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REVIEW: Potential Energy – Kim Fielding

Potential Energy - Kim Fielding

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera Reviewer: DB Get It On Amazon About The Book When interstellar smuggler Haz Taylor loses his ship, his money, and his tattered reputation, drinking himself to death on a backwater planet seems like his only option. Then the Coalition offers him a contract to return a stolen religious artifact. Sounds simple … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: There’s a “Warp Speed” Experiment

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A new warp speed experiment could finally offer an indirect test of famed physicist Stephen Hawking’s most famous prediction about black holes. The new proposal suggests that, by nudging an atom to become invisible, scientists could catch a glimpse of the ethereal quantum glow that envelops objects traveling at close to the speed of light. … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Mars Orbiter Finds Giant “Fingerprint” in Crater

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NASA has released a stunning image of a unique crater on Mars with strange, luminous ridges that give it the appearance of a human fingerprint. The crater in the photo is known as Airy-0, a 0.3-mile-wide (0.5 kilometer) depression that sits within the much larger Airy crater, which is around 27 miles (43.5 km) wide. … Read more

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COVER REVEAL / GIVEAWAY: Bed of Rose and Thorns – Lee Hunt

Bed of Rose and Thorns - Lee Hunt

Lee Hunt has a new dark fantasy/fairy tale out: Bed of Rose and Thorns, and we have the cover reveal! There’s a giveaway too. Sir Ezra is an Elysian Bell; he has a frightening potential that he keeps hidden deep beneath tight layers of steel armor. He secretly loves a dark Queen whose touch would … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Do All Alien Civilizations Perish Because of Energy?

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Why has humanity never been visited by aliens (that we know of)? The question has confounded scientists for decades, but two researchers have come up with a possible — and disturbing — explanation: Advanced civilizations could be doomed to either stagnate or die before they get the chance. The new hypothesis suggests that, as space-faring … Read more

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REVIEW: Barons of Oartheca – James Siewert

Barons of Oartheca - James Siewert

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A secret revealed. A plot within a plot. A battle to reunite. Headed in opposite galactic directions, Rowland Hale and Toar Grithrawrscion must find a way to reunite despite the myriad of challenges dogging their every step. An unwelcome surprise … Read more

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REVIEW: Firestones – Kim Fielding

Firestones - Kim Fielding

Genre: Fairy Tale, Dark, Historical Reviewer: DB Get It On Amazon About The Book Born with a deformed foot and abandoned as a young child, Brand spent his youth in indentured servitude to a mediocre wizard. Now Brand is grown, but with no other prospects to support himself, he remains in his master’s employ, doing … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: How Do Rockets In Space Work Without Air?

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In space, rockets zoom around with no air to push against. What’s their secret? Turns out, the engines that power rockets are different than the kind of engines that power aircraft or other Earth-based equipment. Rocket engines carry everything they require into space, rather than relying on air. Like Earthly engines, rocket engines operate using … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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The seven wonders of the ancient world were a selection of exceptional pieces of architecture and art in the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe. A number of ancient and medieval writers from Europe and Middle East debated and described what are today called the seven “wonders” of the world (not all writers used … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: All About Uranus

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Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope. It is an odd world that tilts over on one side, with thin rings and dozens of moons. In 2022, Uranus was selected by planetary scientists as a top target in the solar system for exploration, and NASA … Read more