If you're looking for a gift for a #writer, here are some #books that have been instrumental in my 15+ year #writing career.

#1: 21st Century Fiction

Maass is an agent & teacher. This book gets deep into how to construct character arcs & write vibrantly.

#giftguide
bookshop.org/a/102876/97815996…

#PennedPossibilities 863 — Has your SC ever quit a job? What were the circumstances?

Freya ends up teaching alchemy at the mages' academy. But when a new monarch sets a law requiring 4 year service that has an exemption for scholars, the institution floods with privileged kids whose parents bought their admission.

When some feral prodigious orphans try to apply despite not being old enough, and get into a fight with the privileged students, she adopts the wild bunch and quits.

#writing

I am very humbled & proud to announce that once again, I have been short-listed for The Pearl Prize.

It means a lot to be included alongside other LGBTQIA writers and explore elements of Queer experience. I especially enjoyed writing for this year's theme, 'Turning the names inside out', and I can't wait to share more.

midsumma.org.au/whats-on/event…

#trans #lgbtqia #midsummafestival #thepearlprize #writing #shortstories #lgbtqiawriters #lgbtqiastories #queerstories #queerwriting #queerwriters #queerfiction

I'm new to Mastodon (about 1 hour ago)

2x Self-Published author w/ a 3rd book (WIP)

I'm looking forward to meeting new people & supporting others' content

I post a wide variety of content. I tend to post popular opinions on many topics & unpopular opinions on many others

#IntroductionPost #NewHere #New #indieauthors #author #writing #writer #mastodon #starwars #starwars #poetry #LGBTQIA #neurodivergent #education #WomensRights #humanrights #science #DEI #creativity #art #music #constitution

Almost there! About $50 gets me to the first goal to cover production costs. Then I'll go for a $700 stretch goal for vfx gadgets and stuff that will make it easier to create a #solarpunk future! Thank you for supporting me, with ideas to imagine life without capitalism or governments, with boosts, and with donations♥️

1953/2000

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#mutualaid #creativetoots #kickstarter #crowdfund #art #BuyIntoArt #sff #film #crowdfunding #scifi #writing #artforsale #fedigiftshop

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

I'm making a comedy film about a couple quarreling over chicken, a plot device to imagine food in the #climate crisis, but there's no capitalism, government, politicians, or police; rather, ordinary folk run the country in a direct democracy. I need your support to buy gear to ease vfx works. Boost, or donate if you can!

90/750

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#solarpunk #mutualaid #creativetoots #kickstarter #writing #art #BuyIntoArt #sff #film #crowdfunding #scifi #artforsale #fedigiftshop

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

About 12 days left in this #crowdfund Please give me a boost to meet a stretch goal for gear to ease the creation of visual effects in a #solarpunk world with no capitalism, no governments or politicians, no police. As the #climate crisis worsens and fascism rises around the world, help me imagine a better future.

95/750

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Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

New in our haikuart-collection:

fluttering wings -
if life were as light as
a butterfly flight

Haiku: @MarjoleinRotsteeg

Handmade watercolor painting: @KarenKasparArt

--> karenkasparartprints.com/featu…

--> redbubble.com/de/shop/ap/17557…

--> artheroes.de/de/motiv/A-butter…

#haiku #haikuart #poem #poetry #writing #garden #gardening #MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #arte #MastodonArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #flowers #butterfly

fly writing furiuosly...

#fly #writing #furiously #takingnotes #pencil #animatedgif

,

This call from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social is exceptionally cool and supports trans organizations!

Submission grinder listing: thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com…

original call from Tenebrous: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/1…
#bookstodon #writing #writers

Nice middle of the night time writing a few conversations and some plans for the fanfic story. It’s been weeks since I wrote anything and it’s been sad to feel it wane.

The ADHD brain needs the push of novelty so I was hoping to think up something exciting that would spark things off again. I’m not sure that really happened, somehow my brain just got back on track a bit and I went from there.

Sleep is that bit weirder than normal just now since I’ve got a cold and spent the evening lying in the least uncomfortable position, listening to my Five Hargreeves (of The Umbrella Academy) fan edits playlist. Kept drifting off to sleep so by 1am I was quite awake.

#writing #creativity #sleep #adhd

i guess that's what i'm doing with myself now! I'm #writing one of those #academia #fantasy #novel thingies. With #lesbian and #transgender characters and an #apocalypse vibe that feels just about right in the current year.

also it's wish fulfillment which means happy endings and positivity and girls falling in love and solving their problems through hugging, kissing, and violence.

and the cost to you? nothing! though your sharing and commenting goes a long way to making this feel worthwhile.

For all lovers - no matter if you are newly in love or a long-time couple!

new love
for the first time in years
tea for two

Haiku: @MarjoleinRotsteeg

Handmade acrylic painting: @KarenKasparArt

(see links in comment)

#love #tea #lovers #romance #haiku #haikuart #poem #poetry #writing #art #painting #buyintoArt #mastoArt #creativeToots #giftideas #gifts #greetingcards #contemporaryArt

Next week I'll be 7 years sober.

Some thoughts on that journey.

(Full text in the comments)

#Sobriety #Alcohol #Addiction #Writing #Reading #Scotland #WritingCommunity

When Pro Writing Aid is desktop only, but you’re on your iPad in the living room.

#writersofmastodon #writerslife #writing #writingcommunity

#ScribesAndMakers 11/23. What's the lowest number of readers/viewers/users of your creative work that you would consider cause for celebration?

Assuming it's someone I don't know: One.

It's been a long time since it was "one" for my books (December 2013). The day someone chooses to buy one of my wallpapers/backgrounds then I'll be very happy about that because if there's one there'll be more.

#writing

#WritersCoffeeClub 11/23. What's your niche?

I have a niche?

Um, (often historical) speculative fiction in multiple genres with or without spice.

#writing

I'm close to #crowdfunding goal for a comedy film set in a near future with no central government, politicians, or capitalism; ordinary citizens govern themselves and support each other to survive the #climate crisis. Stories like this inspire hope that this future is possible. So show me some love, share! Or donate if you can!

1537/2000

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#film #mutualaid #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #fedigiftshop #sff #art #writing #writingcommunity #crowdfund #kickstarter #scifi

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

I'm #crowdfunding for a short film to work out #vfx needed to imagine a future with no capitalism, no states, no politicians. Instead people govern themselves and set up egalitarian systems as they face the #climate crisis. I need your support to make it! Please share, or donate. There are rewards of my arts for each penny you can spare.

1608/2000

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#creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #artforsale #fedigiftshop #mutualaid #sff #scifi #film #writing #writingcommunity #art

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

#writing #diarist #mywork
November 21, 2025
BEAUTIFUL THINGS

My heart was broken until there was nothing left to break.
Then, I noticed beautiful things.
My heart recovered, and was filled with joy and love.

cold morning 

with one deep breath 

winter enters me

Haiku: @MarjoleinRotsteeg

Handmade acrylic painting: @KarenKasparArt

--> karenkasparartprints.com/featu…

--> artheroes.de/de/motiv/Cold-mor…

--> redbubble.com/de/shop/ap/17551…

#haiku #haikuart #poem #poetry #writing #winter #art #painting #cold #blue #frost #snow #buyintoArt #morning #peaceful #mastoArt #artwork #nature #landscape #abstract

As I prepare to write the script for this #solarpunk film, I gather my thoughts to clarify the ideas I want to put out clearly, and so this blog post hints at life in this future without a centralized government, no police or military, and no capitalism.

I need your support to make it! Please share, or donate if you can!

1450/2000

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#crowdfund #creativetoots #crowdfunding #buyIntoArt #mutualaid #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #climate #futurism

The solarpunk ideas I'll explore in my new film

Before writing the screenplay, I clarify my thoughts on the ideas and technologies I want to present, starting with the concept of a cosmopolitan village, and then a vision for direct democracy and the justice system.

^{Dilman Dila}

Clean energy without fixing the system will recycle the injustices of today. Some see #solarpunk in Africa's solar boom, but I fear we’ll end up with a few monopoly corporations and #enshittification will happen.

I'm making a film that imagines a green future with no capitalism, no politicians, no central governments or police, and I need your support to make it!

1537/2000

Details dilmandila.com/the-solarpunk-i…
#crowdfunding #mutualaid #sff #scifi #BuyIntoArt #creativetoots #writing #blog #us

The solarpunk ideas I'll explore in my new film

Before writing the screenplay, I clarify my thoughts on the ideas and technologies I want to present, starting with the concept of a cosmopolitan village, and then a vision for direct democracy and the justice system.

^{Dilman Dila}

The generous donations today leave me breathless with thanks! I'm closer to reaching my first goal to make this film that imagines a future with no government so we have direct democracy; no police so we use traditional justice systems; no capitalism so no poverty. It's a dream worth having! Your support will help me envision this future.
Details: dilmandila.com/embracing-solar…
1390/2000

#crowdfund #crowdfunding #mutualaid #sff #scifi #film #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #climate #kickstarter #writing

On embracing solarpunk in my stories

I discuss the various genres that I work in, including Africanfuturism, afrofuturism, and solarpunk, and why I'm embracing the later as my preferred genre.

^{Dilman Dila}

The first two weeks of this #crowdfund is good! I didn't expect so much so soon! Thank you very much for your love to this #solarpunk film! It's a future with no central governments, no politicians, no police, and tech exists to make every village largely self-sufficient. I need your support to envision this future. Boost or donate if you can!

1390/2000
Details: dilmandila.com/embracing-solar…

#crowdfunding #mutualaid #sff #writing #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt #creativetoots #scifi #art #democracy

On embracing solarpunk in my stories

I discuss the various genres that I work in, including Africanfuturism, afrofuturism, and solarpunk, and why I'm embracing the later as my preferred genre.

^{Dilman Dila}

This #SolarPunkSunday support my short film, to enable me master the visual effects needed to bring a near future world to life. I'm telling a story set in a country without governments, politicians or police, where ordinary folk govern themselves in a direct #democracy Sharing this post with your networks, or donating, will help envision this future!

1410/2000

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…
#solarpunk #mutualaid #crowdfunding #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt #creativetoots

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

So here we are now. Ubuntu. The only non native app is Scrivener, and it seems it runs OK via wine. Let the experiment begin.

#linux #writing #podcasts #ubuntu

I'm #crowdfunding for a film via my website as I'm excluded from major platforms (I'm based on the wrong continent) I've developed it since 2018 and will shoot next year, but I have to figure out the vfx needed to envision this futuristic world with no capitalism, where direct democracy thrives. I need your support! Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…
1170/2000

#solarpunk #climate #mutualaid #kickstarter #backerkit #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #crowdfund #film

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

I'm making a film in the #solarpunk genre, live action (rather than animation) set in the near future for I want to imagine practical alternatives to capitalism. Given recent events in #us and other places battling fascism, I envision a world where direct democracy is possible, so no central governments, politicians, or police/military. Help me make it!

1145/2000

Details dilmandila.com/embracing-solar…

#film #sff #scifi #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #mutualaid #writing #writingcommunity #movies

On embracing solarpunk in my stories

I discuss the various genres that I work in, including Africanfuturism, afrofuturism, and solarpunk, and why I'm embracing the later as my preferred genre.

^{Dilman Dila}

#solarpunk spoke to me for it is all about activism, imagining a future we would all want to live in. There is the tech and aesthetics to depict, but there is also the worldview, for clean energy without social justice is greenwashing! In this #film I imagine direct democracy in a sustainable world free from capitalism. Help me make it! Share with your friends or donate if you can!

Details: dilmandila.com/embracing-solar…

1041/2000

#mutualaid #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #art #BuyIntoArt

On embracing solarpunk in my stories

I discuss the various genres that I work in, including Africanfuturism, afrofuturism, and solarpunk, and why I'm embracing the later as my preferred genre.

^{Dilman Dila}

A lot of my works fit #solarpunk but I discovered the genre recently and so this film is the first I'm making with it in mind. meaning I have to carefully create the futurism aesthetics to fit. I imagine a world without central governments or the police or capitalism, and I'm seeking your support to create this future.

996/2000

Please boost! Donate if you can spare dollar! dilmandila.com/embracing-solar…

#sff #writing #writingcommunity #crowdfund #mutualaid #scifi #science #BuyIntoArt #blog

On embracing solarpunk in my stories

I discuss the various genres that I work in, including Africanfuturism, afrofuturism, and solarpunk, and why I'm embracing the later as my preferred genre.

^{Dilman Dila}

I want to imagine how communities might survive the climate crisis, in a sweet daydream of self-sufficient villages that have all the comforts of modern life, but without capitalism! Without the kind of financial system that excludes people like me from #crowdfund platforms like #kickstarter Your support will help me visualize this #solarpunk fantasy. Boost or donate if you have a spare dollar!

996/2000

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#sff #scifi #creativetoots #mutualaid #writing #movies

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

It's been a good first week of this #crowdfund I didn't expect to get this much so soon! Thank you very much for your support to this #solarpunk short film! It's a future with no central governments, no politicians, no police, and tech exists to make every village largely self-sufficient. We are now at

826/2000

and I still need your support. Please share! Donate if you can

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…
#creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #scifi
#mutualaid #sff #writing #writingcommunity #art

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

Donations to my #solarpunk short film now at

725/2000

Yay! It makes me dream of hitting $1,000 in the first week of the campaign. Thank you all so much for coming through for me, as I imagine a future with no governments or politicians or police, and technology exists to make every village self-sufficient so capitalism is no more. We can dream of the world we want to live in!

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…

#BuyIntoArt #mutualaid #sff #scifi #creativetoots #writing #writingcommunity

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

Yay! It's always nice to wake up to good news. About 6 days after launching campaign to use #film to imagine a #solarpunk future, we've now raised 30% of our goal. Your generosity is touching! I still need your support to boost the drive, and donate if you can, so I can tell a story set in a world with no governments, no politicians, no police. Just ordinary folk running their lives.

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…

598/2000

#mutualaid #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

A generous donation takes me a step closer to imagining a future with no central governments, no politicians, no police and where communities use restorative justice to handle crime. I'm doing this through a short film, and relying on your support to spread the word since platforms like #kickstarter exclude me, due to how global finance systems are set up.

425/2000

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…

#solarpunk #crowdfund #sff #writing #mutualaid #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt #creativetoots

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

No utopia is perfect. There will always be some kind of pain, so in my #solarpunk short film, a couple fight over chicken, but this is not just material for a dark comedy. It is a talk about food as the #climate crisis disrupts farming, with inspiration from food preservation techniques in pre-colonial cultures Help me make this film with a boost, or #donate if you can.

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…

375/2000

#mutualaid #sff #scifi #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #art #writing #film

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

Now at 354/2000 four days after I started a campaign to use a dark comedy film to envision a #solarpunk future with no central government, no politicians, no military - everyone participates in running the country and they use restorative justice to handle crime with banishment as last resort. I'm excluded from #crowdfund platforms like #kickstarter so I rely on you to spread the word!

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…

#sff #scifi #mutualaid #writing #writingcommunity #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

Someone asked if ostracism in my shortfilm fits #solarpunk I borrow from pre-colonial cultures to imagine how communities will handle crime yet there's no government/police using violence/jail in the name of justice.They will use rituals of reconciliation/restorative justice, but if a person is unrepentant/unwilling to pay compensatory fines, they get banished. Help me make this #film

303/2000

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#sff #mutualaid #writing #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt #scifi

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

After today's donations, I'm about 7% funded 2days after I begin seeking your support to make a #solarpunk shortfilm themed on direct democracy, community governance, and self-sustaining villages with all the goodies needed in modern life. I'm excluded from platforms like #kickstarter so I'm counting on you to help spread the word, or give what you can to help me visualize this future🙏

Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…

#creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #mutualaid #sff #writingcommunity #writing #film

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

I'm crowdfunding for my new short film, a #solarpunk story focused on direct democracy, and need your support. I can't do a kickstarter since all such platforms only allow creators from particular countries, excluding mine, yet I really want to imagine a future without capitalism and central governments. There are lots of perks for each $$ you can spare!

73/2000

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Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'm making a new short film, which I'll release on my PeerTube channel. It is a final target practice for a feature film (titled Big Tree) that I intend to shoot next year, themed on direct democracy in a near-future solarpunk world.

^{Dilman Dila}

#WordWeavers Nov 12. Choose a book from the real world that would be a perfect match for your antagonist.

Machiavelli's THE PRINCE, only she does not understand that it's a critique.

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#WordWeavers Nov 11: Describe the mood of your story using colours or sounds.

Dull slightly orange metal. A seemingly endless row of locked doors behind which young people are crying.

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#WordWeavers Nov 10: MC POV: Name one thing you’ve never done but really want to.

She's been crying, but pretty gently. A "good cry." She's sitting next to the creak, away from the farm, thinking about how much longer she figures she needs to stay there.

She smiles and wipes away the tears, a little blubber of laughter escapes her. "I want to take my mom to space," she says.

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#WordWeavers Nov 9: Which community/group (from questions 5 & 7) is stronger? Why?

The anarcho-socialist culture of the arcologies is much much stronger than the murder cult. The murder cult will inevitably burn itself out. Arcology clusters are built to last.

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#WordWeavers 8, How is the MC’s community or group perceived by the people in your world?

Arcologies are the norm of the Greater Cascadian Megalopolis, so she's seen as a typical kid inside that space, but outside of the the GCA, she's an "arcology kid," and they're seen as privileged and a little bit holier-than-thou.

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#WordWeavers Nov 7: What community or group does your MC belong to?

She's a member of a commune of a handful of families, that's housed in an arcology of many thousands: essentially, a small, self-contained town all in one building.

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#WordWeavers Nov 6. How is the antagonist’s community/group perceived by the people in your world?

They hide from the public, working in secret and telling themselves that that makes them heroes.

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#WordWeavers Nov 4: Are you working on one or several projects? What's your preference?

Strictly one at a time. Take good notes about future projects, keep your head down and *finish* what you started.

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#WordWeavers Nov 3: What was your MC's childhood like?

She grew up in an anarcho-syndicalist commune housed inside an arcology embedded in a ecological megalopolis. It was supportive and kind, and she was surrounded by people who cared for her deeply.

And then some asshole abducted her into a paramilitary assassin cult in space.

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