R. David King
@rdavidking.bsky.social
Scifi writer unashamedly looking for fans. Author of The Index of Alkeme & Nanomech. Space opera, pulp adventure, dieselpunk fan. Regulated by caffeine and music. Plays bass like Lister plays guitar. Linguaphile. Microserf.
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R. David King
@rdavidking.bsky.social
· Dec 1
I've been here a few days now. Got some followers. Followed some people. Had some nice interactions with civilized folks. I hear self-promotion is OK in the Sky, so here are my Self-Published novels that you can pick up for pennies...
www.amazon.com/Index-Alkeme...
www.amazon.com/Nanomech-R-D...
www.amazon.com/Index-Alkeme...
www.amazon.com/Nanomech-R-D...
Found out about gumroad just today. Kid wonders if Dad's been living under a rock. Books have been secured there for the public to enjoy.
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/IndexOfAlk...
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Nanomech
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Generation...
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/IndexOfAlk...
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Nanomech
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Generation...
The Index of Alkeme
When thieves attempt to steal a mysterious package from Forthwick University, Addison does the unthinkable—he takes it himself and is propelled on an adventure of a lifetime across a world of steam an...
rdavidking.gumroad.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Found out about gumroad just today. Kid wonders if Dad's been living under a rock. Books have been secured there for the public to enjoy.
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/IndexOfAlk...
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Nanomech
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Generation...
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/IndexOfAlk...
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Nanomech
rdavidking.gumroad.com/l/Generation...
Just one question now that Andor season 2 is done: is Porko related to Porkins? Or is it the same person? Porko Porkins. Or is Porkins a nickname for Porko or vice versa?
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Just one question now that Andor season 2 is done: is Porko related to Porkins? Or is it the same person? Porko Porkins. Or is Porkins a nickname for Porko or vice versa?
I needed that laugh today. Thank you, sir!
Lately, whenever I see my German neighbour before midday he just greets me with “Morgen.”
Turns out for Lent he decided to go guten free
Turns out for Lent he decided to go guten free
March 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I needed that laugh today. Thank you, sir!
The people in that study never met my daughters.
March 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The people in that study never met my daughters.
Battlestar Galactica: The Power of Nostalgia
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Power of Cheese
Babylon 5: Either the power of the Vorlons or the Shadows...
Firefly: The Power of the 'Verse.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Power of Cheese
Babylon 5: Either the power of the Vorlons or the Shadows...
Firefly: The Power of the 'Verse.
Star Wars: The Power of the Force
Star Trek: The Power of Science
Stargate: The Power of the US Military Industrial Complex
Star Trek: The Power of Science
Stargate: The Power of the US Military Industrial Complex
March 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Battlestar Galactica: The Power of Nostalgia
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Power of Cheese
Babylon 5: Either the power of the Vorlons or the Shadows...
Firefly: The Power of the 'Verse.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Power of Cheese
Babylon 5: Either the power of the Vorlons or the Shadows...
Firefly: The Power of the 'Verse.
Haha! Where I live in the Seattle area, "Teriyaki" restaurants are on every corner, and they all serve Chicken Katsu...and while I take what I can get..I dream of that summer in Tokyo when a plate of Katsudon and I fell madly in love. Then I ate it.
My boss at work (40s, married, male) is an idiot. He can do his job, but he is an idiot. Yesterday, while working overtime, he was eating pork loin cutlet on katsudon for dinner and mumbling,
"I wonder what part of chicken this pork loin is?"
His question is forever unanswered.
"I wonder what part of chicken this pork loin is?"
His question is forever unanswered.
March 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Haha! Where I live in the Seattle area, "Teriyaki" restaurants are on every corner, and they all serve Chicken Katsu...and while I take what I can get..I dream of that summer in Tokyo when a plate of Katsudon and I fell madly in love. Then I ate it.
I had no clue. But damn, I'm heading to 711 right now.
This rocks from first to last frame.
See if you can figure out what this ad from 1984 is selling before the reveal…
March 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I had no clue. But damn, I'm heading to 711 right now.
Fellow indie authors...KDP, Draft2Digital, DriveThruFiction, Google play, itch.io, where else to self-publish?
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March 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Fellow indie authors...KDP, Draft2Digital, DriveThruFiction, Google play, itch.io, where else to self-publish?
Shai Hulud? Is that you?
March 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Shai Hulud? Is that you?
He's an idiot! Which one, you ask? Pick either of the two.
March 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
He's an idiot! Which one, you ask? Pick either of the two.
The noticeable effects of working from home.
My daughter this morning: "Are you taller or are you just wearing jeans?"
My daughter this morning: "Are you taller or are you just wearing jeans?"
February 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The noticeable effects of working from home.
My daughter this morning: "Are you taller or are you just wearing jeans?"
My daughter this morning: "Are you taller or are you just wearing jeans?"
Hey! Watch that Level I BASIC language...
Laughs in TRS-80
Proud to be an Elder Geek. 👵🏻 ❤️❤️❤️ @microsoft.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hey! Watch that Level I BASIC language...
Here bot, bot! I have some personal information for you!
*Finger hovers over block button*
*Finger hovers over block button*
February 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Here bot, bot! I have some personal information for you!
*Finger hovers over block button*
*Finger hovers over block button*
But wait...my father was a nuclear physicist who worked on contracts at various reactors throughout the country...so I guess that makes him a freelance nuclear physicist!
Instant recipe for "WTF" hilarity and/or creepiness: take a very serious occupation and add "freelance" in front of it. 😈
Freelance pharmacist.
Freelance nuclear physicist.
Freelance brain surgeon.
Freelance pharmacist.
Freelance nuclear physicist.
Freelance brain surgeon.
January 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
But wait...my father was a nuclear physicist who worked on contracts at various reactors throughout the country...so I guess that makes him a freelance nuclear physicist!
Is that what you were doing? I thought you were just choking on a chicken bone!
Neighbor heard me in the garden at 3am practicing my evil cackle. Difficult to come back from that one
January 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Is that what you were doing? I thought you were just choking on a chicken bone!
I'm going to be on bluesky a lot more now. I'm sorry to report I lost my job at the spaghetti factory. Just couldn't get the hang of the pasta cutting machine.
January 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I'm going to be on bluesky a lot more now. I'm sorry to report I lost my job at the spaghetti factory. Just couldn't get the hang of the pasta cutting machine.
Those keyboards and dials! They bring back such vivid tactile memories.
I wish I could post from this machine instead of my normal computer....or at least build a modern one inside a shell like this.
January 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Those keyboards and dials! They bring back such vivid tactile memories.
Indie authors, a question for you. Where do you publish besides KDP?
January 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Indie authors, a question for you. Where do you publish besides KDP?
To celebrate discovering you can publish indie books on itch.io, I've made my books Nanomech and The Index of Alkeme available as a bundle for the week. itch.io/s/146551/r-d...
Download the latest indie games
itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...
itch.io
January 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
To celebrate discovering you can publish indie books on itch.io, I've made my books Nanomech and The Index of Alkeme available as a bundle for the week. itch.io/s/146551/r-d...
"It's an action adventure reminiscent of Indiana Jones and Relic Hunter, with a dash of James Bond thrown in. It's also got elements of steampunk and dieselpunk."
-Goodreads review
Read it if you dare...
www.amazon.com/Index-Alkeme...
-Goodreads review
Read it if you dare...
www.amazon.com/Index-Alkeme...
The Index of Alkeme
The Index of Alkeme - Kindle edition by King, R. David. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Index of Alkeme.
www.amazon.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"It's an action adventure reminiscent of Indiana Jones and Relic Hunter, with a dash of James Bond thrown in. It's also got elements of steampunk and dieselpunk."
-Goodreads review
Read it if you dare...
www.amazon.com/Index-Alkeme...
-Goodreads review
Read it if you dare...
www.amazon.com/Index-Alkeme...
And if you don't want a kid, a dog is a great substitute.
Tired of pooping in solitude? Have a kid.
January 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And if you don't want a kid, a dog is a great substitute.
Reposted by R. David King
I know I joke a lot on here, but on a serious note,
I need everyone to wish me luck. I have a meeting
at the bank later and if it's a success, I will be out
of debt and own everything I have now. I'm so
excited I can barely put on my ski mask.
I need everyone to wish me luck. I have a meeting
at the bank later and if it's a success, I will be out
of debt and own everything I have now. I'm so
excited I can barely put on my ski mask.
January 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I know I joke a lot on here, but on a serious note,
I need everyone to wish me luck. I have a meeting
at the bank later and if it's a success, I will be out
of debt and own everything I have now. I'm so
excited I can barely put on my ski mask.
I need everyone to wish me luck. I have a meeting
at the bank later and if it's a success, I will be out
of debt and own everything I have now. I'm so
excited I can barely put on my ski mask.
Hear! Hear! Did reading that tale make you happyk? Were you edified or fulfilled, or just plain entertained in some way? Or did you get caught up on inconsequential details and let them ruin your experience? We can all stand to be a bit less critical these days, I think.
I really want more writers to embrace “I don’t know.” You don’t have to know how all of your mythology perfectly fits. You don’t need to know how the magic works or how the lore all connects.
Sometimes fantasy stories are just isolated little fables, best understood by the heart, not the head.
Sometimes fantasy stories are just isolated little fables, best understood by the heart, not the head.
January 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Hear! Hear! Did reading that tale make you happyk? Were you edified or fulfilled, or just plain entertained in some way? Or did you get caught up on inconsequential details and let them ruin your experience? We can all stand to be a bit less critical these days, I think.
Well, apparently not if you're a deep-sleeper agent on Mars.
Zs and Alphas: there used to be a whole genre of fiction, where the first act was the main character going to his stable, lucrative job, eating well, returning to his spacious home and loving, beautiful family, and then he has a crisis from how perfect it all was.
"Is this ALL THERE IS to life?"
"Is this ALL THERE IS to life?"
January 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Well, apparently not if you're a deep-sleeper agent on Mars.