Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 10/10/20263 awesome traits of sci-fi readers : 1. they're smart 2. they're interesting 3. they don't put up with BSS (bullsh*t science) Looking for your next sci-fi read? I've got just the thing! Visit gothicscifibooks.shop/novels 110
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 10/10/2026Sci-fi with a Gothic atmosphere of dread? Smart women doing realistic science in eerie places? That's the story I needed when I wrote Scan Drift. If that's the story you need, find it everywhere, not just Amazon. (Kobo readers, I see you!) gothicscifibooks.shop/retailerdire... 010
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 09/10/2026The most devastating long-term neurologic complication of measles is subacute sclerosing pan-encephalitis (SSPE), which “arises several years to a decade or more after the acute infection,” says Roberto Cattaneo, PhD, professor of biochem and molecular biology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. 110
Reposted by Erz | gothicscifibooks.shopjudithanne.bsky.social @judithanne.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#ThursdayGreen #QuiltSky This is "Camp Ke Lala" by Mandy Fleig from California. The background is a patchwork of the Camp Kitschy Lala by Alison Glass. Then she placed a big barnstar in the center to give it some pop! 1284
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 09/10/2026This week has been incredible! Under contract for a 119 year old home within walking distance of a library and coffee shops! Plus, I started writing my next novel. #bookskystatic.klipy.comPengu Pudgy the Happy Spinning PenguinALT: Pengu Pudgy the Happy Spinning Penguin 070
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 09/10/2026Unpopular opinion: Not every science fiction story needs to have space travel. I'll take realistic science in a relatable setting over space opera every time. My free Gothic sci-fi choose your own misadventure e-book is Earth-based. Get it here: gsfb.subscribepage.io 🪐📚 020
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 09/10/2026I believe a just ending is more satisfying than a happy ending. If you want to choose an ending (or three) subscribe to my newsletter and get a free Gothic sci-fi choose your own misadventure e-book. Free for subscribers. gsfb.subscribepage.io 020
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 08/10/2026If you've been thinking about buying Scan Drift, the time is now. Buy it from your favorite retailer, not just Amazon. (Kobo readers, I see you!) gothicscifibooks.shop/retailerdire... 🪐📚gothicscifibooks.shopRetailer LinksThere’s a bookstore for everyone! gothic sci-fi books retailer directory Input Girls Eleven Years Scan Drift Lowest Price Input Girls A Gothic sci-fi novel that mixes witchcraft with big tech… 020
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 08/10/2026Here's what I know for sure: a good book is the one that resonates with you, the reader. If the latest literary darling, leaves you cold, it's not the right book for you, no matter what critics say. My books may be a better fit for you. Browse at gothicscifibooks.shop/novels 🪐📚 030
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 07/10/2026Here's the truth about writing realistic sci-fi. It takes a ton of research. Editing makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a spoon. Equal parts freeing & terrifying: I am the only person in all of time & space can write my books. Read samples: gothicscifibooks.shop/novels 🪐📚 040
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 07/10/2026If you're feeling overwhelmed by work? You aren't alone & you deserve a break. Unplug with my choose your own misadventure, Random Walk. The only free e-book where you are the main character in the worlds I wrote. gsfb.subscribepage.io 🪐📚 030
Reposted by Erz | gothicscifibooks.shopDr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ㅤ Ancient intaglio depicting a grasshopper driving a chariot being pulled by two butterflies — Roman, 1st c. bce - 1st c. ce, carnelian ㅤ 2700170
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 06/10/2026Ghost stories vs. sci-fi stories: One presents the unknown, the other presents the knowable unknown. Do we really have to choose? I'll take both, in the same book, which is to say, give me Gothic sci-fi! Want some, too? Visit gothicscifibooks.shop 🪐📚gothicscifibooks.shopGothic Sci-Fi BooksSmart Women. Realistic Science. Eerie Places. 1102
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 05/10/2026AI books vs. human books: Either can be objectively bad, but only human-authored books fail honorably. I'm human & quite possibly honorable... decide for yourself --> gothicscifibooks.shop 🪐📚 072
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 04/10/2026It's not Halloween season without a black cat! 020
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 04/10/2026I'm busy researching the science for my next novel. It's going to be about a virologist disproving a lab leak theory. Thank goodness for Khan Academy because, wow, I needed a refresher on the central dogma (gene expression). www.khanacademy.org/science/biol... #booksky 🪐📚khanacademy.orgKhan Academy 070
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 03/10/2026Carrie Schweiger's answer to the boring "what do you do" question is epic. "By day, I work as a failure analyst, investigating how magic smoke escapes electronic circuits." She also writes fantasy. Free short story if you subscribe to her newsletter. www.carrieschweigerauthor.com 🪐📚 #WWOWcarrieschweigerauthor.comCarrie SchweigerSign up for the latest updates and your free short story. 050
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 03/10/2026Check out Figure 1 in the paper. Very cool way to illustrate the structure of a (malaria) parasite protein. 032
Reposted by Erz | gothicscifibooks.shopMelissa Franch, PhD @mfranch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Excited to see this work published! We find that the brain codes semantic relationships similar to contextual LLMs (like GPT2) but unlike LLMs, uses contrastive coding to prevent confusion of highly similar words. Many thanks to the reviewers and BCM neurosurgery team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA population code for semantics in human hippocampus - Nature NeuroscienceFranch et al. show that human hippocampal neurons encode the meanings of the words we hear through distributed, context-sensitive population activity that mirrors some features of large language model... 312236
Reposted by Erz | gothicscifibooks.shopMichael Williams 🖕🏻 @mtdedhead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is not our dog. The best thing about living in the woods is neighbor dogs swing by to say hi once in a while. 🐕 make yourself at home pal. 1636818399
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 03/10/2026This is so sweet. Maybe humanity isn't completely doomed... 000
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 03/10/2026If you've been looking for the right time to read Scan Drift, the time is now. If you love well-researched sci-fi, this is the book you want. Buy from your favorite retailer, not just Amazon. (Kobo readers, I see you!) 🪐📚https://gothicscifibooks.shop/retailerdirectory 021
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 03/10/2026Did you read the Choose Your Own Adventure series as a child? I did. I ran across an old copy of CYOA #154, Cyberspace Warrior by Edward Packard. It inspired me to write my own to let you visit the settings of my novels and meet some of the characters. Subscribers to the newsletter get it free! 🪐📚 151
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 02/10/2026I'm learning the books I write are my way of accepting that the world is awful in a lot of ways I cannot control. I need to put characters on the page who make ethical decisions in an unethical world. Learn more about my books at gothicscifibooks.shop. 🪐📚 040
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 02/10/2026What if stories that rely on the 'evil scientist' trope are rewritten with the more realistic viewpoint that the 'villain' is the culture of the company/laboratory/university? Get to know my 'villains' in Random Walk, a Gothic Sci-Fi Choose Your Own Misadventure. gsfb.subscribepage.io 🪐📚gsfb.subscribepage.ioRemember Choose Your Own Adventure?If the answer is yes, go to gsfb.subscribepage.io to get your free Gothic sci-fi choose your own misadventure e-book. 020
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 01/10/2026The best cover-to-content mismatch ever. 020
Reposted by Erz | gothicscifibooks.shopNature @nature.com · 01/10/2026Nature research paper: Spatiotemporal clonal architecture of the newborn mouse forebrain go.nature.com/4xRHqwUgo.nature.comSpatiotemporal clonal architecture of the newborn mouse forebrain - NatureClonal barcoding across the newborn mouse forebrain reveals developmental principles whereby glutamatergic neurons and astrocytes remain locally derived, whereas widely dispersed GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) lineages link neurons with oligodendrocyte precursor cells. 0165
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 01/10/2026Baby elephants to brighten your day! 011
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 01/10/2026You have permission to skip the hyped book that doesn't interest you. It's your time and personal time is self-limiting. Spend it reading what you want, including my free Gothic sci-fi choose your own misadventure book. Get it now --> gsfb.subscribepage.io 🪐📚 020
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 01/10/2026I wrote Scan Drift because I was tired of seeing scientist cast in the role of evil villain. Does it have unethical scientists? Yes. But it has more scientists interested in doing the right thing. Looking for scifi about individuals & not caricatures, Scan Drift is for you. 🪐📚 030
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 30/09/202615-ish years ago, I quit writing fiction. Now, I have three published novels and more on the way. What changed? I realized how empty my life would be if everyone quit writing. Maybe someday, my books will do that for someone, too. Want to know about my books? Visit gothicscifibooks.shop 🪐📚 070
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 30/09/20263 awesome traits of sci-fi readers : 1. voracious curiosity 2. clever without being overbearing 3. sees beyond what is to what is possible Another trait? They subscribe to my newsletter to get a free Gothic sci-fi choose your own adventure book. gsfb.subscribepage.io 🪐📚 072
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 29/09/2026Sci-fi is most powerful when characters in terrible situations choose to do the ethical thing. The ending doesn't have to be happy to be just. That's why I write Gothic sci-fi: life can be messed up but there is value in our choices. Such as: choosing to subscribe to my newsletter buff.ly/YVFsFej 🪐📚 030
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 28/09/2026Question: What "stock" scifi element is the one that makes you pick up a book, even though you've read similar stories before? For me, it's lab-experiment-gone-wrong. That's why I wrote Scan Drift. 🪐📚gothicscifibooks.shopGothic Sci-Fi BooksSmart Women. Realistic Science. Eerie Places. 030
Reposted by Erz | gothicscifibooks.shopE.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My hobbies are expensive and silly, and tbqh, I'm okay with that. 0838
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Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 27/09/2026Kindlepreneur produces two software programs I recommend : #Atticus and #PublisherRocket. Atticus is a writing + formatting tool which saved my patooty because I don't have a Mac and Vellum was a non-starter. PubRocket is a market research tool (among many other features). ✍️ buff.ly/Aeik2Kmkindlepreneur.comTools | KindlepreneurEvery author needs a toolkit to help them write and publish books. We’ve compiled our favorite tools so you don't have to test every piece of software yourself. 010
Reposted by Erz | gothicscifibooks.shopMicrobes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026🐦🦠 Virulent #NewcastleDisease #virus has been confirmed in a double-crested cormorant in New York, highlighting the role wild #birds can play in spreading the #virus to #poultry. #AnimalHealth #Wildlife #Biosecurity #Microsky via vet .cornell .edu www.vet.cornell.edu/about-us/new...vet.cornell.eduVirulent Newcastle disease virus confirmed in a double-crested cormorant in New YorkAn adult double-crested cormorant tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of Newcastle disease virus (NDV), referred to as virulent Newcastle disease virus (vNDV) or exotic Newcastle disease… 011
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 27/09/2026Cerebral organoids are the greatest and least acknowledged advance in science. They are the inspiration for my sci-fi novel, Eleven Years. 010
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 27/09/2026The new border brings the whole into harmony. 110
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 27/09/2026Affordable housing would be more humane. 000
Erz | gothicscifibooks.shop @gothicscifibooks.shop · 27/09/2026I use #Wordpress for both my author and store websites. For a WooCommerce site, you cannot go wrong with the #Elementor Theme Builder and their (forever free) Hello Biz theme. ✍️ elementor.com/blog/introdu... :writingelementor.comIntroducing Hello Biz: A New Beginner Friendly WordPress ThemeThe first in a new collection of beginner-friendly Hello Themes, Hello Biz aims to make building professional websites easier. Designed to streamline website creation, by helping you build a… 030