Daniel Gower
@sirequinox.bsky.social
Freelance writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Mostly science fiction. amazon.com/author/equinoxcreations
The universe does what the universe does. The universe universes.
The universe does what the universe does. The universe universes.
I just finished reading ALAS, BABYLON by Pat Frank and I must say that after more than sixty years it still holds up. The very beginning is a little slow and there is a bizarre switch in main viewpoint character early on, but the story still packs a wallop.
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I just finished reading ALAS, BABYLON by Pat Frank and I must say that after more than sixty years it still holds up. The very beginning is a little slow and there is a bizarre switch in main viewpoint character early on, but the story still packs a wallop.
For some reason the premise of PLURIBUS--a genetic structure transmitted to Earth by an alien race--gave me a sense of deja vu.
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
For some reason the premise of PLURIBUS--a genetic structure transmitted to Earth by an alien race--gave me a sense of deja vu.
BEASTLY
It came shambling out of the east
The terrible awful horrendous beast
Upon the people it began to feast
Exhibiting no mercy in the least
One man went forth the thing to slay
A lowly peasant whose name was Ray
In no time him the beast did flay
And continues its slaughter to this day
It came shambling out of the east
The terrible awful horrendous beast
Upon the people it began to feast
Exhibiting no mercy in the least
One man went forth the thing to slay
A lowly peasant whose name was Ray
In no time him the beast did flay
And continues its slaughter to this day
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
BEASTLY
It came shambling out of the east
The terrible awful horrendous beast
Upon the people it began to feast
Exhibiting no mercy in the least
One man went forth the thing to slay
A lowly peasant whose name was Ray
In no time him the beast did flay
And continues its slaughter to this day
It came shambling out of the east
The terrible awful horrendous beast
Upon the people it began to feast
Exhibiting no mercy in the least
One man went forth the thing to slay
A lowly peasant whose name was Ray
In no time him the beast did flay
And continues its slaughter to this day
PICKMAN'S MOTEL
Of accommodations it's the finest
Place in Arkham to stop and rest
Though the staff's looks are unusual
Pale and gaunt like that of a ghoul
Checking in is pleasant and nice
Checking out you will do twice
Once when you die in your room
Then your corpse the staff doth consume
Of accommodations it's the finest
Place in Arkham to stop and rest
Though the staff's looks are unusual
Pale and gaunt like that of a ghoul
Checking in is pleasant and nice
Checking out you will do twice
Once when you die in your room
Then your corpse the staff doth consume
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
PICKMAN'S MOTEL
Of accommodations it's the finest
Place in Arkham to stop and rest
Though the staff's looks are unusual
Pale and gaunt like that of a ghoul
Checking in is pleasant and nice
Checking out you will do twice
Once when you die in your room
Then your corpse the staff doth consume
Of accommodations it's the finest
Place in Arkham to stop and rest
Though the staff's looks are unusual
Pale and gaunt like that of a ghoul
Checking in is pleasant and nice
Checking out you will do twice
Once when you die in your room
Then your corpse the staff doth consume
Here is my Halloween card for this year:
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Here is my Halloween card for this year:
DRAGON POUND
I decided I wanted to take on
The care and feeding of a dragon
To the local pound I went and shopped
Picked out a young drake to adopt
Soon however my temper was seething
It turned out to be fire-breathing
To refuse its return the pound chose
Said to line my house with asbestos
I decided I wanted to take on
The care and feeding of a dragon
To the local pound I went and shopped
Picked out a young drake to adopt
Soon however my temper was seething
It turned out to be fire-breathing
To refuse its return the pound chose
Said to line my house with asbestos
October 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
DRAGON POUND
I decided I wanted to take on
The care and feeding of a dragon
To the local pound I went and shopped
Picked out a young drake to adopt
Soon however my temper was seething
It turned out to be fire-breathing
To refuse its return the pound chose
Said to line my house with asbestos
I decided I wanted to take on
The care and feeding of a dragon
To the local pound I went and shopped
Picked out a young drake to adopt
Soon however my temper was seething
It turned out to be fire-breathing
To refuse its return the pound chose
Said to line my house with asbestos
INFINITAL
A new kind of drug was invented
Its dangers were well-documented
Taking it there's a chance you might
Lose yourself forever in the infinite
Your mind adrift in space endless
Alone in all the cosmic vastness
The one thing you don't want to do
Is have everything become clear to you
A new kind of drug was invented
Its dangers were well-documented
Taking it there's a chance you might
Lose yourself forever in the infinite
Your mind adrift in space endless
Alone in all the cosmic vastness
The one thing you don't want to do
Is have everything become clear to you
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
INFINITAL
A new kind of drug was invented
Its dangers were well-documented
Taking it there's a chance you might
Lose yourself forever in the infinite
Your mind adrift in space endless
Alone in all the cosmic vastness
The one thing you don't want to do
Is have everything become clear to you
A new kind of drug was invented
Its dangers were well-documented
Taking it there's a chance you might
Lose yourself forever in the infinite
Your mind adrift in space endless
Alone in all the cosmic vastness
The one thing you don't want to do
Is have everything become clear to you
WHOM GOURDS DESTROY
It was Dr. Beck's experiment
Carried out without bad intent
To make pumpkins intelligent
Render them capable of movement
Too late he realized his mistake
In his shoes he did quake
The orange monsters him did take
And impaled him upon a stake
It was Dr. Beck's experiment
Carried out without bad intent
To make pumpkins intelligent
Render them capable of movement
Too late he realized his mistake
In his shoes he did quake
The orange monsters him did take
And impaled him upon a stake
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
WHOM GOURDS DESTROY
It was Dr. Beck's experiment
Carried out without bad intent
To make pumpkins intelligent
Render them capable of movement
Too late he realized his mistake
In his shoes he did quake
The orange monsters him did take
And impaled him upon a stake
It was Dr. Beck's experiment
Carried out without bad intent
To make pumpkins intelligent
Render them capable of movement
Too late he realized his mistake
In his shoes he did quake
The orange monsters him did take
And impaled him upon a stake
The movie STARSHIP TROOPERS has some problems, but I really like Clancy Brown's performance as the callous drill sergeant Zim. He plays it very matter-of-factly, which makes it simultaneously hilarious, horrifying, and realistic. The actor fully understood the assignment.
September 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The movie STARSHIP TROOPERS has some problems, but I really like Clancy Brown's performance as the callous drill sergeant Zim. He plays it very matter-of-factly, which makes it simultaneously hilarious, horrifying, and realistic. The actor fully understood the assignment.
BODILY FLUID
Joe had a unique ability
Turning his body to fluidity
Becoming a totally liquid self
Slept in a can upon a shelf
He found out he had a foe
An archvillain named Mr. Glow
His power was generating heat
Dried up Joe in utter defeat
Joe had a unique ability
Turning his body to fluidity
Becoming a totally liquid self
Slept in a can upon a shelf
He found out he had a foe
An archvillain named Mr. Glow
His power was generating heat
Dried up Joe in utter defeat
September 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BODILY FLUID
Joe had a unique ability
Turning his body to fluidity
Becoming a totally liquid self
Slept in a can upon a shelf
He found out he had a foe
An archvillain named Mr. Glow
His power was generating heat
Dried up Joe in utter defeat
Joe had a unique ability
Turning his body to fluidity
Becoming a totally liquid self
Slept in a can upon a shelf
He found out he had a foe
An archvillain named Mr. Glow
His power was generating heat
Dried up Joe in utter defeat
Someday we will meet aliens who are from the planet Treligos, which they will tell us means "Home of the Valiant Survivors." They will ask us what planet we are from. We will say "We are from Earth" and they will ask us what Earth means. And we will have to answer "Dirt."
August 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Someday we will meet aliens who are from the planet Treligos, which they will tell us means "Home of the Valiant Survivors." They will ask us what planet we are from. We will say "We are from Earth" and they will ask us what Earth means. And we will have to answer "Dirt."
BURNING MOON
A meteor struck Clavius Crater
The dire effects showed up later
Our moon began burning bright
Became a second sun in the night
Caused by alien nanotechnology
It generated more than luminosity
Heat also blazed down on Earth
Of life on the planet there was soon a dearth
A meteor struck Clavius Crater
The dire effects showed up later
Our moon began burning bright
Became a second sun in the night
Caused by alien nanotechnology
It generated more than luminosity
Heat also blazed down on Earth
Of life on the planet there was soon a dearth
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BURNING MOON
A meteor struck Clavius Crater
The dire effects showed up later
Our moon began burning bright
Became a second sun in the night
Caused by alien nanotechnology
It generated more than luminosity
Heat also blazed down on Earth
Of life on the planet there was soon a dearth
A meteor struck Clavius Crater
The dire effects showed up later
Our moon began burning bright
Became a second sun in the night
Caused by alien nanotechnology
It generated more than luminosity
Heat also blazed down on Earth
Of life on the planet there was soon a dearth
I really think people should reconsider using "Hive Mind" as a positive term to refer to people on this platform. It has really negative connotations of lack of individuality and people not thinking for themselves, of collectives marching mindlessly in unison.
July 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really think people should reconsider using "Hive Mind" as a positive term to refer to people on this platform. It has really negative connotations of lack of individuality and people not thinking for themselves, of collectives marching mindlessly in unison.
SPECIMEN X
We began to study Specimen X
An alien creature which had no sex
No sign of how it could breed
Which is a basic biological need
I figured out this living anomaly
Seems it procreated transtemporally
Forward in time itself did clone
Was ancestor and child all in one
We began to study Specimen X
An alien creature which had no sex
No sign of how it could breed
Which is a basic biological need
I figured out this living anomaly
Seems it procreated transtemporally
Forward in time itself did clone
Was ancestor and child all in one
July 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
SPECIMEN X
We began to study Specimen X
An alien creature which had no sex
No sign of how it could breed
Which is a basic biological need
I figured out this living anomaly
Seems it procreated transtemporally
Forward in time itself did clone
Was ancestor and child all in one
We began to study Specimen X
An alien creature which had no sex
No sign of how it could breed
Which is a basic biological need
I figured out this living anomaly
Seems it procreated transtemporally
Forward in time itself did clone
Was ancestor and child all in one
LEPTON TEA
I drank a cup of lepton tea
It changed me constitutionally
My quantum state it energized
Made me feel revitalized
Cosmic vistas opened to me
The subatomic world I did see
Wished I this perception would last
But the effects eventually passed
I drank a cup of lepton tea
It changed me constitutionally
My quantum state it energized
Made me feel revitalized
Cosmic vistas opened to me
The subatomic world I did see
Wished I this perception would last
But the effects eventually passed
July 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
LEPTON TEA
I drank a cup of lepton tea
It changed me constitutionally
My quantum state it energized
Made me feel revitalized
Cosmic vistas opened to me
The subatomic world I did see
Wished I this perception would last
But the effects eventually passed
I drank a cup of lepton tea
It changed me constitutionally
My quantum state it energized
Made me feel revitalized
Cosmic vistas opened to me
The subatomic world I did see
Wished I this perception would last
But the effects eventually passed
WINDWORLD
Our ship crashed on Procyon Four
Where high winds constantly roar
Quickly the damage we sought to repair
As the wind's howling was hard to bear
We had to work on the outer hull
Of native beasts we weren't fearful
A howl was heard outside the hatch
Its source with claws us did catch
Our ship crashed on Procyon Four
Where high winds constantly roar
Quickly the damage we sought to repair
As the wind's howling was hard to bear
We had to work on the outer hull
Of native beasts we weren't fearful
A howl was heard outside the hatch
Its source with claws us did catch
July 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
WINDWORLD
Our ship crashed on Procyon Four
Where high winds constantly roar
Quickly the damage we sought to repair
As the wind's howling was hard to bear
We had to work on the outer hull
Of native beasts we weren't fearful
A howl was heard outside the hatch
Its source with claws us did catch
Our ship crashed on Procyon Four
Where high winds constantly roar
Quickly the damage we sought to repair
As the wind's howling was hard to bear
We had to work on the outer hull
Of native beasts we weren't fearful
A howl was heard outside the hatch
Its source with claws us did catch
GALAXY BRAIN
Talking to the Galaxy Brain
Caused me terrible mental strain
I visited his star-sized palace
Located deep in Cerebral Space
Awed by his Great Gray Matter
No time had I for idle chatter
Asked if humans had significance
He told me there was not a chance
Talking to the Galaxy Brain
Caused me terrible mental strain
I visited his star-sized palace
Located deep in Cerebral Space
Awed by his Great Gray Matter
No time had I for idle chatter
Asked if humans had significance
He told me there was not a chance
July 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
GALAXY BRAIN
Talking to the Galaxy Brain
Caused me terrible mental strain
I visited his star-sized palace
Located deep in Cerebral Space
Awed by his Great Gray Matter
No time had I for idle chatter
Asked if humans had significance
He told me there was not a chance
Talking to the Galaxy Brain
Caused me terrible mental strain
I visited his star-sized palace
Located deep in Cerebral Space
Awed by his Great Gray Matter
No time had I for idle chatter
Asked if humans had significance
He told me there was not a chance
AUNT IQUITY
A fun aunt if a bit strange
Over the years she didn't change
Showed no signs of any age
Time her fair skin did not ravage
One day I asked her about it
She said since I was her favorite
Honestly would she answer me
And share her secret of immortality
A fun aunt if a bit strange
Over the years she didn't change
Showed no signs of any age
Time her fair skin did not ravage
One day I asked her about it
She said since I was her favorite
Honestly would she answer me
And share her secret of immortality
July 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
AUNT IQUITY
A fun aunt if a bit strange
Over the years she didn't change
Showed no signs of any age
Time her fair skin did not ravage
One day I asked her about it
She said since I was her favorite
Honestly would she answer me
And share her secret of immortality
A fun aunt if a bit strange
Over the years she didn't change
Showed no signs of any age
Time her fair skin did not ravage
One day I asked her about it
She said since I was her favorite
Honestly would she answer me
And share her secret of immortality
OMEGOTH
Billy Shade wore dark attire
Poe and Rimbaud he did admire
Painted black his eyes and lips
One day woke up to the Apocalypse
Raised a glass of absinthe in salutation
To the worldwide devastation
Besides him some normies did live
Them grim guidance he resolved to give
Billy Shade wore dark attire
Poe and Rimbaud he did admire
Painted black his eyes and lips
One day woke up to the Apocalypse
Raised a glass of absinthe in salutation
To the worldwide devastation
Besides him some normies did live
Them grim guidance he resolved to give
July 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
OMEGOTH
Billy Shade wore dark attire
Poe and Rimbaud he did admire
Painted black his eyes and lips
One day woke up to the Apocalypse
Raised a glass of absinthe in salutation
To the worldwide devastation
Besides him some normies did live
Them grim guidance he resolved to give
Billy Shade wore dark attire
Poe and Rimbaud he did admire
Painted black his eyes and lips
One day woke up to the Apocalypse
Raised a glass of absinthe in salutation
To the worldwide devastation
Besides him some normies did live
Them grim guidance he resolved to give
SURREAL KILLER
He modeled his first fatality
In the style of Salvador Dali
With melting flesh and runny eyes
And black lips painted on her thighs
His next corpse was peeled a la Escher
Inspired by Bosch was his last murder
Like a hybrid monster from his art
Of which the killer's body was a part
He modeled his first fatality
In the style of Salvador Dali
With melting flesh and runny eyes
And black lips painted on her thighs
His next corpse was peeled a la Escher
Inspired by Bosch was his last murder
Like a hybrid monster from his art
Of which the killer's body was a part
July 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
SURREAL KILLER
He modeled his first fatality
In the style of Salvador Dali
With melting flesh and runny eyes
And black lips painted on her thighs
His next corpse was peeled a la Escher
Inspired by Bosch was his last murder
Like a hybrid monster from his art
Of which the killer's body was a part
He modeled his first fatality
In the style of Salvador Dali
With melting flesh and runny eyes
And black lips painted on her thighs
His next corpse was peeled a la Escher
Inspired by Bosch was his last murder
Like a hybrid monster from his art
Of which the killer's body was a part
There are various perspectives on science fiction, but I think of it primarily as a literature of ideas. Yes, character, storytelling, and quality of writing are important, but it is the intelligent and thought-provoking ideas, the bold speculation, the sense of wonder, which define it as a genre.
July 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There are various perspectives on science fiction, but I think of it primarily as a literature of ideas. Yes, character, storytelling, and quality of writing are important, but it is the intelligent and thought-provoking ideas, the bold speculation, the sense of wonder, which define it as a genre.
I just watched the trailer for "Project Hail Mary" and I gotta say it looks encouraging. Maybe they won't screw this up.
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I just watched the trailer for "Project Hail Mary" and I gotta say it looks encouraging. Maybe they won't screw this up.