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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 11h

I wasn't sure if I'd written something with the word “lizard” in it, and obviously I have a micro-fiction (folk story) involving a crow collecting shiny objects. #WIPSnips you can read it here: “The Collector” ss.lucidillusions.in/bsky/2025/08... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The sparrows saw a curse, but Kakao saw a career opportunity. He had a small, shimmering lizard scale from Ignis, a gift from before the long sleep, and he often held it, dreaming of the day he could surround it with a truly magnificent hoard.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 07/10/2026

Been a while #WIPSnips, but here's a snippet from my WIP—needs some re-writing and maybe I'll expand beyond the current length—for today's word: “comparison” #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“Tell me,<redacted>,” I asked, the question emerging as thin and cold as the moon's light. I felt the need to name our shared condition, to place a definitive note in my archive. “We are both creatures of enduring duration, but we are fundamentally different in kind. What are you, I understand that you thrive on the very life I merely archive? And what does that make me, in comparison?”

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 25/09/2026

Whattay fascinating future we are living in. Source: restofworld.org/2026/south-k...

This week, I placed orders for a $44,860 Patek Philippe hand-engraved watch, a $12,500 Hermès handbag, a $9,800 Tiffany diamond ring, and a $7,350 Cartier Love bracelet in yellow gold.I don’t need any of them. I certainly can’t afford them. Thankfully, they’ll never arrive.Instead of Amazon, I spent the past week browsing a new breed of websites known as “dopamine sites,” a trend that emerged in South Korea. These websites — like Dopamine Shop and FoodNeverComes — recreate the entire ritual of online shopping: You search for products, compare reviews, add items to your cart, enter a shipping address, place an order, and even track your delivery.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 25/09/2026

@inprnt.com is having free shipping today (no minimum)* while you can get derpy birb sticker like every time, but... how about a cool AF Porpita porpita art work too? And you can get an extra 15% discount using code QWPP4OJY www.inprnt.com/gallery/luci... #BirdArt #Birds #MarineLife #Merch

screengrab from inprnt, it is a 3x3 grid, and a mix of digital art and trad art.

There are animals, #birds, #music #inverte #MarineLife #Photography

Watercolor painting of a derpy looking blue bird with black beak and big eyes. It has black legs. 🐡

(best seller)

a blue button (porpita) drawing - you can see the central disk (yellow) there is radial lines, and then small tentacles of various size and different shades of blue forming tentacles.

#TradArt #invertebrate

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 24/09/2026

A new issue of Neon & Smoke is out, and one of my body horror story (cw) is part of it! Check out the issue and my story! The Arachnitect of Jaala-Ghar neonandsmoke.com/september-sm... #WritingCommunity #NewStory #Horror #BookSky #Horror

A story card with my photograph on top half (black and white photo of a bearded man wearing glasses)

And below is details.

Neon & Smoke
In this issue
Suvajeet Duttagupta
"The arachnitect of Jaala-Ghar" — fiction
September Smoke
Half genre • Always lit

Read it at neonandsmoke.com

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 21/09/2026

From a #WIP (Algorithm of Samskara) for today's #WIPSnips “stream” It will be a while before this story heads out to collect its rejections, but in the meantime, how about reading some of my work on www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus... ??? Help me reach 100 readers! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity 💙📚

SOURCE:PUNARBHAVAPROTOCOL,PHASE3(MEMORYEXTRACTION).TIME:00:01:00LEFT.

(Fragmented, frantic memory stream of Rohini as her mind is digitally archived, the system trying to capture the data she is fighting to protect.)

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 16/09/2026

From a #WIP for today's #WIPSnips “call” Another body-horror that needs to be finished and sent out to collect its rejections and other badge of honours how about reading some of my stories on patreon www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus... ? #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPWednesday

"You like it?" he whispered over the cacophony, his voice strangely calm amid the chaos. "They call it <redacted>. The next level of existence."

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 15/09/2026

It's a sign for you to read this story today. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/06/hall...

Using the font generator to generate this for a story title - hallowed be thy beans.

(A character is fighting another one)

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 15/09/2026

Not much into signs and such beliefs, but the fact that the bell rang just after I put out this post, and turns out it was the book from @blaft.bsky.social... maybe its a sign... right? #BookSky

A hand holding a copy of "Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India" - its a black cover with white line art inside a square box. the art has line art drawing of a tree and a supernatural creature next to it.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 14/09/2026

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 #BookSky #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky

3 paper back copies of anthologies with my stories in them. Left to right.
Cosmic Consequences
Tales from a Space Bar
The Anthropocene Epic

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 14/09/2026

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! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #ReaderSky

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.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 13/09/2026

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-... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #ReaderSky #BookSky

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.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 12/09/2026

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... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 11/09/2026

Lol. Here are the three anthos i have a story each in, and it's super cool to have them in print! 😬😬😬

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 11/09/2026

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...) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 10/09/2026

A #WIP that needs polishing for today's #WIPSnips: “Teeth” A weird sci-fi x body horror story that needs to find itself a home. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

They calibrated the machine for weeks with milk teeth and adult teeth, with teeth from cadavers and teeth from living donors. They mapped the way teeth encoded age and found a pattern that was elegant and terrible.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 09/09/2026

I dunno, were they trying not to use the word trafficking which is illegal? (found the photo online, but here's an article from Bangladesh with more details: www.ajkerpatrika.com/en/national/ajprbvnvy4cix)

National International
Lemurs stolen from Gazipur Safari Park found at Ambani's wildlife rescue center, sold for ₹48 lakh

Source: Daily Inqilab | Media: Collected

A photo of ring tailed lemur, and an inset of anand ambani (whose pet project is this rescue center)

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 04/09/2026

@inprnt.com is having $5 Worldwide shipping, and there's also discount in my store, a good weekend to buy some stickers/art from me! (help me make some money to get my hard disk replaced) #SciArt #Prints #Merch 💕💸

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 04/09/2026

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.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 03/09/2026

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.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 01/09/2026

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 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky

This garden, he realised with a growing unease that bordered on dread, was alive in a way he hadn't conceived.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 28/08/2026

Extended monitor is giving trouble 🥲 🤏🏼 This close to set up a ko-fi goal for this (but honestly hoping it will not be too expensive) #TechTrouble

Close up of a monitor with horizontal lines.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 27/08/2026

You should listen to doom and read it. twistedtonguepress.com/issue-2/the-... #WritingCommunity #ShortStory

In the style of avengers doomsday, title of a story — The visible burden of invisibility

Behind is an almost silhouette of doctor doom

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 27/08/2026

of all the random things I manage to get myself into, Netflix has a new documentary on MiG 21 (the Last Salute) and if you wait for the credits, you can see my name in it. #DesiWatch

screengrab of credits for a documentary, and i've been credited graphic artist, please ignore everyone else's name. thanks.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 27/08/2026

For #TFOTSnip word for the day: “Advertising” Here's a snip from a cozy horror “The Nauticals” that was recently published: talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction-3/th... #writesky #writingprompts #writingcommunity #WriteEditSubmit

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!"

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 27/08/2026

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. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 27/08/2026

The Alt theme for #birdOfTheDay is is #KingfisherQuest, any of the species. (love this one @helenbennett.bsky.social) Common Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, and White-throated Kingfisher. 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ #Birds #Photography #nature #BackyardBirding #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 26/08/2026

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?) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmWriting #BookSky #ReaderSky #ShortStory #SpecFic

"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."

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 25/08/2026

For today's #WIPSnips word: “Panic” I have a piece that I should work on this week and send out to Nightmare Magazine's open call! If you like this snip, check out more of my work on patreon.lucidillusions.in #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPromtps #BookSky #HorrorSky

The panic spilled into the streets with the speed of a flash flood.

Dhwani ran to the window. Neighbours were stumbling out of their homes, their movements erratic and jerky. They looked like puppets with their strings cut.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 25/08/2026

Received my Author's copy of Cosmic Consequences (A whump anthology, based in space) It releases on 31st August and can be ordered: books2read.com/cosmicconseq... (How cool is it to have two stories in print in one month, both set in space) #BookSky #SciFi #ReaderSky #WriteEditSubmit #AmWriting

a diptych, showing a book cover, which has a broken space helmet. title: cosmic consequences. and A space Anthology.

2nd part shows the story title and my name
The Specimen
Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 21/08/2026

had to take a grab to share :) (a tiny sliver from what's on subgrinder, but not all of my subs are logged on there, i usually do it for the ones that crosses a certain threshold)

screengrab from submission grinder showing different shades for pending response, depending on how long the market takes to reply on average.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 20/08/2026

For today's #WIPSnip word: “footprint” Here's a grab from a WIP, which is not spec fic (like my most stories.) If you like what you read, why not join my patreon for 50+ free stories! www.patreon.com/c/lucidillus... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky

“I know!” he screamed, scrambling to his feet. He held the camera out like a weapon. “That’s how I know! Because the house is dead! It’s too perfect! There is no dust. There are no footprints. You spent the entire day erasing yourself, didn’t you? You scrubbed the timeline clean so I couldn’t find him!”

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 19/08/2026

Looking through my short stories, and realising “anymore” is one of my over used crutch words. Going forward I shall not be using so much of anymore… anymore. (iKnow) So here's a grab from a story & you can read it → www.patreon.com/NandNNarrati... #Horror #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WIPSnips

The chittering was deafening now, a frantic, screaming chorus coming from directly overhead. The swarm wasn't coming from the basement anymore; it was coming from the foundation of his own life.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 15/08/2026

For today's #WIPSnips word “spicy” here's a grab from a vampire story that is still looking for a home. p.s. if you like my random snips, you can always read my longer work on patreon! patreon.lucidillusions.in (join now) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky #AmWriting

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 14/08/2026

no no, not a babbler at all! round yes, but not the same colour, and didn't have it's 6 other brothers (also the call wasn't the same) but here, please have a jungle babbler that is judging us for not giving it human snacks.

a photograph of jungle babbler, it's a small round bird with mostly brown shades of feather, a yellow eye and black iris. the beak is also ranging from yellow to shades of brown.

this one was perched on the jeep bar (covered with cloth) - and waiting for us to give it some fried carbs, similar to how others were doing in their vehicle.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 14/08/2026

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme we are sharing #Warblers, any of the Warbler Species. So here's a Borb for you all which is either Green Warbler or a Greenish Warbler. 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ #Birds #Photography #nature #BackyardBirding #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography

a small bird with brown head, wings and tail. the belly is whiter shade. you see a small yellow beak, and black eyes, there's also a white streak from the beak passing beyond the eyes.

The bird is perched on top of a mango tree flowers. there are mango leaves in the frame, and there's blue sky behind it.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 14/08/2026

Been a while #WIPSnips friends, eh? Looking through my notes app, I've used “horizon” in a whole lot of stories. Here's a screengrab from a sci-fi flash fiction, still looking for a home. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #AmWriting #WriteEditSubmit (get rejected)

Surya tightened his backpack strap and took a step forward.
Then, the universe broke.
It happened at the exact moment of dawn. The sun began to crest the eastern horizon, perfectly aligning with the setting moon.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 13/08/2026

Threads is just people complaining about things they didn't like about the movie and it's just a list of characteristics true to the character from the comic book. #FuckingNerd 🥲

A simple art work of a person in red hoodie with a black backpack and the word Nerd written on the head. He's about to be hit with a comment "fucking nerd"

A man in a khaki shirt with raised hand holding a rod.
Text reads: me, a fucking nerd, on the man
And "fucking nerd" on the rod.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 06/08/2026

I should be developing this for @blaft.bsky.social's call! (More details: bsky.app/profile/blaf...)

A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Weapon with Weapons
Drawing of a lady with a bloody axe wearing sunglasses

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 06/08/2026

I'm hoping "taken down" flag is for something permanent

Pdsls.dev screengrab showing the offending account details.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 01/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow, a bird looking skyward. Here is an Indian Robin. #Photography 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ #ECK

a brown round bird, sitting on a stone wall - it has put it tail up to show itself taller -- and also pushed its head back to show its chest.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 31/07/2026

Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #HeronsAndEgrets and sharing some old and new pictures again. #Photography 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ 🐡 #ECK p.s. last day to get 25% off on Darkroom: lucidillusions.darkroom.com/collections/... (use code Jul25)

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 30/07/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice (anything we want to share) so two photos and an art work from me. #Photography 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ 🐡 #ECK #TraditionalArt #Storks

Asian Wooly-necked Stork.
(near threatened Globally)

📍 River Ken, Panna. India

Description: A bird sitting on stone, with one leg holding the other, between green grass. there is stone (river bank) behind.

Bird description from iNat: The woolly-necked stork is a medium-sized stork. The iris is deep crimson or wine-red. The stork is glistening black overall with a black "skull cap", a downy white neck which gives it its name. The lower belly and under-tail coverts are white, standing out from the rest of the dark coloured plumage. Feathers on the fore-neck are iridescent with a coppery-purple tinge. These feathers are elongated and can be erected during displays.

Black Stork

the bird has black (somewhat iridescent) and white feathers - and the beak and its legs are red in color

It has one of its feet out as it takes next step, and it is focusing in the pool to find next meal. Black Stork

the bird has black (somewhat iridescent) and white feathers - and the beak and its legs are red in color

It has one of its feet out as it takes next step, and it is focusing in the pool to find next meal.

A golden oriole

a yellow bird with black wings and tail feathers. perched on a brown branch. it has its head turned so you can see its back and also its head - it has red eyes, and black feather around the eye.

#birds #sciart #WaterColor

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 29/07/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MultiColour, birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage. (of course a kingfisher must be part of it!) And an Indian Roller (p.s. I have a print! lucidillusions.darkroom.com/products/bir...) use code “𝐉𝐮𝐥𝟐𝟓” for a 25% discount #Photography 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ 🐡 #ECK

White-throated Kingfisher

a small bird with brown head and body with a white neck and chest. with a red beak, and dark underside of tail feather and blue wings and tails. - sitting on a thin branch. there are small leave visible on the branch.

small bird perched on a branch, with green leaves on it.

the bird has a pinkish face and throat, a brown head and back, with blue on its rump and contrasting light and dark blue on its wings and tail.

photo is taken from the back, and the bird is looking to the right

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 29/07/2026

Here's a snip from my story “Where’s Your God Now?” — and you can read it here: patreon.lucidillusions.in/posts/wheres... Such a great word for today's #WIPSnips: “Century” #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky #ReaderSky (you should become a patreon member and read 50+ stories)

He sat back down at his console. His fingers hovered over the keyboard. The "Sacrifice for the Century" campaign files sat open, a monumental, terabyte-sized testament to failed logic.

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 28/07/2026

For today's #WIPSnips taking the “assist” of this opening paragraph from a sci-fi WIP. (if you like weird little stories, you should check out my Patreon patreon.lucidillusions.in I'm trying to enlist 100 readers, currently at 72) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #BookSky #ReaderSky

Through the crackle of static, a mechanised, synthesised voice repeated a fragmented loop, its tone eerie in its clinical detachment: Colony vessel… Origin: Earth… lost contact with… repeat, please… solar flare damage… seeking assist… if any station is receiving, please acknowledge… we are out of time…

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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 28/07/2026

Sharing one of my favourite pictures for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #EmeraldBackdrop Reef Heron in the Green. #Nature #Birds #Photography #SciArt 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ #Print4Sale #BSNM #EastCoastKin Print Available on Darkroom: lucidillusions.darkroom.com/products/flo... use code “𝐉𝐮𝐥𝟐𝟓” for a 25% discount

a photograph of a grey coloured western reef heron/egret perched on a tree branch. the bird is sitting on left top.

the remaining of the frame is filled with green leaves from different trees, bushes, creepers. there are also few purple flowers.

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