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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 1d

I started publishing my science fiction novels during the pandemic, so conventions weren’t really on my radar. I need to get out there more often. Not just as an author, but as part of this incredible creative community.

#SciFiAuthor #WritingCommunity #ScienceFiction #AuthorLife #CreativeCommunity

Science fiction author Bert-Oliver Boehmer at San Diego Comic-Con.

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 4d

🚀 The Cheé barely escaped the planet’s grip, and Linuka’s survival has a cost. In the hangar’s wreckage, she seizes command—and risks everything on a fragile new alliance with the Remnant AIs.

💥 Read now:
www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-26-risking-the-che-e

Goddess of the Galacticide Episode 26 - Risking the Chéé

Trapped between wreckage and vines, Linuka survives only to risk everything again—her ship, her allies, and the fragile trust of the Remnants—in a bold bargain that could change the course of the war.

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 5d

As a writer: I can create a whole universe to serve the story I want to tell.

Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 5d

Throwback to this year’s Nebula Conference online panel — and looking ahead to November 16, when I’ll join “Science Fact in Science Fiction” for Quasar Weekend.

Love science, story craft, and speculative realism?
👉 events.sfwa.org/quasar-program-2025/

#ScienceFiction #AuthorPanel #WritingCommunity

2025 SFWA Nebula Awards Conference panel on Genre Mashups with Joyce Reynolds-Ward, Bert-Oliver Boehmer, A.D. Sui and Suzan Palumbo.

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 6d

She saved reality.
But what if reality wasn’t supposed to survive?

A new chapter in Goddess of the Galacticide — where survival comes at a cosmic cost.
🔗 www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-1-their-end-begins

#SciFi #SpaceOpera #GoddessOfTheGalacticide

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 8d

One universe ended; another began.

The story of survival after apocalypse, rise of faith from ruin, one woman’s transformation from mortal to myth.

👉 www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-1-their-end-begins

#ScienceFiction #WebNovel #SpaceOpera #Galacticide #SciFiStory

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 8d

Main characters having to resort to drastic measures and how they have to deal with the fallout (physically, and often emotionally) is a recurring theme in my writing. Thanks for reading!

Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 10d

A divine spear of light pierces the dark — the price of survival paid in Maximum Violence.

Episode 25 of Goddess of the Galacticide is live.
🔗 www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-25-maximum-violence

#Scifi #SpaceOpera #Galacticide #EpicScifi #WebNovel #MilitaryScifi

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 11d

A world devours her.
Beams split the sky.
Linuka chooses life: through Maximum Violence.

Goddess of the Galacticide, Episode 25, now live.

🔗 www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-25-maximum-violence

#Scifi #SpaceOpera #Galacticide #EpicScifi #MilitaryScifi #WebNovel

Goddess of the Galacticide Episode 25 - Maximum Violence

The vines tightened around Linuka’s body like a predator’s grip. Her lungs burned. Multi-awareness is a state of mind, her father had said—while she dangled between life and death. She reached inward,...

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 12d

One Goddess. Infinite realities.
The rise, rule, and ruin of the first true multiversal faith unfolds in Goddess of the Galacticide, an epic serialized science fiction saga.

Begin here: www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-1-their-end-begins

#ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 16d

Episode 24: “Your Fault” is live 🌌
A fractured world rises, vines reaching into the stars—and betrayal follows.

Read here 👇
www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-24-your-fault

#GoddessoftheGalacticide #SciFiSeries #ScienceFiction #WebFiction #SpaceOpera #NewEpisode

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 17d

Episode 24: “Your Fault” is out now!
The planet strikes back—and betrayal lurks where Linuka least expects it.

Read the new episode 👇
www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-24-your-fault

#GoddessoftheGalacticide #SciFiSeries #ScienceFiction #WebFiction #SpaceOpera

Title banner for episode 24 "Your Fault" of the serial science fiction web novel Goddess of the Galacticide by Bert-Oliver Boehmer.

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 23d

🎧 Every episode of Goddess of the Galacticide is now available as free audio narration on YouTube: over 20 chapters of epic science fiction, following the rise, rule, and ruin of the first true multiversal faith.
👉 www.youtube.com/@Bert-OliverBoehmer

#ScienceFiction #AudioNarration #SpaceOpera

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 24d

What does it take to turn belief into power?
For the Goddess, it began not with conquest—but with whispers across universes.

Dive into the story of the rise, rule, and ruin of the first true multiversal faith: www.bertoliverboehmer.com

#GoddessOfTheGalacticide #ScienceFictionEpic #SpaceOpera

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 25d

🚀 Episode 23: No Next is live!

Linuka and Cha face failure in their hunt for the last diin—until a revelation changes their course forever.

Read now → www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-23-no-next

#ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #WebNovel #GoddessOfTheGalacticide

Goddess of the Galacticide Episode 23 - No Next

There was no ‘next’. Finding the last diin was the mission. Only knowing the seedling’s fate would ensure there was a future for anyone. Linuka sat on the bunk, exhaustion heavy in her bones. Then Cha...

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · 28d

Before the rise of the Goddess, before the faith spanned universes, there were still quiet mornings on dying worlds.

Somewhere, someone watched the last sunrise without knowing their reality was about to change forever.

☀️ Explore the beginning of the saga: www.bertoliverboehmer.com

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · Sep 30

⚡ New Episode ⚡

Step onto Green Wave’s surface, where every breath carries danger and the past refuses to stay buried.
Episode 22 Blinding Beam is live now 👉 www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-22-blinding-beam

#goddessofthegalacticide #sciencefiction #spaceopera

Goddess of the Galacticide Episode 22 - Blinding Beam

Clouds of yellow dust puffed out of the surface. Blue static ran along towering vines. Then the ground shook. A blinding beam erupted skyward, leaving behind a smoking crater. At its bottom, half-hidd...

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · Sep 28

🎧 Episode 1 of Goddess of the Galacticide is now on YouTube as a free audio narration. The serial begins… now in sound.

👉 www.youtube.com/@Bert-OliverBoehmer/playlists

#SciFiAudiobook #GoddessOfTheGalacticide #SpaceOpera #SciFiReads

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · Sep 27

A world divided: Green Wave’s lush jungle and its black ocean. 🌿🌊
The hyper-tech aliens found it, but also abandoned it. Why?
Read the new chapter➡️ www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-21-green-wave

#SciFi #SpaceOpera #MilitarySciFi #AlienWorlds #GoddessOfTheGalacticide

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Bert-Oliver Boehmer @bertoliverboehmer.bsky.social · Sep 25

Galaxies don’t fall in a day.
The story begins with a single spark: Episode 1 of Goddess of the Galacticide.

⚡ Step into a universe of betrayal, mystery, and interstellar war.
📖 Begin the journey here: www.bertoliverboehmer.com/post/goddess-of-the-galacticide-episode-1-their-end-begins

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