Armchair Alien

13/04/2024

Armchair Alien is at Island Fan Con at Eagle Ridge Community Centre in Langford today and tomorrow. It's great to connect to lovers of scifi and fantasy.

23/02/2024

Have you read the latest conversation between the Armchair Alien authors? It's all about what's bugging us 😄

https://open.substack.com/pub/armchairalien/p/ento-what-a-conversation-about-eating

21/02/2024

A new story just started over on the Armchair Alien

https://open.substack.com/pub/armchairalien/p/not-alone-part-1-of-4

05/01/2024

Science is amazing (as are octopuses)
https://www.science.org/content/article/lost-history-antarctica-revealed-octopus-dna

Genes show signatures of an ice sheet collapse and warn of a precarious future

06/07/2023

Come on over…

21/06/2023

Check out the new writing challenge over on Armchair Alien - what would you write from these cards?
https://armchairalien.substack.com/p/its-written-in-the-cards

24/05/2023

A new story has begun over on the Armchair Alien Substack.

Join our favourite space-station-based detectives, Flo and Ned as they investigate something strange on a near by colony…

When There Should Have Been Apple Pie

21/05/2023

Have you checked out our book of the month?

The adventure continues in A Lost Ship in a Dark Grave, Book 2 of The Lyra Cycle Book 2

21/05/2023

Native to Earth and fantastic!

The rare Chirodectes maculatus jellyfish was captured by scuba diver in the New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea.

19/05/2023

These look great!

If you enjoy a found family space opera filled with unique aliens, organic spaceships, and 90s nostalgia, my Consensus Universe series is currently on sale, and I'd appreciate a "share".

Book 1 FREE Worldwide
Book 2 $0.99 US/UK
Book 3 $0.99 US/UK

https://mybook.to/Con-Series

16/05/2023

Human’s have sent some interesting things into space…

A new catalogue attempts to figure out what we're telling the rest of the universe about ourselves.

15/05/2023

One of our authors discusses how to deal with a blank page (and some other cool things) in the latest newsletter.

Hi Everyone, I have a short story side project that I’ve been trying to put together for months. It’s part of an experiment in story prompts and the prompts I’m working from should be the exact kind of thing that should inspire me. But there’s a problem—for me, it’s a big problem…

12/05/2023

And now there are snake robots...

A versatile robot that would autonomously map, traverse, and explore previously inaccessible destinations is being put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

20/03/2023

A new story has started on the Armchair Alien newsletter.

The kernel for this story came out of the question: what happens when our debt is bought and sold like a commodity, and that debt is worth more than life. Max’s hair fell forward, getting in the way as she contorted her neck in an attempt to read the numbers on the collar. She blew a strand away f...

04/03/2023

Don’t miss the brand new story that just started.

Part 1 of 3

04/03/2023

Let’s mount an expedition to see if anyone lives there…

Mystery silica ejected in huge quantities from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is powerful new evidence pointing to heat vents on the floor of a global ocean.

03/03/2023

Anyone up for a cool project this weekend?

Like a decoder wheel for the Moon, this calendar will show you where and when to see the Moon and every moon phase throughout the year. 2023 calendar and low-ink printout now available for download!

01/03/2023

Turns out there's a bear on Mars (who knew).

Is there bears on Mars?