Nouvelle de sf datant de quelques années.

https://panodyssey.com/fr/article/science-fiction/pour-votre-bien-nous-sommes-partout-38anqpghamv7

me suis toujours dit que ce monde devrait être développé. Un monde ou il n'y aurait plus de secret, ou tout la vie privée serait en publique sur internet. a voir, a voir...
#lecture #roman #nouvelle #sf #sciencefiction

I was sitting on the bank of a river watching the mist, when a football suddenly splashed into the water just in front of me. The spray got me, so it had clearly come from the river direction.

"Your ball's over here!" I yelled into the mist. No answer. So after a few moments I threw it back into the mist, as hard as I could.

I heard it hit the water with a splash, and then there was a much larger splash, followed by several more. A few seconds later the ball came sailing back. This time I caught it.

Studying it, it looked like it had been floating in the water a while, with a smear of algae on one side. I threw it back again. Again the splash of the ball and then other louder splashes. The ball came back again.

I kept this up for a while, but then my arm got tired, and I sat down.

Looking into the mist, I thought I saw something, but then nothing - just the curling wisps.

Then, right in front of me, a tall neck rose out of the river, a small head on top of it looked down at me, and then the neck bent down until the head was level with mine. It looked at the ball, then out to the river, and then at me. And did it again.

I shook my head. "Sorry, I'm tuckered out."

After a few moments the neck slid back into the water until just the head was showing, resting on the bank, staring at the ball.

I rolled it down the bank to it, and it headbutted it back to me. It was content to play like this for a while. Then I heard a fishing boat chugging downstream.

The creature grabbed the ball, and vanished underwater.

After a few minutes, I got up and walked back to the B&B we were staying at.

As I walked in, Charlie looked up from her book. "How was the River Ness?"

"Misty, and living up to its name."

Charlie raised an elegant eyebrow at me.

"I played fetch with the monster for a while. It has a soccer ball."

Charlie got up and sniffed me, then traced a couple of runes on my forehead.

"Huh."

"Told you."

She shook her head "Yes, you did my love. You did. But I was not going to rule out you having me on."

"Fair. How about we go into town for breakfast?"

"That sounds lovely."

#CharlieAndToby #SF #SFF #UrbanFantasy #Nessie #microfiction #tootfic #microfic #IAmWriting

Despite all the tourist literature, the original stories have the monster in the river, not the loch.

#ThrowBackThursday

Ancient San Francisco (50 BC +/-)..

Or:

Perhaps it was the Romans not the Vikings that discovered North America ?

#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #us #usa #travelphotography #sf #sfba #photooftheday #potd #california #bnw #history #historic #sanfrancisco #leftcoast #BlackAndWhite #abstract #monochrome #architecture #blackandwhitephotography #abstractPhotography #architecturalphotography #ancientrome

#PennedPossibilities 942 — Antagonist POV: What’s the first thing you do when you wake up every morning? Why?

[Rainy Days answers your weird question at one of her tea parties, stirring some honey into a china cup with a tiny gold spoon:] I greet the dawn. If I don't, I feel it won't happen. I must reassure the orb that gives us day shine that she is not alone. I've done so since I was 15. Most days, anyway, when I was capable and those days I didn't, you don't want to know the catastrophe. Rain or shine, whether I was up all night with worry, whether I had to wait some few hours, or whether I was pleasantly distracted and had to break off at an in opportune moment. Such rigidity plays havoc with flexible schedules and getting the sleep I need. Yes, I do often go back to sleep after greeting the dawn—if certain ministers and taskmasters allow. [She taps the spoon on the edge and flicks it onto the tablecloth, awaiting your questioning her answer. ]

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

新作FPS「Marathon」，週末特別プレビュー「サーバースラム」の詳細を公開。タウ・セティIVの外周，ダイア・マーシュが開放に
https://www.4gamer.net/games/709/G070952/20260226007/

#4gamer #Marathon #マラソン #SF

スピルバーグ最新作『ディスクロージャー・デイ』7月10日公開決定 ─ 映像公開、未知の異星人映画
https://theriver.jp/disclosure-day-jp-release-date/

#theriver #News #Tv_Movie #SF #エミリー_ブラント #スティーブン_スピルバーグ #ディスクロージャー_デイ

📽️ Vous avez raté la meilleure série de Science-Fiction ! - Nexus VI

> Aujourd'hui, je vais vous parler de l'une des meilleures série de SF des 30 dernières années : Scavengers Reign ! Tout fan de SF se doit de l'avoir vu ! Explorons ensemble ce qui fait sa qualité !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oEv4SmvDM8

#SF #ScienceFiction #ScavengersReign #NexusVI

Rhododendrons in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, California), 1929, San Francisco (Calif.), Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.)
Rhododendrons

From Digital Collections of San Francisco Public Library
https://digitalsf.org/record/4361
#SanFrancisco #SF #SFPL #California #US #USA #history #image #photography #photo #retro #photos

Red Rock Hill condominiums in Diamond Heights (San Francisco, California), 1969, Diamond Heights (San Francisco, Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Apartments, Row houses, Urban renewal

From Digital Collections of San Francisco Public Library
https://digitalsf.org/record/3284
#SanFrancisco #SF #SFPL #California #US #USA #history #image #photography #photo #retro #photos

1346 48th Avenue (San Francisco, California), 1951, San Francisco (Calif.)
S

From Digital Collections of San Francisco Public Library
https://digitalsf.org/record/54297
#SanFrancisco #SF #SFPL #California #US #USA #history #image #photography #photo #retro #photos