Metal Donuts in Space

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Nothing to report this month. I’m still engrossed with Scribes Emerge edits. Metal Donuts? In Terrific Tomorrows, which has my short story called A Cartoon Saves the Universe, we see this line:  “A million people live on this station, which looks like two halves of a metal donut connected by a long cable. I don’t feel it… Continue reading Metal Donuts in Space

How Does Bioluminescence Work?

Fellow Science Lovers, Book update: I’ve published a short story! You can read A Cartoon Saves the Solar System in the Terrific Tomorrows anthology. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D915GBZZ  I’ve read the other stories in this book. All are clean and easy to read. Many are good, while a few are excellent. Recommended for ages 8 and up. I’ll also be selling signed copies… Continue reading How Does Bioluminescence Work?

What’s an apeirohedron?

Fellow Science Lovers, Gaming update: No updates this time. I’m absorbed with writing and revising Scribes Emerge. Geometric Journey In Scribes’ Descent, we find this headscratcher: Mallory reclined against a sloped column and took in the surreal maze of her surroundings, her fear tapering off into wonder. She’d studied similar shapes in advanced geometry, but never imagined… Continue reading What’s an apeirohedron?

Echoless Chambers in the Bioprison

Fellow Science Lovers, Gaming update: No updates this time. I’m absorbed with writing and revising Scribes Emerge. What is an Echo? In Scribes’ Descent, why is there a mention of some rooms echoing and not others? To answer this, let’s take a closer look at sound. Or perhaps a closer listen.   An echo is reflected sound. Unless the… Continue reading Echoless Chambers in the Bioprison

Mallory Hears the Voice

Fellow Science Lovers, Gaming update: I fixed a bug where Mallory gets stuck in her falling animation after getting hurt. And she now spawns in the correct part of the Research Deck when she jumps back up to it from the Entrance.  Turn-by-Turn Directions In chapter thirty-six of Scribes’ Descent, Mallory hears explicit, step-by-step directions from the Voice… Continue reading Mallory Hears the Voice

Why Does Cold Water Support More Marine Life?

Fellow Science Lovers, Happy Easter! Gaming update: Still hard at work on book 3. I hope to fix some minor bugs soon (especially the one where Mallory gets stuck in her falling animation after some jumps.) Fish like it Cold? In chapter five of Emolecipation, a gondola mole named Weeb says, “There’s fish. Cold currents from the Quasen Ocean… Continue reading Why Does Cold Water Support More Marine Life?

Gorizen Sap is Dangerous (brutal botany)

What’s a Gorizen? The first page of Emolecipation has this: “He’d rather throw himself in the ocean than end up on another gorizen plantation. Gorizen. Now there was a corrupted fruit! One slip of the hand and its poison barbs could kill a man.” And Scribes’ Descent describes it further: “Two concentric shells and poison sap between them, all protecting… Continue reading Gorizen Sap is Dangerous (brutal botany)

Siphonophores

What’s a siphonophore? In chapter 22 of Scribes’ Descent, Boxer says, “The glowy things’re in the shape of a box again. I wonder if they’re a colonial species, like siphonophores in the sky.” The word siphonophores is so unusual that many readers may assume it to be a fictional term, but these exist on Earth. Here are some photos: Stephanomia… Continue reading Siphonophores

How Mallory’s Mom Searches for New Wormholes

Probe Swarms Chapter 3 of Scribes’ Descent says that Mallory’s mom writes code to help probes find another wormhole, but the book gives no further detail about it. If you’ve been wondering what programming code has to do with space probes, you’ve come to the right place! To search new areas of space for an undiscovered wormhole, the… Continue reading How Mallory’s Mom Searches for New Wormholes

Earth is weird

Hello Earth Dwellers, this is Mallory Leighyan. For you new folks, I’m the main character of Scribes’ Descent. Unlike Boxer, who hijacked this newsletter two months ago, I got Dylan’s permission to write this month’s newsletter. I hope you don’t mind. I just arrived last week–Dylan plucked me out of the Scribeverse and set me down in your universe.… Continue reading Earth is weird