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@lucidillusions.in

Mad (ex) Scientist (Ph.D, IIT Bombay) He/Him Camera and Beyond Perversely Subversive and Absurd I love Books, Bowie and the Beatles ๐Ÿ“Bombay ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Check my ๐Ÿ“ธ Feed https://ko-fi.com/lucidillusions | lucidillusions.darkroom.com | patreon.com/lucidillusions

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Are you a disabled author? Do you have something to say about writing disabled characters - or writing while disabled?

We want YOU at our upcoming virtual conference, Storycrafting Sessions: Disability in Writing!

10.03.2026 17:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An hour and 15 min for Wednesday to hit us... So a preemptive #WriterShareWednesday I guess ๐Ÿ˜‚

I have been thinking about this story that I wrote last year (for eclipse) and since we got one recently, it's an obvious brain jump I suppose.

So please check out this Vampire #flashfiction.

10.03.2026 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just logged in to see if there were any #WriterShareWednesday posts for me to repost... and then I realized that it is not, in fact, Wednesday

Look I just REALLY want this week to end ๐Ÿ˜‚

10.03.2026 17:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

*The writer finds more lines not written by the writer*

10.03.2026 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tuesday Trope Treasures
Pirate Chest that is open with shiny coins sticking out

Tuesday Trope Treasures Pirate Chest that is open with shiny coins sticking out

Happy Trope Tuesday! Today's topic:

The World Runs on Promises

Breaking an oath has physical consequences. Casual commitments are terrifyingly powerful.

Is this a trope you like? Where have you seen it done well?

#writesky #booksky ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿช ๐Ÿ’™

10.03.2026 16:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Talking of telepathy can I plug this story @brownhoundpress.bsky.social shared last week (I've kinda been in love with it โ€” for multiple reasons โ€” shared it with so many friends and have myself revisited it a few times)

10.03.2026 17:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thursday Treats: 3/5/2026

A nice mention about my story in @brownhoundpress.bsky.social on Kevin Tipple's blogspot! kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/2026/03/thur...

07.03.2026 17:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Story Track: The Sigur Rรณs song โ€œSamskeytiโ€ employs the bandโ€™s signature sound: sequences of gradually-layering, syncing patterns, similar to the thoughts of the storyโ€™s narrator. The Icelandic title roughly translates to โ€œseamโ€ like the mental connection between the two telepathic characters.

09.03.2026 12:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A message to all the writers out there who are feeling overwhelmed and overlooked by an industry that often feels cold and harsh. Keep writing stories. Keep sharing them with the world. We need you.

10.03.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Chapter 24: Apollo 

โ€œSo, youโ€™re saying weโ€™re infected with an alien-vampire hybrid virus that causes telepathy?โ€ I stared at Apollo, boggling. Trying to wrap my head around the staggering situation. 
โ€œEssentially, yes. And itโ€™s extremely contagious between humans,โ€ Apollo stated matter-of-factly, in only the way that a trained medical professional can stoically deliver shocking news. He stood there, his greenish yellow tendrilled hair forming a glowing halo around his head, while crossing his two sets of arms in custom-made white medical scrubs. But I managed to catch a flash of white. Danger? Concern?
I continued gawking at him, probably in a mild state of shock, trying to process our entire conversation.

Chapter 24: Apollo โ€œSo, youโ€™re saying weโ€™re infected with an alien-vampire hybrid virus that causes telepathy?โ€ I stared at Apollo, boggling. Trying to wrap my head around the staggering situation. โ€œEssentially, yes. And itโ€™s extremely contagious between humans,โ€ Apollo stated matter-of-factly, in only the way that a trained medical professional can stoically deliver shocking news. He stood there, his greenish yellow tendrilled hair forming a glowing halo around his head, while crossing his two sets of arms in custom-made white medical scrubs. But I managed to catch a flash of white. Danger? Concern? I continued gawking at him, probably in a mild state of shock, trying to process our entire conversation.

Sharing a bit of of my #hopepunk novel for today's #WIPSnips, "chapter." Claimimg vibes ๐Ÿ˜‚

Just an alien-vampire telepathy virus threatening to infect humanity.๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿคฃ

I'm curious though - would *you* embrace telepathy? ๐Ÿ‘€

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #sff #alien #vampire #zoo #empathy #alienzoo #scifi

10.03.2026 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cause chances are high that it was missed out by someone who cares and would share.

10.03.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can relate, even when I share that stories on my patreon are available to free members a lot of times they are ignored, but I do have a handful of mutuals who are equally supportive with sharing anytime I share something with a link.

I think resharing/reposting stuff over and over helps

10.03.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Todayโ€™s #WIPSnips is also from one of the stories that I've sent out for a submission call (and since it involves a writer, I didnโ€™t have to use my โ€œchapterโ€ heading :P

#horror #FlashFiction #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmWriting ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š

10.03.2026 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've no clue how I missed it yesterday (apart from catching up on thousand little edits so I could go to shoot without any worries)

so here's a catchup #WIPSnips for โ€œscrewโ€ from a story which I very much enjoyed writing (and I hope it finds a home soon)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ“š

10.03.2026 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that's a very pretty cover @rosie-j-potter.bsky.social!

10.03.2026 16:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope you donโ€™t mind if I share my cover here.

Itโ€™s so perfect. I love it so much.

09.03.2026 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 68 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i think crabs should have more friends on this planet. like people or other crabs or little eels or maybe shrimps or a shark perhaps or those huge isopods that look like little grumpy guys or that one squid thats really tiny but is nice and other cephalopods and sea slugs and anemone and snails and

10.03.2026 03:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 52 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The thought experiment must have stayed with me because I created a whole series of drawings called โ€œSomething from Nothingโ€ that exist in that liminal space between 2 and 3D.

#drawing #graphite #FineArt

10.03.2026 14:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

its the year of the fire ho(r)se

10.03.2026 13:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A cartoon-style vector-ish artwork of a woman leaning over the back of a car, holding up a small stick of dynamite. To her right, a man wearing a black leather jacket is leaning on the back of the trunk of the car, smoking a cigarette. Text over top reads "Marked for Life" and "Tory Keith & Aimee Cozza". It's snowing in the background.

A cartoon-style vector-ish artwork of a woman leaning over the back of a car, holding up a small stick of dynamite. To her right, a man wearing a black leather jacket is leaning on the back of the trunk of the car, smoking a cigarette. Text over top reads "Marked for Life" and "Tory Keith & Aimee Cozza". It's snowing in the background.

I hereby challenge you to draw your book cover, your OCs, etc in the "vector cartoon-style romance book cover" look

Here's my definitely not a cozy romance book OCs as if they are totally not doing an arson

#Art #Azra #Brooke

09.03.2026 22:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 55 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Writing a story to go with Friday the Thirteenth (with Ides of March playing a part in it)

10.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The most painful and necessary part of writing, as we all know.

10.03.2026 13:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Main on all the laptops + my android too.

10.03.2026 13:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Close-up of snow covered tree branches against a night sky background overlaid with the words "Good morning! Some days, you can edit three chapters in a single day. Other days, youโ€™ll spend three hours on a single sentence

Both types of days are part of the process, so don't let yourself get defeated by the latter"

Close-up of snow covered tree branches against a night sky background overlaid with the words "Good morning! Some days, you can edit three chapters in a single day. Other days, youโ€™ll spend three hours on a single sentence Both types of days are part of the process, so don't let yourself get defeated by the latter"

Good morning! Some days, you can edit three chapters in a single day. Other days, youโ€™ll spend three hours on a single sentence

Both types of days are part of the process, so don't let yourself get defeated by the latter

10.03.2026 13:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do. The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

10.03.2026 13:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

life in america has literally been cathedrals everywhere

10.03.2026 13:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Passed by three elderly men on the beach today and said "Should you not be in school?"
I am truly my dad.

10.03.2026 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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the treachery of images

10.03.2026 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So many new WIP stories for #WitchCraft101

(Okay 2, but I think both are worth many, so, yup, so many)

(Also I wish, I had some extra time to compile the old stories into an e-book, because something cool is on its way and the e-book would slap)

10.03.2026 13:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0