Kate Rauner, Sci-Fi Author
@kate-scifi-author.bsky.social
I explore other worlds, writing science fiction & fantasy. Loved science all my life & scifi too. Find me at favorite online bookstores - Amazon, Apple, B&N and more! https://books2read.com/Kate-Rauner #scifibooklover #sciencefiction #scifi
One winter, the local wild turkeys visited my bird feeder, so I took this picture. None of them appeared on my Thanksgiving table - domestic turkeys get that fate. Happy Holiday! #HappyThanksgiving #birdwatching
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One winter, the local wild turkeys visited my bird feeder, so I took this picture. None of them appeared on my Thanksgiving table - domestic turkeys get that fate. Happy Holiday! #HappyThanksgiving #birdwatching
China’s Shenzhou-20 crew delays return to Earth when craft hit by debris, aka space junk. IRL danger inspired my scifi trilogy Winnie Bravo, Space Pilot, at fav stores books2read.com/LunarBase She's brash reckless &more than a little annoying. Near-future adventures #space #sciencefiction #BookSky
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
China’s Shenzhou-20 crew delays return to Earth when craft hit by debris, aka space junk. IRL danger inspired my scifi trilogy Winnie Bravo, Space Pilot, at fav stores books2read.com/LunarBase She's brash reckless &more than a little annoying. Near-future adventures #space #sciencefiction #BookSky
Some history isn't very old: Nov 2nd marked the 25-year anniversary of the first crew of astronauts reaching the ISS. Since then, not a day has gone by without a human in space. What's next? That's a question science fiction loves to answer, but real-life is coming #nasa #history #space
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm reminded of a Star Wars quote... the movie's still relevant #starwars #moviequotes
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm reminded of a Star Wars quote... the movie's still relevant #starwars #moviequotes
It's a pumpkin time of year: California engineer &gardening enthusiast won top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds ktla.com/news/califor... #halloween
October 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's a pumpkin time of year: California engineer &gardening enthusiast won top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 pounds ktla.com/news/califor... #halloween
Equinox is upon us on Monday, Sep 22, 2025, at 12:19 PM Mountain Time (USA) End of astronomical summer in the northern hemisphere:
The best of the summer gone,
and the new fall not yet born.
The odd uneven time.
- Sylvia Plath www.fogchaser.net
The best of the summer gone,
and the new fall not yet born.
The odd uneven time.
- Sylvia Plath www.fogchaser.net
September 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Equinox is upon us on Monday, Sep 22, 2025, at 12:19 PM Mountain Time (USA) End of astronomical summer in the northern hemisphere:
The best of the summer gone,
and the new fall not yet born.
The odd uneven time.
- Sylvia Plath www.fogchaser.net
The best of the summer gone,
and the new fall not yet born.
The odd uneven time.
- Sylvia Plath www.fogchaser.net
Arrival was very cool... I may be an old fooff, but a tie between old B&W Day the Earth Stood Still & Forbidden Planet. They took themselves seriously in engaging ways without gruesome horror, so I could concentrate on the stories (despite the damsel-in-distress posters) #sciencefiction
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Arrival was very cool... I may be an old fooff, but a tie between old B&W Day the Earth Stood Still & Forbidden Planet. They took themselves seriously in engaging ways without gruesome horror, so I could concentrate on the stories (despite the damsel-in-distress posters) #sciencefiction
Are you from Baltimore? Post your video of walking thru the city- say what street- what time of day- are you safe- is it a nice day? Here on BlueSky sure, but every other platform you visit too. Ask others in Baltimore to do the same. Let's see hundreds of such videos #Baltimore #crime #notcrime
August 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Are you from Baltimore? Post your video of walking thru the city- say what street- what time of day- are you safe- is it a nice day? Here on BlueSky sure, but every other platform you visit too. Ask others in Baltimore to do the same. Let's see hundreds of such videos #Baltimore #crime #notcrime
The spousal unit & I visited Tucson's Desert Museum &Zoo for an open-till-10-pm night, because it gets down to 90 after sunset - even into the 80s! Here I am on right with one of the docents on left. Special activities going on, so they dressed up a bit. Are we a pair of 70s ladies or what? #70s
August 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The spousal unit & I visited Tucson's Desert Museum &Zoo for an open-till-10-pm night, because it gets down to 90 after sunset - even into the 80s! Here I am on right with one of the docents on left. Special activities going on, so they dressed up a bit. Are we a pair of 70s ladies or what? #70s
I see dead people
August 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I see dead people
Now that I've completed my engineering career, I return to my youth with scifi. My realistic scifi series about the first settlement on Mars was so much fun, I'm starting over with a different first settlement on Mars. Until that's complete, travel to Mars with books2read.com/GloryonMars
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Now that I've completed my engineering career, I return to my youth with scifi. My realistic scifi series about the first settlement on Mars was so much fun, I'm starting over with a different first settlement on Mars. Until that's complete, travel to Mars with books2read.com/GloryonMars
August 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
June 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trout Fire chased me out of my home yesterday, one of many evacuees in Grant County, NM. Here's the fire, approaching my home. Thanks to firefighters, police, sheriffs... and looks like National Guard running the road blocks - helping us. Cross your fingers for me #wildfire
June 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trout Fire chased me out of my home yesterday, one of many evacuees in Grant County, NM. Here's the fire, approaching my home. Thanks to firefighters, police, sheriffs... and looks like National Guard running the road blocks - helping us. Cross your fingers for me #wildfire
May 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"The peplum is a fantasy genre [often Italian film] celebrating musclebound masculinity in heroic action in distant prehistorical, pre-industrialized past, &often in unidentifiable countries." And I thought it was a flounce at the hips 😄
May 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"The peplum is a fantasy genre [often Italian film] celebrating musclebound masculinity in heroic action in distant prehistorical, pre-industrialized past, &often in unidentifiable countries." And I thought it was a flounce at the hips 😄
Walmart on-line carries some of my paperback books. I almost feel famous 😊 Try Lunar Base: a junior pilot, brash & reckless. Being cantankerous may get her killed. Or worse, fired www.walmart.com/ip/Winnie-Br... #sciencefiction #BookSky
May 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Walmart on-line carries some of my paperback books. I almost feel famous 😊 Try Lunar Base: a junior pilot, brash & reckless. Being cantankerous may get her killed. Or worse, fired www.walmart.com/ip/Winnie-Br... #sciencefiction #BookSky
I just saw this from American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, by the hand of divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” #humanrights #American
May 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I just saw this from American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, by the hand of divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” #humanrights #American
Graduates. Please don't release helium balloons. I pick up their sad deflated remnants on hiking trails & tangled in brush. Animals may eat the colorful shreds & get sick. That's not what you intend. Celebrate. You deserve a party. Then dispose of balloons properly. Congratulations! 👨🎓 #graduation
May 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Graduates. Please don't release helium balloons. I pick up their sad deflated remnants on hiking trails & tangled in brush. Animals may eat the colorful shreds & get sick. That's not what you intend. Celebrate. You deserve a party. Then dispose of balloons properly. Congratulations! 👨🎓 #graduation
Summer event season begins in my little mountain town of Silver City New Mexico. ‘Give Grandly’ fills Gough Park Saturday May 3 with vendors, food, live music, favorite non-profits, Farmers Marker, & Makers Market where you’ll find me 🙂 & my paperbacks 📚 #festival #craftfairs #scifi #BookSky
May 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Summer event season begins in my little mountain town of Silver City New Mexico. ‘Give Grandly’ fills Gough Park Saturday May 3 with vendors, food, live music, favorite non-profits, Farmers Marker, & Makers Market where you’ll find me 🙂 & my paperbacks 📚 #festival #craftfairs #scifi #BookSky
