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Paul Dixon
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By day: Mild-mannered climate geek working to decarbonize the power grid.
By night: SF&F Author of Carpathians and more!

Links:
Owlskirk: https://a.co/d/5DE3Nq8
Carpathians: https://a.co/d/6lYc08V
Starfall: https://a.co/d/hR5yHbL
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Paul Dixon @pauldixon.bsky.social · May 15
From Sunfall, which is available at last! This completes the Ethereal Cycle. It began as a pandemic project, a way to write down the stories my daughter and I told walking in the woods.

Now it's a finished trilogy. Wild.

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Vibes today. From Carpathians II. Lunchtime marooned on an alien moon...

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November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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From Carpathians II. Feyis, telling stories again...

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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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This is from Carpathians II, as promised. Kester doing Kester things, math and brooding mostly.

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November 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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From Carpathians II - start of chapter 7, the reappearance of the ever-popular Feyis...

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November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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From Carpathians, as no great instances of "movement" thus far in the sequel. Not sure what that means exactly. Hopefully, it's not that thing where the characters just stand around talking to each other all the time. You know what I mean...

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November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Okay #WIPSnips - you're making me reach deep into the bag for this one! This is from Return to Moreau, which is a novella included in the Owlskirk collection.

P.S. This did make me think of Philip K. Dick's "The Penultimate Truth", which I recommend..

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November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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More from our good friend Dr. Herecic. This is the start of Chapter 21 (!) - the first draft of Carpathians 2 rumbles along...

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November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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From Carpathians II. For those of you familiar, yup this is our old friend Dr. Herecic, back and with his own POV in the sequel. Which should be... interesting.

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November 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Okay, I promised as much from the Carpathians sequel as I could, so here we go. That said, without context, these snippets may make less sense than ever...

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November 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Little late with this one. From Sunfall. Feliz Dia de los Muertos! (All Saints Day here in Spain)

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November 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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As promised, turning to Carpathians II! Will try to post as much as I can from the sequel going forward, which is very much in progress.

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October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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From Sunfall (I mean - "spell"? How can I not?)

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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Vibes today, from Sunfall. This series definitely gets a little more adult as it goes, once the parents get involved...

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October 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Cap for hat. From Carpathians. Two days out! And then I promise - as much from the sequel as I can from here on out...

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October 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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"Gamble" for "lottery" today. Three days left until release!

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October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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So very close. Four days to go! This from Carpathians, Ian getting lectured to by his commanding officer. No spoilers, but she might show up in the sequel...

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October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Gradient - can do! From Carpathians. Five days till launch (and then it'll be all sequel, all the time. Hopefully.)

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October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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From Carpathians. Six days until release! Author copies winging their way to me even as we speak, although as I have relocated to Spain, they're going to have a little farther to go...

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October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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From Carpathians - one week to go!

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October 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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First draft from a chapter of the Carpathians sequel I just finished.

If you read the original, this is Kester's fiancee, who seems destined for POV status here in book two...

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October 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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From Moonfall today. Carpathians countdown will resume tomorrow.

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October 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Well okay, just because loaf is so oddly specific, throwing it back to Starfall, all the way to chapter 1 today.

Carpathians countdown will resume tomorrow at regularly scheduled time!

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October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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From Carpathians. T minus twelve!

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October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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From Carpathians. 13 days to go!

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October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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From Carpathians, near the end. Spoilerish, I suppose, slightly.

14 days till release!

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October 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM