M.T. Preston, Jr.
@mtprestonjr.bsky.social
Writer of dark sci-fi. mtprestonjr.com
Hi Folks, new video 🎬! Some of my favourite space operas for your delight and delectation. Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera 📚🪐💙 youtu.be/qcE9HTm2tU0
I've Read A LOT of Space Opera... These Are My Favourites
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Seen in the wild: "Using AI to write a book and calling yourself an author is like ordering a fast food meal and calling yourself a chef. Or driving to the finish line and saying you’re a marathon runner. "
Deep space fishing! #scifiart #spaceopera www.artstation.com/artwork/b0aOyv
Stellar Sea - Fishermen Ships, Daniel McGarry
The Fishermen crew patrol the frozen asteroid belts of Ceta Major and travel back and forth from Dinas collecting ice (used for water in the city) and occasionally hunt the wildlife local to the rings...
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I had a rough time with my trilogy: I debuted at the peak of the pandemic. A steep drop in sales for Book 2. Had a bone removed from my hand weeks before Wolfskin was published. But word of mouth is critical for authors. So if you're a fan of space opera like Mass Effect, please give it a chance.
I have a habit of telling every ChatGPT scam I receive (and I receive many) to fuck off. Today one of them finally replied to my reply, and clearly didn't use a bot to do so. I feel like I must be a positive influence.
Been reading and enjoying Wolfskin, the third and final book in Jeremy Szal’s Common series. Gothic spaceships, found family, alien drugs, and loads of high-stakes action. If you like character-driven sci-fi with some detailed worldbuilding, this has got it and more. #booksky 📚🪐💙
Got another 1000 words on my WIP this weekend. Things are heating up. #amwriting #writingcommunity #indieauthor #indiewriter
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Read for free if you have #KU #KindleUnlimited or get the ebook for $0.99! a.co/d/09Ru1FzN 👾 Aliens 🧬 Mutations 🚀 Spaceships 🦠 Plagues 🪐Exotic Worlds 👹 Monsters 💥Action! 📖 Short Reads (50 Pages) #scifi #shortstories #sciencefiction #spaceopera #darkscifi #scifibooks #indieauthor
We are honored to share our conversation with the legendary book cover artist, Jeff Brown.
INTERVIEW: with artist Jeff Brown
Book cover artists are essential to the publishing industry, and Jeff Brown has created top-tier work since he started in 2013.
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If I was to choose a desert island artist, Bruce Pennington would be near top of the list. For sheer weirdness, mystery and mood Pennington takes the cake.
I remember this game from when I was a kid. The music is what’s stuck with me the most. This cover is amazing! #tyrian #nostalgia youtu.be/G7sBuntObOw?...
Tyrian - Tyrian the Level Rock Remix (Data Flux)
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Here's another new magazine opening for #submissions on September 1st. Check out their guidelines and consider sending them a story. ⚔️
Ichor Magazine@ichormagazine.bsky.social · 2w agoAnnouncing Ichor Magazine, an amateur magazine of sword and sorcery touched by the sublime. A home for new authors dipping their pen into the violet ink of unknown horror. Not ready for a NESS submission yet? We may be your perfect intro market. Opening for subs September 1st 2026
Impromptu beach trip this weekend. Ready to relax with a few drinks, do some reading (maybe a little writing), and recover from a busy week. #weekendvibes
Margarita Margarita Beach Party
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I'm just a man. A man writing a book about a girl who is trying to topple an authoritarian AI regime while struggling to survive on a storm-ravaged alien planet. #scifi #scifibooks #booksky
No more three-act structure! No more hero's journey! It's time to throw away the map and GET LOST in the joy of writing! 🗺️🖊️🙌 There's just TWO DAYS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! July's theme is WITHOUT A MAP. You have until Friday at midnight CST to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...
Pingu Yelling 'Get Lost!' Meme
Alt: Pingu the claymation penguin yelling and shaking his little penguin fist victoriously above a caption reading "GET LOST!!!!!!"
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Got 1000 words on the new WIP and enjoying it so far. A clone captain is brought back from the dead to face an old enemy, a plague ship called “the beast” that’s rampaging across a populous star cluster. But this time, there’s more at stake than his own life. #amwriting
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Artist John Harris (1948-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1984; R, 1986 #scifi #sciencefiction #art
On a hostile planet, a ruthless assassin seeks revenge for the death of his family. But how does a mortal kill a self-proclaimed god? Read “A Death in Twilight” for free! mtprestonjr.com/free-stuff/ #scifi #darkscifi #freestory #shortstories 📚🪐💙
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Image by Tithi Luadthong Javid reached the palace at dusk. In the crimson light of a double-moon, he slipped through the shadows toward a gate in the smooth stone wall, lifted his hood, and put his…
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Two flash fiction submissions out the door! Now back to the writing… #amwriting #writingcommunity
Fire Writing
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I've been working on the map of the Milky Way first quadrant I released today for quite a while and I used it previously to modify the Milky Way analog NGC 2336 to create this new image of the Milky Way.
Started working on a new short story over the weekend. This one’s shaping up to be a dark military sci-fi/space opera with some biological horror elements sprinkled throughout. #amwriting #writingcommunity #indieauthor #indiewriter
Vibrant Purple Galaxy with Stars and Nebula
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Sadr and the Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318), shot from my deck over a few evenings this week. I had fun playing with this one - love all those little dust lanes, Bok globules and other whatsits. :) Redcat 51/ASI 2600MC Pro/AM3N/L-Enhance, 5 hours total. #astrophotography
The Gorge has a great premise, some neat ideas, and small flashes of brilliance, but it all kind of falls apart by the half-way mark, when the shoddiness of the script and bad plot logic start to show. Imagining what this movie could have been with more thoughtfulness and less schlock. #filmsky 📽️
Anya Taylor-Joy Cheers in The Gorge
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In the uncharted regions, a salvage captain and her crew discover an ancient organic spaceship. But when they go aboard to investigate, they soon realize they aren’t alone, and the ship has plans of its own… Read “Ship of Death” and other stories for free on #KindleUnlimited #KU. a.co/d/01dihrun
Rewatching Dune Part Two. Man, Villeneuve really knocked it out of the park with this series. I’m not really a novel purist, so I’m totally fine with the changes he made to the story. And it’s a visual masterpiece. Really looking forward to Part Three now. #amwatching #dune #filmsky📽️
Dune Part Two: Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet)
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Cleaned up/formatted a story submission this morning for a flash fiction contest. Rainy and dreary out today. Think I’ll stay in and work on a new draft, or maybe some edits to one of my other WIPs. #amwriting #writingcommunity
Isn't This A Beautiful Day Raining
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