Category: Art
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Starslum: Respawn Kickoff
In the Starslum space station, reincarnation is sold as spectacle while rebellion brews in the slums. In the Respawn Kickoff episode, a teenager reborn through the lottery discovers he is one of the Founders—no ordinary Founder, but Slumborn. From that revelation, the saga spirals into a dystopian labyrinth of bureaucratic absurdity, where four unlikely companions…
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Starslum
A Space Saga of Rebirth, Rebellion, and a Forgotten City What if reincarnation wasn’t a miracle but a spectacle? What if rebellion brewed not in palaces but in slums, and the true future of a space city lay buried beneath its foundations? Starslum is my answer to those questions — a mythic sci‑fi saga that…
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Two Utopias: Star Trek’s Post-Scarcity Abundance vs. Nureeva and Tangora’s Post-Egalitarian Justice
Contemporary speculative fiction offers fertile ground for examining competing visions of utopia—each reflecting distinct philosophical, economic, and cultural assumptions. Here two such frameworks are explored: the post-scarcity paradigm exemplified by Star Trek, and the post-egalitarian philosophy of Tangorism, as articulated by Akumoh and Hyzoria in Adeerus Ghayan’s Nureeva and Tangora. While Star Trek imagines a…
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ShortCut Wedding Shows Even One-Dimensional Mary Sues and Gary Stus Can Entertain
I’m completely at ease crafting one-dimensional Mary Sues and Gary Stus, simply because they’re the easiest characters to write. But that ease comes with a hidden cost. It doesn’t reduce the overall workload—it just shifts it. Because when your characters lack depth, the plot has to carry everything. Every scene, every page needs to be…
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Why Nureeva and Tangora Isn’t Harry Potter and Why Everyone Enjoys It?
Let’s start with Harry Potter—and why I’ve never connected with it. No, it’s not because of politics or worldview. As both a reader and a writer, I find the “Chosen One” trope inherently limiting: it places narrative weight on destiny rather than earned growth, often sidelining the complexity of character development. Sympathy built through orphanhood…
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Best Practices versus Worst Mistakes in Crafting Fictional Cultures and Societies for Novels and Media
Worldbuilding is a fundamental aspect of storytelling in speculative fiction, whether in novels, films, games, or other media. To achieve this, the first step is to establish internally consistent laws—whether physical, metaphysical, or societal—as they serve as the foundation for crafting memorable fictional worlds, ensuring immersive storytelling, and reinforcing credibility. A key pillar of effective…
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Flawless to Flawed Spectrum of Fictional World Building in Novels and Media
Writers embarking on the art of world-building for novels, movies, TV shows, and other media must apply a critical litmus test to their creative endeavor: if their fictional world were real, would it function seamlessly, or would its rules require significant revisions to maintain coherence? Establishing internally consistent laws—whether physical, metaphysical, or societal—is the first…
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Best Opening or First Lines of My Novels
Novel Title Opening Line Nureeva and Tangora First, the father, mother the second, and finally, their little girl with her rose goggles fell – the last three of the woolly mammoths were dying. Scriptwriter Between him, his guitar case, and the lamppost, the guitar case was the odd one out. Ibil No greater punishment has…
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Retro-Futuristic Steampunk Biogas Railway Train
In the fantastical, retro-futuristic steampunk world of Dynamo, a fleet of biogas-powered trains cruises autonomously, collecting trash along the way. Imagine what could have been! This is part of the upcoming work titled Dynamo, which will be available on Amazon. In the 17th century, Jan Baptist Van Helmont observed that decaying organic matter produced flammable…
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Retro-futuristic Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Steampunk Cars
In the fantastical retro-futuristic steampunk world of Dynamo, a fleet of biogas-powered railway trains cruises autonomously, collecting trash along the way. Imagine what could have been!? This is part of the upcoming work titled Dynamo, which will be available on Amazon. A brief history of fuel cells begins in 1838 when Sir William Grove, a…
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Nureeva and Tangora
Nureeva and Tangora is an autofiction novel, inspired by the real-life struggles and experiences of an immigrant family raising their children diagnosed with Classic Autism and having identified photon-deficiency (Neurophology) as the underlying cause. Synopsis Nureeva is a special child, living in her own solitary world without friends. The fantastical realm of Tangora was unknown…
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Ibil
Ibil, a groundbreaking book first released in 2015, delved into the implications of a worldwide coronavirus pandemic on society at large, with a particular focus on the Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran region. The central narrative is set against the backdrop of a global coronavirus pandemic, during which the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan in what is known as…
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