Greetings to the people of Earth.
I've always wanted to say that! Now that I did, I can now get on with other things.
I'm a science fiction writer (not famous yet) born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. I've lived in the Czech Republic and Germany, and though I am currently back in Chicago, much of my heart remains in the Czech Republic. Maybe it's the beer. Or the bread. I hope to live in Moscow soon, as a big portion of my heart already resides there. I've had an interest in science fiction since an early age and will probably maintain that interest for the rest of my life. I love SF, and anything else that embraces the spirit of discovery...or anything that chafes against the arbitrary boundaries of "conformity."ÂÂ
I discovered Renderosity a couple of years back when I was browsing the internet, looking for cool images to spark my imagination during a period of writer's block. It wasn't a serious block, but I needed something to make me ask the sorts of questions that I always ask before settling down to craft a short story or novella. Since that time, I've written quite a lot and I've begun to post photographs and other visual works that I created here...partially because I love the Renderosity community in general, and partially because the images and text-snippets that I have contributed here are something of an ongoing journal. I'm incredibly lazy when it comes to journal keeping, and so posting picures of particular significance actually helps me to remember the things I want to remembe, without having to eat into my fiction writing time by writing non fiction. Well, at least that's my excuse and I am sticking with it.
I entered into the field of photography totally by accident; I'd always been interested in capturing small stories, but it wasn't until my journey to Europe that I began to consciously seek out tableaus that imply stories in progress. As a result of that, my writing is growing in unexpected directions, and I look forward to becoming more and more active here, and in other artistic/publishing fields.
For those looking at my gallery, enjoy it and feel free to leave comments and sitemail! Good day to all!
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Comments (23)
mtc
Superb lighting.
Roxam
intriguing image and story, engaging prose
gaodeng
Great shot
beachzz
As always, you take words and tell us the most amazing story--awesome (oops, there's THAT word again!!) foto as well!!
i-popba
wonderful shot...!!! love it.
durleybeachbum
A chilly but not, in the end, chilling tale. The photo fits well!
ledwolorz
Fantastic scene and light.Wonderful photo.
bazza
Superb capture !!
bimm3d
superb!!!
pops
What a wonderful capture
ladyraven23452
what a great story and photo.
tamburro
Fantastic light!!! Excellent photo and story!!!! Hugs...Orlando
NefariousDrO
I really like this one, there's both hope and sadness here, which goes well with the photo. I think that would have to be the scariest part if we ever do start to colonize other worlds: we'd also be changed by our new home. I think that's why I'm so fascinated by your Nemaeans, they've embraced that, so that no matter how they change, the can also stay human.
Djavad
Explosion !
MrsRatbag
What a beautiful scene; and intriguing storylet! A story for the storyteller--so even you don't know where the storyline goes sometimes, eh? Excellent work!
costapanos
You have a way with words! beautiful storytelling and amazing capture!
auntietk
Fantastic image and great story line! I love how the one supports the other. Evocative and beautiful!
waldodessa
Beautiful photo!
Isabelle711
Beautiful in each and every way. :)) Thank you for sharing this beauty. Carry A Smile In Your Heart :))
romanceworks
Yielding to necrotic oblivion ... hummmmmmm, there are worse ways to go. A most unqiue and interesting tale and image. CC
anaber
Wow!!This is fascinating!Fantastic image and story.THANK YOU!!
CoreyBlack
Stunning! This really grabbed me when I first saw you putting this up and I asked you if it was from last Easter morning. You said, yes...and I suddenly got very cold remembering that particular morning. We'd spent the night at the cyber-cafe and were traipsing home at sunrise, and it was about 30 degrees with a nasty windchill, which seems even colder when you're not really awake. This is a great image, from a morning filled with great images and I like it a lot. The feeling of coldness is repeated in the writing, and in the starkness of the story, but within the bleakness is a kind of clean/cold beauty. It's nicely astringent, like the cold wind in your face in the early morning sunlight.
KatesFriend
The photo does an excellent set up for the story. I can well imagine a white 'A' class star looking this way. Though perhaps this star is a white dwarf and not a main sequence member. A cold remnant of its former glory now nursing a second generation of planets born out the wreckage of its old system, after its outer shell blasted out and shattered everything. Now its feeble energies can illuminate a little and warm even less. And growing just a little colder with each day. And one has to wonder, what is it about this place that makes evolution move so quickly in just a handful of generation. A very mysterious world.