
DiscussionsEach Week, Torn hosts a discussion on his discord channel: Torn MacAlester Science Fiction. Join the discussion and learn what he thinks about prior to writing his science fiction stories. […]
Decisions: A Vignette by Torn MacAlester
Decisions Y+13 Nils heard Katie enter the room as he finished typing the letter and sent it to the printer. He’d been using the back bedroom as an office ever […]
Torn’s Science, Technology, & Science Fiction 1–7 May 2023
Science Fiction and the Drake Equation I started thinking about one of the classic authors of science fiction, and the setting he created for some of his stories. I often […]
Torn’s Science, Technology, & Science Fiction 24–30 April 2023
Redundancy Seeing SpaceX’s prototype starship explode after launch reminded me of the necessity of redundancy in launch systems. I think back 10 years when over a short time span when […]
Torn’s Science, Technology, & Science Fiction 17–23 April 2023
Fabulae Lunae: 1. Thunder Moon Tussle Available now at Amazon.com: Thunder Moon Tussle (kindle edition) Nils Carmike, a fallen from grace astronaut turned smuggler, forges a new life on the […]