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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 11h

Halloween sale! The ebook version of my most recent book, Curious Death-Filled Planet, is on sale for 99p (or 99¢ for you transatlantic folk) right now. Join a bunch of weird little aliens fighting a zombie outbreak and the US military as they try to get home.

www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Deat...

Book cover for Curious Death-Filled Planet by me, with a cheesy spiders web sticker and font reading Halloween Sale! Ebook 99p/99¢

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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 11h

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported and backed our Kickstarter!

The witches of Flanders are calling on the wind to be heard. Consider helping us turning this dream into a reality. 🖤✨

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Image with the title of the book: The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders. Also the text: Back us on Kickstarter. Image shows the bookcover in both Ebook and paperback form. Book cover is a dark black and white cover with a witch staring at a field. There is a dog, crow, frog, butterfly and other animals around her. Moon and trees.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 2h

Star Trek was saved by a woman flexing her Hollywood power, an early writer and story editor was a woman, women wrote in en mass to save it again from cancellation...

Women have always loved Trek and been vitally important to it, whether huge fucking dorks like the one who wrote this like it or not

Earl Grey: 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 @earlgreymemes.club · 23h

okay grandpa, let's get you to bed

To understand this problem, first, you have to understand the demographics of Star Trek viewers. Trekkies are and always have been men. Women are not usually interested in science fiction, but that’s doubly true of Star Trek in particular.

I hear you, random guy who once knew some lady who watched every Voyager episode. I see you on Instagram, attractive girl cosplaying in Starfleet miniskirts. Unfortunately, you very cool Trek-girls are the exception, not the rule.

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A Stenson-Childs @ajschilds.bsky.social · 7h

No personal space allowed
#caturday

Alia (domestic short haired tabby cat) stands on my chest (I am sitting on sofa leaning back a bit) and screaming at camera

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 4h

Q Who. Q being a right menace and petty, whilst introducing the Borg and making a point about how dangerous the galaxy is. Good stuff.

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Tess but spooky @itstessinadress.bsky.social · 7h

Reading sci fi by a woman named Tess is like playing a videogame by a woman named Zoe. You're going to enjoy yourself, they're always weirdly good at it

Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 11h

Halloween sale! The ebook version of my most recent book, Curious Death-Filled Planet, is on sale for 99p (or 99¢ for you transatlantic folk) right now. Join a bunch of weird little aliens fighting a zombie outbreak and the US military as they try to get home.

www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Deat...

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 11h

Link for US readers: www.amazon.com/Curious-Deat...

On sale in both regions until Saturday 1st November.

Curious Death-Filled Planet

Amazon.com: Curious Death-Filled Planet eBook : Stenson, Tess: Kindle Store

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 11h

Halloween sale! The ebook version of my most recent book, Curious Death-Filled Planet, is on sale for 99p (or 99¢ for you transatlantic folk) right now. Join a bunch of weird little aliens fighting a zombie outbreak and the US military as they try to get home.

www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Deat...

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself. ♥️

Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 1d

They'd reconfigure their entire economy to painting figures, causing economic shock throughout the gamma quadrant. Great stuff.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent. Speaking as someone with a background in palaeontology, I think this is just as plausible as anything else.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 1d

Mighty fine game.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 1d

Oh they'd love that!

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 2d

Good choice!

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 2d

The Wadi, from classic Emmy nominated Star Trek Deep Space 9 episode 'Move Along Home' have turned up on your doorstep, and they are demanding to be shown a game, any game in any medium, to delight them with. What game do you show them?

Members of the Wadi, a species of aliens with long black hair, facial tattoos, and sparkly uniforms that make them look like a big old bunch of game nerds in a glam rock band.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 2d

Its the future, you unpack your new Grok-Bot and charging station. It can't get wet, navigate small spaces, go up stairs with overbalancing, lift without falling apart, its battery is a fire hazard, but it will follow you around awkwardly and read out loud Musk's latest hilarious tweets in real-time

Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 2d

human shaped robots are so stupid.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · May 13

MUSK, in Riyadh:

"My prediction, actually, for humanoid robots is that ultimately they will be tens of billions. I think everyone will want to have their personal robot. You can think of it like, as though you had your own personal C-3POor R2-D2. But
even better.

@cnbc.com $TSLA

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 3d

Been rewatching DS9 lately, and it's interesting just how much my brain had forgotten about the early episodes. Like how much everyone is pining over Jadzia, or how much of a sap Bashir is, or how different Rom is at first, or how Odo's barely declared martial law and done a security crackdown yet.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 3d

Damn straight. We don't need that nonsense here.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 3d

The modern Tory party obviously huffing whatever brain melting fumes have sent the American right so utterly mad.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 4d

Hardly a satisfying narrative: The rich and powerful want a certain outcome, and they get it.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 4d

Most film adaptations would go for a plucky underdog tale about someone standing up for the little people, going up against the rich and power, not a story of a well funded group with the backing of a billionaire, the entire media/political class, and a rabid social media ecosystem in their favour.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 4d

What is this shite? Celebrating the roll back of rights against a marginalised community?

Who's funding this gravy train? Who will be the actors! And lastly, I think it's all a bit premature.

www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

Supreme Court gender ID case could be made into TV drama

The journalist who acted as consultant on Mr Bates vs The Post Office says the legal challenge was in some ways bigger than the Post Office IT scandal

www.thetimes.com

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 4d

Well, gonna have that theme song stuck in my head all day!

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 5d

Playing an Xbox game on PC over the cloud with a PS5 controller. Console war is over. Give peace a chance.

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Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, I went to a Catholic school.

Tess Stenson-Childs @tessstenson.bsky.social · 5d

Gazed into the abyss too long, and it gazed back at me. Then we made a real connection and became true friends. I'm going over to The Abyss's place next week to look after his pet pit of despair whilst he's on holibobs down the Challenger Deep.

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