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Nancy

@nancylast.bsky.social

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🌍 Post-apocalyptic fiction writer 🌱 Gluten-free, plant-based pescatarian "foodie" 👩‍❤️‍👨 Wife, Mom, Grandmother | Family first, always 💪 Aging strong and gracefully—finding balance, inside and out ✈️ Wannabe world traveler

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 6h

In a watery world aboard a fallen starship, Oza connects with alien light that feels and connects. His mother calls it evolution. His friend calls it danger. Oza calls it… hope.
The Aeon Threads are awakening.
#AKaeloqueTale #ScienceFantasy #AlienTech
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A Kaeloque Tale Chapter Eight Part 4

Threads of Hope

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 4d

🌊Friday Spotlight: Chicago Beach 🌊
At the edge of the Gulf of Chicago, home of the Kaeloque Tribe, beauty meets unease. Magic hums beneath the waves, and rebellion stirs. ✨ #AKaeloqueTale #FridaySpotlight #post-apocalyptic #fiction akaeloquetale.substack.com/p/friday-spo...

Friday Spotlight: Chicago Beach

The Heart of A Kaeloque Tale

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 7d

Falcon calls it dangerous. Oza calls it connection. The Aeon Threads call it… truth. ⚡ Dive in: #AKaeloqueTale #chapterstory #fantasy #fiction #post-apocalyptic #chicago
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A Kaeloque Tale Chapter Eight Part 3

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 11d

Friday Spotlight: meet Annika “Ani” Windstone, 19, fierce, funny, and barefoot by choice. She charms animals, topples egos, and might spark a rebellion. 🌊
#AKaeloqueTale #CharacterSpotlight #AnnikaWindstone #FantasyFiction #FridayFeature
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🌊 Character Spotlight: Annika Windstone 🌊

Small but fierce, kind but cunning - the girl who can charm a fox, outsmart a She-Yon, and still make it home in time for tea.

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 14d

Dragged from the Black Desert into an alien starship beneath the surface of the violent Inland Sea, Oza meets the living ship that remembers, and heals him.. 🌌🛸 #creativewtiting #chicago #chapterstory #fiction
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A Kaeloque Tale - Chapter Eight Part 2

Rescued by a Living Starship

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 17d

The hubs is on a security gig guarding ghouls at a haunted house, so I’m diving into my Halloween movie lineup. Starting strong with Bram Stoker’s Dracula because it’s one of my favorites - moody, romantic & unintentionally hilarious every time Keanu opens his mouth. 🦇🩸🕶️ #halloweenmovies #halloween

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 18d

Friday Character Spotlight: Meet Oza: violet-eyed dreamer, artist & Oddling with a dangerous gift. Style, wit, & a story bigger than he knows.✨👇 #creativewriting #chicago #steampunk #post-apocalyptic
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🌌 Character Spotlight: Meet Oza Windstone 🌌

The artist, the dreamer, the Oddling who can’t drink coffee without endangering half the block…

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 21d

Just dropped a new chapter excerpt of A Kaeloque Tale 🌊✨ Inside the submerged starship, Oza finds himself in a lab that feels more alive than mechanical - where science & spirit merge, & humanity’s last hope flickers in liquid light.
Full excerpt below ⬇️
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A Kaeloque Tale - Chapter Eight Part 1

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · 23d

Sundays feel different now without my mom’s calls, a new kind of quiet I’m still learning to live with. Life is nudging me forward though, back into my creative space. A Kaeloque Tale returns Tuesday… buckle up, it’s about to get weird again. ✨💫 #creativewriting #movingforward #life

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Sep 7

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#loveandloss #parent #grief

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Aug 13

A Kaeloque Tale has returned from hiatus, and the rebellion is heating up. Also, this is my 13th time tagging @stephenking.bsky.social At this point, he’s either annoyed… or quietly reading along and pretending not to know me. 👀📖
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#chapterstory
#post-apoc

A Kaeloque Tale - Chapter Seven Part 6

Ale, Old Friends, and the Truth at Last

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚨Rookie mistake alert! Finally found The Impossible Hot Dog at Kenosha Meijer after a year of searching 😃 Grabbed 2 packs, froze one, ate 1 dog for lunch… & had a HORRIBLE reaction 😩. Read the label after eating. Unlike most Impossible products, this one’s NOT gluten-free. Lesson learned (again) 🌭🙃

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Jul 15

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A Kaeloque Tale will be on hiatus a little longer than I’d hoped

I’ll post a new chapter excerpt as soon as I can, but right now life has other plans—plans that are proving harsher and more exhausting than I ever imagined.

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Jun 4

The weekly A Kaeloque Tale drops are on hold for June. A real-life legend—my 94-year-old mom—is facing a medical emergency & I need to step away as she battles like the warrior queen she is. The gears will grind again in July, Until then, thank you for walking this wild, dusty road with me.

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · May 28

Chapter 7.5 of A Kaeloque Tale just dropped!
This week:
⚔️ The prophecy deepens
🌌 Secrets unravel
Week12 of tagging #stephenking. Still no restraining order, so we push on.
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#KaeloqueChronicles #PostApocSciFantasy #IndieAuthor

A Kaeloque Tale Chapter Seven - Part 5

When Toffin begins to speak, his voice is slow, deliberate, and weighted with care.

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · May 21

Taking a Tiny Time-Twist! ⏳✨ Due to unforeseen circumstances, this week’s A Kaeloque Tale chapter excerpt is taking a short breather. But have no fear, the story will continue next week!🌌 Thanks for your patience and your love of weird and wondrous tales. #SciFantasySaga #WriterLife #lifehappens

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · May 14

Chapter Seven, Part 4 of A Kaeloque Tale is live!
This week, meet The Old Fires — And yes... it’s Week 11 of tagging #stephenking Maybe this is the one that gets his attention! #post-apocalyptic #chicago #steampunk
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A Kaeloque Tale: Chapter Seven Part 4

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · May 7

Chapter Seven, Part 3 of A Kaeloque Tale is live! Meet The Old Flames—ghosts of the past. And yes... it's officially week 10 of my wildly optimistic campaign to get #stephenking to notice this madness.
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A Kaeloque Tale - Chapter Seven Part 3

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Apr 30

A Kaeloque Tale takes a stranger, darker turn this week as we enter Week 9 of tagging #stephenking Step into a surreal, post-apocalyptic Chicago & meet Korr… but don’t expect him to play nice.
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#PostApocalypticFantasy #AKaeloqueTale #StephenKingWouldApprove

A Kaeloque Tale - Chapter Seven Part 2

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Apr 23

It's another beautiful Wednesday, which means it's time for another spellbinding excerpt from A Kaeloque Tale! We're now in Week 8 of my quest to get @stephenking.bsky.social to read it—because hey, dream big, right?
akaeloquetale.substack.com/p/a-kaeloque... #steampunk #chicago #post-apocalyptic

A Kaeloque Tale - Chapter Seven Part 1

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Apr 16

It’s Wednesday, and that means… another tasty slice of A Kaeloque Tale! We’re now 7 weeks deep into my quest of tagging the Master of Macabre himself— #stephenking I’m in too deep to quit now. One day, he'll notice. One day…
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#StephenKingNoticeMe #fiction

A Kaeloque Tale Chapter Six - Part 3

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Apr 9

Loved Man on the Inside!

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Apr 9

Rewatching How I Met Your Mother 😁

Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Apr 9

Back from vacation and diving headfirst into the chaos—my characters missed me just enough to start bossing me around again. Here's this week's excerpt of A Kaeloque Tale! Also... week six of tagging #stephenking . Still manifesting ✨🤞
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#post-apocalyptic

A Kaeloque Tale: Chapter Six -part 2

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Nancy @nancylast.bsky.social · Apr 2

Flight delays and cancellations due to severe weather have unexpectedly extended our vacation, so A Kaeloque Tale will return on Wednesday, April 9th. I appreciate your patience—I know you’re all eager to find out what happens next!