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WRITER FUEL: All About Venus

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Venus is a hot and hellish world and the second planet from the sun. The Earth-size planet could be considered our twin if not for its thick, toxic atmosphere and surface temperatures that are hot enough to melt lead. Despite such extremes, researchers have long wondered if organisms could exist in the upper cloud layers … Read more

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REVIEW: Leap – Lilith Frost

Leap - Lilith Frost

Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book In a race against time to save David from near-certain death as he confronts his mystical fate, his partners Bryan and Brennan are plunged into a new world of mystery and intrigue among London’s supernatural factions. Faced with new threats to … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Are There Four Hostile Alien Civilizations in the Milky Way?

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The Milky Way is home to millions of potentially habitable planets — and approximately four of them may harbor evil alien civilizations that would invade Earth if they could, new research posted to the preprint database arXiv (opens in new tab) suggests. The new paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, poses a peculiar question: … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Marsquakes!

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NASA’s marsquake-hunting lander has detected its two largest seismic events to date — and on the far side of the planet, no less. NASA’s InSight lander touched down on Mars in November 2018 carrying the most sensitive seismometer ever designed. Since the mission’s arrival, it has detected countless events dubbed marsquakes, using the signals to … Read more

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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