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Gary Ballard, Author
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Indie author of science-fiction cyberpunk series The Bridge Chronicles & Cthulhu Mythos series The Stepping Stone Cycle. https://bridgechronicles.com/ New novel Hiss Whistle Dead coming in December! I also write music, film videos, and photograph things.
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The final stages of production are complete. I'll be releasing the audiobook version of my novel "Hiss, Whistle, Dead" on Audible and the iTunes store before Christmas. It's a great reading by the voiceover artist Frances Leah King. #cyberpunk #audiobook #audible #scifi #mystery
The cover of "Hiss, Whistle, Dead, A Bridge Chronicles Mystery" by Gary Ballard, soon to be released on audiobook.
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Back in September, i took a work trip to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. Here's a couple of shots that stood out from the ones I took that day. #ncrm #nationalcivilrightsmuseum #memphis #nationalcivilrightsmuseummemphis
Exterior of the Lorraine Motel, site of Martin Luther King's Assassination and the National Civil Rights Museum. A striking statue of the police brutality on the Selma march at the National Civil Rights Museum.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Back in August, I had a few hours to take photos at the Memphis Botanic Gardens. It was hot as hell, but I ended up getting a real high percentage of good shots out of the session. This is the group of "non-flower" shots. #mississippiphotographer #photographs #photographer #photography
A bird sculpture set against the blue sky at the Memphis Botanic Garden. A trio of ducks walking up the sidewalk away from me. A sculpture in the Memphis Botanic Garden. Ducks enjoying the pond at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Two versions of one of my favorite pictures taken at The Old Capitol Museum back in June. I couldn't decide which I liked better, so I posted both. #mississippiphotography #mississippiphotographer #photography #blackandwhitephoto #photographer
I sit on the stairs of the Old Capitol Museum in black and white. I sit on the stairs of the Old Capitol Museum in red.
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Sunset looking out over Capitol Street from the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Mississippi from back in June. #mississippiphotographs #mississippi #oldcapitolmuseum #photography #photographer #mississippiphotography
Sunset looking out over Capitol Street from the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Mississippi from back in June. Sunset looking out over Capitol Street from the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Mississippi from back in June. Sunset looking out over Capitol Street from the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Mississippi from back in June.
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Here are some more shots of my wandering around downtown Memphis back in June. #mississippiphotographer #photography #prettypictures #photographer #memphis
The sunlight dapples the buildings in downtown An abandoned bottle of rum - where has all the rum gone? Buildings in Downtown Memphis, TN The Malco Theater in Downtown Memphis, TN
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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A few architectural shots from wandering around downtown Memphis back at the end of June. #mississippiphotographer #photography #photos #memphis #photographer
The Hotel Chisca in Downtown Memphis Nature in Memphis is reclaiming its own. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflection Park sculpture
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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My evening was spent wandering the Mississippi State Fair taking pictures. Just a few that stood out on first review. #mississippistatefair2025 #mississippiphotography #photography #mississippiphotographer
The sun sets in a ring of fire at the Mississippi State Fair. A long view down the strip at the Mississippi State Fair around sunset
October 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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A random band playing at BB King's club on Beale Street, late on a Friday afternoon. Thanks to Chris, the sound guy, for giving me tips about taking pictures around Memphis! #mississippiphotographer #photography #memphis #bealestreet #photographer
The bass player in the groove at B.B. King's Blues Club Memphis A couple cuts a rug to the music at B.B. King's Blues Club Memphis The band plays on at B.B. King's Blues Club Memphis
October 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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An utterly strange place called The Crystal Shrine Grotto in a Memphis cemetery. To me, it's a very odd set of Christian iconography in a bizarre setting. I'm sure it means something to someone. #mississippiphotographer #photography #iconography #landscape #photos #photographer #crystalshinegrotto
The Fountain outside the Crystal Shrine Grotto in Memphis, Tennessee Bizarre lighting, murals and sculptures at the Crystal Shrine Grotto in Memphis, Tennessee Bizarre lighting and sculptures at the Crystal Shrine Grotto in Memphis, Tennessee Bizarre lighting, murals and sculptures at the Crystal Shrine Grotto in Memphis, Tennessee
September 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Looking down Capitol Street towards a gorgeous sunset, taken on Juneteenth at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, MS. #mississippiphotographer #mississippiphotography #photographer #photography
Entering the balcony at the Old Capitol Museum Sunset down Capitol Street from the Old Capitol Museum
August 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Some more photos from my June trip following the Vicksburg campaign. We took a trek up the Hill of Death, the man made cave, and finally the Battlefield Park. #vicksburg #mississippiphotos #mississipiphotographer #photographer #photos
The Illinois Monument at Vicksburg Battlefield Park in Vicksburg, MS. Man made cave life. A trek through the woods to the Hill of Death near Edwards, MS.
August 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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These pictures were taken at the Coker House and Champion Hill near Edwards, MS back in mid-June. #mississippiphotographer #mississippiphotographs #cokerhouse #photography #photographer #blackandwhitephotography
Looking through the front door to the outside world at the Coker House in Edwards, MS A sun dappled grove outside the Coker House in Edwards, MS
July 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I processed a few more pictures from my April trip to Windsor Ruins. #mississippiphotographer #mississippiphotography #photography #photos #photographer #art
The cap of a column at Windsor Ruins set against a blue sky. The caps of multiple columns at Windsor Ruins set against a blue sky.
May 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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An image from Butts Park in Hinds County, MS, from the ruins of the pump house at the Mississippi River Basin Model. #mississippiphotographer #mississippiphotography #photography #photographer #blackandwhitephoto
The ruins of the pump house at the Mississippi River Basin Model
May 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Hard to believe I took these pictures back in November, 2024. A lot of things have happened since then, but I think I got a few good pics out of Downtown Jackson that night. #mississippiphotographer #mississippiphotography #jackson #downtownjacksonms #photography #urbanphotography
Door to the Red Room at Hal and Mal's in Downtown Jackson, MS Capitol Police patrol Downtown Jackson, MS The Depot facing the William F. Winter Building in Downtown Jackson, MS Under the Bridge in Downtown Jackson, MS
May 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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I took a trip to Windsor Ruins (#windsorruinsmississippi ) today. Only had time to process one of the photos, but figured this had a nice vibe to it. #mississippiphotography #mississippiphotographers #photography #photographer
The columns at Windsor Ruins in Mississippi
April 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Here are some more black and whites from my hike in Lefleur's Bluff. I can't believe this was only two weeks ago. Seems a lifetime already. #blackandwhitephotography⚫️⚪️ #mississippiphotography #photography #photographer
The old railroad bridge across the Pearl River. A babbling brook coming off of Mayes Lake.
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Sick of reading the depressing news? Read a depressing #cyberpunk book about grief, identity, and mental health in the cybernetic age! My latest book, Hiss Whistle Dead, is available on Amazon as a Kindle or Paperback. #kindle #eBooks #author #scifi #mystery #novel www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1MLHN7
The Cover of Hiss Whistle Dead, the new Bridge Chronicles mystery novel by Gary A. Ballard
March 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Had another hike at Lefleur's Bluff this weekend and got some decent shots, expressed in black and white here. #photography #mississippiphotographer #photographer #blackandwhite #mississippiphotographs #mississippiphotgraphy
A copse of trees against a blinding sun in black and white. A tree leans precipitously towards the water in black and white. A hand traces the swirls of age and damage to a tree in black and white.
March 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Some more pictures from a photo trip I took to Meridian in October of 2024 from the Downtown area. #blackandwhitephotography #photography #photographer #msphotographer #msphotography #meridianmsphotography #mississippiphotographer
The setting sun strikes the windows of a bank building in Meridian, Mississippi in black and white. The side of the Three Foot Building in Downtown Meridian, Mississippi.
February 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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My latest #cyberpnk novel is Hiss Whistle Dead! Found on Amazon, this is mystery set in the Bridge Chronicles universe, but no prior knowledge of the series is required. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW1MLHN7 #BookSky #author #eBook #scifi #sciencefiction #noir #nearfuture #mystery
February 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Two more images from my hike on the Natchez Trace yesterday. Some of the local trees in various states of being. #mississippiphotographs #mississippiphotgrapher #photography #photos #photographer #nature
The broken remains of a tree split by age or wind, who can tell? It reaches to the dispassionate heavens in vain. A crooked tree in the woods on the Natchez Trace.
February 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Took a short hike today on the Yockanookany Section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail. Along the way, I found an odd memorial site across a fence abutting the trail itself. #natcheztrace #mississippiphotography #mississippiphotographer #photography #odditiesandcuriosities
An odd grave marker/memorial off the Yockanookany Section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail.
February 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Some photos I took at the end of September 2024 in Clinton, MS. #mississippiphotos #mississippiphotographers #clintonms #photography #photos #photgrapher
Under the bridge in Clinton, Mississippi Railroad tracks in Clinton, Mississippi Railroad tracks in Clinton, Mississippi
February 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM