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ex-Mad Scientist ~ Photographer and Videographer ~ Perversely Subversive and Absurd ~ I love Books, Bowie and the Beatles ~ Not Suitable For Human […]

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Since I've mostly been reading short stories... And this has been in progress (cause my reading phone needs fixing)... I'm fine being a buffalo hunter hunter...
You are now forced to have the same job as the main character in the last book you read. What is the job? Book cover of the buffalo hunter hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. Book cover has an american buffalo's side profile showing the head
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Since I've not used “clobber”, relying heavily on the vibe for today's #WIPSnips

Honestly I've not written many fight sequences, so here's a snip from the one #FlashFiction which does have a lot of fight.

You can read it here: ss.lucidillusions.in/deathclock/2...

#WritingCommunity 💙📚 #AmWriting
The fight that ensued was a blur of instinct and improbable physics. The figure moved with impossible grace, its limbs elongating and contracting, its form subtly shifting. Lauren dodged a blow that crumpled the steel fence behind her, rolled under a sweep that twisted the air above her, and landed a kick that sent ripples through the opponent's body like dropping a stone in still water. Each of her attacks, though seemingly ineffective, was met with a strange resonance that vibrated deep within her bones.
December 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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While I shortlist and edit some pictures of #BirdButts for #BirdOfTheDay post, here's a comic I'd made a while back that @robcrank68.bsky.social and @alan678.bsky.social should definitely check out.

#Birds #Funny
3 frames. There are 2 red vented bulbuls and a jungle Babbler in the top 2 frames. 1 babbler 1 bulbul and a sparrow in bottom frame. 1st Frame: #OnlyBirbs Hey you! Come closer! 2nd Frame: Are you taking pictures? 3rd Frame: Here look at my underfluffies
December 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Since the theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdButts, here's a set with different sized birds!

🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️

#Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin #Raptor #SilentSunday #Stunday
the female sunbird, olive above and yellowish below, perched on a branch and looking at red flower on the other branch -- with the butt in focus (as it jumped and changed direction while photographing) a black backed stilt - bird with long beak, black wings and back, and white body, very long red legs. it is in water and hunting for food, and you can see reflection. there's a small land in the back. a male peafowl with its tail feather spread and fanned out in order to impress a female peafowl. the bird kept looking away from the photographers. you can see brown feathers of the wings, and the black portion is the butt. the back side of the long peafowl feathers show the white central stem, and then small sets of patterned feathers they are well known for. the grey long feather is what helps them support as they open up and make the long tail feathers stand out. a small bird perched on a branch, with its tail raised, trying to showcase its glorious butt, but there are small branches (out of focus) covering it. the bird is dark brown, with white stripe on the shoulder feather. The tail has a light orangish/brown plumage on the under side.
December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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A second print copy of the book has been brought into existence 🤯

(this I've no clue who got, but I hope they share a picture of it when it reaches them)

❣️

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting
screengrab from KDP Reports, showing 2 print copies of the book have been ordered in the previous week. (print and ebook were purchased on 20th and another one on 26th - small triangles) and all the orders were made in USA.
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Editing two different podcasts for two different people, and suddenly there's so much overlap of topics that both sets are discussing.

Weird, but super fascinating.

#PostSky
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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“AI prompt giving artists” are complaining about others stealing their prompts, and then adding that the one stealing is getting more eyeballs, is kinda beautiful

Can you imagine hours and hours of time going into refining the prompts, the research to find the right word for the prompt, stolen?!
stitch from the disney movie lilo and stitch is saying oh the horror
Alt: stitch from the disney movie lilo and stitch, pulling his face down and is saying oh the horror stitch is a blue alien creature with large ears, and sharp teeth.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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I have too many WIPs which I've put on the back burner, here's another one (a Murder mystery) of those.

Perfect reminder to get back to working on it, thanks to today's #WIPSnips word “thread”

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritersLift #AmWriting #SundayFunday
This wasn't the sloppy, impulsive violence of a typical gangland hit. Rohan was definitely killed somewhere else and then the body was carefully staged, a scene that resonated with a twisted sense of purpose. Meera knelt beside the body, the damp earth staining her trousers. Her gloved hand gently touched the thread, its coarse fibres strangely out of place amidst the grime and squalor of the alleyway. The thread and the beads, a symbol of tradition, stood as a stark contrast to the brutality of the act.
December 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity, and this white eyed buzzard is perfect (also one of my favourites from this year)

🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️

#Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin #Raptor #SilentSunday #Stunday
a white eyed buzzard perched on a dry branch on top of a very tall tree, photographed with a 600mm from a distance (image is cropped) -- you can see the blue clear sky behind. there are some out of focus leaves and branches as well in the lower third of the photograph. Bird description from iNat: Adults have a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris, and a white throat bearing a dark mesial stripe bordered. The head is brown and the median coverts of the upper wing are pale. They lack the typical carpal patches on the underside of the wings seen in true buzzards, but the entire wing lining appears dark in contrast to the flight feathers.
December 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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A young spotted deer (cheetal)

#Mammals #Stunday #JunglePortraits #Nature #Wildlife #Safari #Forest
a close up showing the neck and face of a young deer, on the neck you can see spots of white fur as well.
December 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Came across this while on my way home, and only had the phone to shoot with, I think it's a spider having a meal, but not detailed enough for me to try and find the genus/species.

#InverteFest #Spood
A brown bodied spider on a white wall, and it appears to be latched on to something else under its head.
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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🍜🍜

Leftovers for #lunch:
A white ceramic plate 2 masala poori, shahi paneer and a small katori with tur dal and ghee.
December 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Outstretched, birds with their wings fully stretched out.

🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️

#Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin #Heron
a grey morphed, reef heron, with wings spread, and beak open -- it has yellow talons, its stomping on concrete path of the pier. you can see a green colored sea in the background.
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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The #WIPSnips word for the day is “Doctor” and here's a screengrab of one of my WIP flash fiction.

(p.s. a reminder to the community, help me reach 40 followers on patreon, currently on 39 | www.patreon.com/lucidillusio...)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritersLift #AmWriting
I strapped Subject Delta onto the treatment table, a sweet woman with stage four pancreatic cancer, who looked at me with unshakeable faith. "Thank you, Doctor Vance," she whispered. "My grandchildren..." "We're going to give you back that time, Mrs. Lee," I said, a hollow but confident lie. I didn't need her gratitude; I needed her proof. My career, my Nobel, my absolute vindication, was about to ride on her nanoscopic tumor ablation.
December 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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All right I need one more commission to help me out this week!

Please be nice and hit the reshare <3

p.s. I have a few more commissions on @ko-fi.com, if you'd like to check: ko-fi.com/lucidillusio...

#WriterSky #KofiChallenge #AmWriting #BSNM #CommissionsOpen #KofiExclusiveChallenge #Gifts
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Finally catching up on with video editing, spent some time looking through old pictures to share for #stunday (and since it's still #caturday at other side of the planet)

Here's P151 photographed early misty morning in the beginning of the year […]

[Original post on pixelfed.social]
a tigress photographed through a canopy of the tree walking across rocks. it's head is on the right, and tail on the left. there are more trees in the background. a close up of a tigress walking across grass. a tigress standing in front of a tree, sniffing to decide if she needs to mark her territory again
December 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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There's a site-wide discount on @inprnt.com #store, and you can pick some of my art prints/stickers at a discounted rate (25%)

www.inprnt.com/gallery/luci...

#BSNM #Deal #Prints #SciArt #Birds #DigitalArt #Spider #nudibranch #Invertebrate #ShamelessSelfpromo
Screen grab of my inprnt store, you can see a 3x3 grid of different artworks, and a bird photograph... mostly digital work visible in the screenshot. The left column shows different products available: Art Prints Photographic Prints Posters Mini Prints Framed Prints Canvas Prints Acrylic Prints Metal Prints Card Packs Stickers Art Cards
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Last week has been crazy busy, so this week's #FlashFictionFriday is down to the length of a drabble.

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#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriterSky #ReaderSky
Cattywampus (a drabble) | Lucid Illusions
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December 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Screengrab from one of my stories for the Witchcraft 101 app series… for today's #WIPSnips

(involves an AI powered app that helps you say goodbye to your dead loved ones)

Read it here: www.patreon.com/posts/138715...

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritersLift #AmWriting
Maya stared at her phone, at the elegant, spiralling ghost, now feeling less like a peaceful spirit and more like a digital vortex. She opened the module again. “Grandma?” she typed, a knot forming in her stomach. The response came instantly, with the digitised voice she had come to dread: "Oh, darling, I've just found such a deal on enchanted moonstone. I'll need your credit card number again, just to be safe. Don’t want to anger the ancient ones, do we? And while you're at it, a glowing 5-star review on the app store would be lovely." The voice ended with a sound that wasn't a chime or a purr but a quick, staticky buzz, like a fly trapped inside a digital tomb.
December 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I love today's word for #WIPSnips because I can share one of my favourite stories (about an anxious demon wanting to befriend humans)

Read it here: www.patreon.com/posts/131298...

want a gift subscription? check: www.patreon.com/lucidillusio... (expires 1st jan)

#WritingCommunity #WritersLift 💙📚
Beelzebub paused, a flicker of something resembling annoyance crossing his demonic features. "Unfinished business, you say? A petty cooking show, Imprudence? Is this your grand defense?" "It's not petty!" Pru cried, her voice gaining a surprising resonance, almost a squeal of indignation. "It's about human hope! And fear of failure! And deliciousness! And… and she hasn't finished her painting for the local art fair! She has so much more kindness to give! She just donated blood yesterday! And she composts!" Alia, surprised by Pru's sudden, passionate outburst and the sheer absurdity of the argument, found herself nodding. "I did just donate blood. And the art fair is next month!"
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Since #BirdOfTheDay is combining with #HolidayRobin here are some from the sub-continent.

#Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #Wildlife
a female indian robin, perched on a dead branch, with yellow bokeh in the background. the bird is mostly brown, and is very round. a brown round bird, sitting on a stone wall - it has put its tail further down closer to its head. a black bird with white streak on the wing, underside of tail has white streak too - the stomach is brown in color. it is sitting with its tail sticking out towards the sky. it is perched on a branch and you can see leaves of the tree. a male indian robin oriental-magpie robin sitting on the ground with small gravel, and short patches of grass around it. the bird has a grayish head and chest and lower body is white. it has a black beak.
December 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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For Day 25 of #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a Cassowary.

#Birds #SciArt #TradArt #ColorPencil #Art
A close up of a cassowary head. It has a blue neck and an orange brown crescent above the head
December 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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found them on @bandcamp.com

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USSR (AM Cold War globe trot), by Actual Magic
track by Actual Magic
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December 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Need to get G'mic plugin to run with PhotoGimp patch in a flatpak environment... On Cosmic DE...

I feel like I'm falling into a very niche problem statement to just google and solve (and I should ideally document the process of getting it to work)
December 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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The Bad Guys 2 is absolutely amazing, as good as 1 if not slightly better (I should re-watch 1 to decide)

Between the voice casting and music chosen, it was just perfect.

#FilmSky
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM