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

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For today's #WIPSnips word “wedge” here's a grab from a story that was published back in June. You can read “A Gnawing Silence of my Sleep Demon” here: www.patreon.com/NandNNarrati...

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More disturbing was the orientation of the room; furniture was found bolted or wedged into the ceiling in a manner that suggested a violent, localised gravitational anomaly.
September 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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not having a properly functioning second screen really slows one down.

anyway, pick something of the ko-fi store and help me save up for a back up hard disk and get my screen fixed.

(if you like photos, I've got some up on Darkroom as well: lucidillusions.darkroom.com)
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September 13, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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For today's #WIPSnips word “distract” here's a grab from my story “Visible Burden of Invisibility” and you can read it on Twisted Tongue Press: twistedtonguepress.com/issue-2/the-...

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My destination was the fourth-floor break room, home to the single best thing about this soulless logistics company: Friday morning artisanal doughnuts. They were a corporate peace offering, a sugary bribe meant to distract us from the lack of overtime pay and the slowly eroding pension plan.
September 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Here's a snip from a body-horror sci-fi WIP for today's #WIPSnips word “month”

if you enjoy my weird writing, come join my patreon (www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus...) for 50+ short stories, and help me reach 100 readers before the year ends!

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But grief is a poor companion to patience. Her husband, Julian, had died before the <redacted> sang; he had wasted away from a disease that stole his years month by month. She had wanted more time for him, and the machine’s data felt like a door left ajar.
September 14, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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Here are three anthologies, each have one of my stories. Check these out?

here's amazon India links for IndiaSky

1. Cosmic Consequences: link.amazon/B03tmnJxM
2. Tales from a Space Bar: link.amazon/B02Hpuq7Y
3. The Anthropocene Epic: link.amazon/B0ffIADvl

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3 paper back copies of anthologies with my stories in them. Left to right. Cosmic Consequences Tales from a Space Bar The Anthropocene Epic
September 14, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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I KNEW IT

Now I'm going to have a lopsided loaf or worse. 😂
A silver pullman tin photographed through the glass window of my oven. The lid of the tin has been pushed up on the right side by the force of rising bread.
September 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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for today's #WIPSnips word: “exhaust” a screengrab from a Vampire story (which is also looking for a home)

(in the meantime, if you like these snips, join me on patreon and read longer pieces: www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus...)

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The smell of diesel exhaust mixed with cheap cologne. A diner booth with red vinyl seats. A girl with blue hair — Anjali, her name is Anjali — laughing in the rain, her mascara running down her cheeks. The taste of spicy street food. The sharp prick of a needle sliding into a vein. The overwhelming, crushing weight of debt.
September 11, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Lol. Here are the three anthos i have a story each in, and it's super cool to have them in print! 😬😬😬
3 paper back copies of anthologies with my stories in them. Left to right. Cosmic Consequences Tales from a Space Bar The Anthropocene Epic
September 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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from the archive, Dec 2012.

#flashbackFriday.
September 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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I managed to at least take a back up of 2TB of my data, (2012 to 2016 archives) thanks to a borrowed drive where I could save it.

But my original disk is going to fail and I should save up to get a new back up.

Good time for you to buy some art / photo / print of my work.

(List of links below)
screengrab showing the situation of my drive and it needs to be retired and I shouldn't be using it to keep any useful data.
September 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Photo print on Darkroom: lucidillusions.darkroom.com

Art prints and stickers on Inprnt: www.inprnt.com/profile/luci...

Digital copy of stories, zine, original art, commissions on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/lucidillusio...
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September 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Just some random photo dump of Katatonia band that I'd photographed in December 2010.
September 4, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Fond an old Butterfly photo from 2011 (while looking through saved footage)

Trying to cull out as much data as I can, to reduce the 2TB image.

(are there any global contests running where i can win harddrives?)

#Inverte #Photography #Nature
a butterfly sitting on a yellow flower -- the butterfly has black line patterns and the above ones are filled with white, and lower ones are yellow, with orange at the edges. green leaves in background and some more flowers out of focus.
September 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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all the scams help india be the fastest growing economy or something
Subsidised rice meant for labourers sold to traders: CBI probes Rs 28-crore ‘scam’
The CBI has booked former officials of the Food Corporation of India Delhi region, executives of the North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation and private traders over the alleged rice...
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September 1, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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#NewWork #QuickRead #BookSky

A 300-word micro-fiction is part of Instant Noodles Lit Mag (Vol 6 Issue 2) for their theme "Al dente"

check it out, check out the other stories and poems in the issue as well: instantnoodleslitmag.com

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DRAGON’S WHISPER ~ Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta
wandering through the day
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September 1, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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wake me up, when September ends~~~

RE: https://www.threads.com/@nomadsclassics/post/Dcva6cAkQoH
Nomad's Classics (@nomadsclassics) on Threads
We are charging into September like a BULL!
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September 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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For today's #WIPSnips word “Garden”, so here's a screengrab from an earlier draft of “The Garden of Unfinished Stories”.

The final draft is part of The Anthropocene Epic (Eco Horror Anthology) that you can order here: link.amazon/B03kqohGz

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This garden, he realised with a growing unease that bordered on dread, was alive in a way he hadn't conceived.
September 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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September issue of Exquisite Death Ezine is out and it has one of my stories (this ones a reprint though)

CW: Body horror, mention of corpse

#HorrorSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity
The Missing Shadow by Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta
The first thing was the cold bite of asphalt against my cheek, the dizzying throb behind my eyes. My name… what was my name? A hollow ache resonated where memories should have been, a vast, terrifying...
www.exquisitedeathezine.com
August 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Ever considered carrying a #BodyHorror zine around?

You can download a copy of the missing shadow and print it on an A3 sheet.

ko-fi.com/s/af8bded161

#BookSky #Zine #Digital #WritingCommunity
August 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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A great #WIPSnips word for today—perfect for #InverteFest week—“moth”

Here's a grab from a #WIP (The Whisper Within).

It will be a while before this finds home, so in the meantime check: www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus... for more stories.

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Suddenly, a whisper, distinct from any thought I'd ever known, pricked the static of my mind. This wasn't my usual inner monologue, that familiar chorus of anxieties and self-doubt. This was different. "Hello, lost <redacted>," it murmured, soft as a moth flitting past, yet carrying the profound weight of ages.
August 27, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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For #TFOTSnip word for the day: “Advertising”

Here's a snip from a cozy horror “The Nauticals” that was recently published:

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Just then, they are distracted by an advertisement on the television — Narrator with an upbeat and bubbly voice "Are you ready to meet the things that go bump in the night? To gaze into the heart of the storm and find a new best friend waiting just beyond the spray? This October, from the deepest bogs and the darkest seas, a new family is born!"
August 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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For today's #WIPSnips, a quick grab from a cosy folk horror “The Nauticals” that was recently published: talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction-3/th... (give it a read, yes?)

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"A genre," Draugen’s voice boomed, the first time he had spoken, and it felt like a cold gust of wind in the humid room. "A ghost story. A bedtime tale. A way to feel brave in the dark. It’s what happened to all of us." He turned his empty eye sockets toward Wispy. "Even your lantern, little flame. It is a symbol for a pumpkin."
August 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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Received my Author's copy of Cosmic Consequences
(A whump anthology, based in space)

It releases on 31st August!

(How cool is it to have two stories in print, in one month, both set in space)

https://books2read.com/cosmicconsequences
#book threads
August 25, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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I am not sure what to do next...
(I need to read more about spaces)
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alright test account, what does the test bring forth?
August 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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This published story began as a flash fiction, and the sleep demon looked different!

New post up for Patreon members: patreon.lucidillusions.in/posts/micro-...,

you also get to read quick life updates.

#WritingCommunity 📚💙

p.s. If you've ever supported me on Ko-Fi, you can access it here ↓ ↓
August 22, 2026 at 6:16 PM