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Marc Criley
@marcc.bsky.social
I write short stories & drabbles, am a member of Codex and SFWA, carry on about Alabama (especially Huntsville), Fossils, metal detecting, some ill-mannered feline co-residents, and genealogy from my perch on #CedarGapMtn.

https://kickin-the-darkness.com/
Anyone who sees this, show me your lock screen
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Faint auroral glow visible high in the sky over north Alabama!
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours...

You can go from one end of the solar system to the other, but there's no feeling like being out with the family in "Sun-Dappled Sheets of Methane Rain."

futurefire.net/2024.69/fict...
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Earliest date I recall seeing snow flurries in north Alabama.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Seems like a good time to post this drabble of mine from a couple years ago.

"Reset Alternative"

themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2023/08/07/r...
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Yes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Gonna be a cold one in Alabama tonight (and tomorrow), so it's paprikash and a homemade loaf of bacon/cheddar bread for dinner! I ❤️ my wife!
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Dabbin' Sammy

#BlackCatSunday
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Covering up the marigolds for the next two nights to help maintain some bee food after this cold snap passes.
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Spiral-cat.

#BlackCatSunday
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Tonight is pre-cooling, tomorrow night Alabama drops into the deep freeze.
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Submitted for your approval: A man collapses in the Oval Office. White house staffers & aides elevate his legs, render aid.

"While this drama unfolds the President, oblivious, stands and stares into the distance.

"For this president, one Donald John Trump, now resides in...the Sundowner Zone."
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Fall colors in north Alabama tend to be variations of "drab". But this year happily seems to be a bit of an exception.

#AlabamaAutumn
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So @vanessafogg.bsky.social's "House Of Illusionists" dropped into my mailbox yesterday while I was out of town.

It's on the top of my To-Be-Read pile, so the boys are safeguarding it in the interim.

#CritterDays
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Orion, Taurus, and the Pleiades rising.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Interesting launch window you got there.

"fall back"
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Jesus: For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. -- Matthew 25:35
November 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Too Easy.

Every. Damn. Year.
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Chuffed to see that my rural Minnesota hometown had its own "No Kings" rally, at which over a hundred protesters turned up!
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reading the "50 Years Ago" clippings from my hometown newspaper:

"The Beroun bunch returned from the moose country Monday night with a fine 1,000 pound bull moose. Hats off to the lucky hunters, namely the two Dicks, Ernie and Vern."

Yeah, them.
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Feeding the bees! 🐝
October 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A rare photo of all three boys in the same vicinity. Chilly morning in Alabama (down to 41), so any sunbeam in a chill.

#CatMonday
October 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hey! I'm in yesterday's news report about the No Kings protest in Huntsville!
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Huntsville Alabama No Kings:

The Trump Dumpster Fire

via www.reddit.com/r/Huntsville...
October 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Huntsville (that's in Alabama, y'all) has Turned! Out! for No Kings!
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM