Daniel M. Bensen

I write scifi, alternate history, and fantasy. Current project: Wealthgiver I: Darkness

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

“The darkness knows.”
Fleeing an execution order, Russian army doctor Andrei Trifonovich stumbles into the secret world or ruthless, cave-dwelling pagans.

Wealthgiver I: Darkness is a novella about cave-Thracians. It launches on October 31st 2025.

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

@owenbroadcast "how long have you lived here?" "how do you like life here?" "why did you come to live in [this state]?" They should love answering these questions.

[owen cyclops @owenbroadcast]

“the moon is made of green cheese” - i heard this as a kid and saw jokes in cartoons about it. confusing: the moon is not green. after reading an 1800s book i realized this refers to “green cheese” - green like “greenhorn”: new. unripe cheese, which actually looks like the moon:

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

@atlanticesque Chilliadaire

[Cairo Smith @cairoasmith]

Many are saying this about the Fallujiad by Cairo Smith.

[Jacob Shell @JacobAShell]

Don't forget about prototaxites, fungus cousins who were as tall as trees millions of years before actual trees filled the "tree" niche. Prototaxites populated vast alien jungles.

[ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockP]

Sitting down and watching one of my favorite SF critics @DavidJohnButler review one of my favorite author's masterworks

https://t.co/0i3mwtlWfK

[Ante D. Luvian @uncle_deluge]

If you've been waiting for the Odyssey, as I have been told by many of you, your days of waiting are over. I'm pleased to announce I've finished Alexander Pope's translation of the Odyssey as well

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

I wrote the first draft of my May newsletter. It’s about what drives me to drink , and you might be in it.

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

@eugyppius1 I'm seeing something similar happening with "July Morning." What is this thing and where did it come from?

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

"So what did you do then, *bʰilh₁éḱwos?"
"I ate it."

[Wylfċen @wylfcen]

Proto-Indo-European (4000 BC): Look at that beautiful thing! Wait, I just got an idea... No, that would be silly... But what if?.....

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

After going back and forth on the order of scenes, I went back again. This is the plight of the other characters before the main character arrives on the planet, and it introduces the love interest and the antagonist. I’ll ask my writing group what they think.

[New Ritual Press @newritualpress]

WHERE are the bux coming from?

Read ‘Scenebux’ by @cairoasmith!

Link below to purchase.

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

Ooh that one's new to me

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

Babies fall asleep faster when you walk while holding them. A recent study suggests this“transport response” may have evolved to keep babies quiet if their caregiver spots a predator and needs to carry their baby away without being noticed: https://t.co/juCJXxazRv

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

It was a push, but I moved all the chapters around, typed in my (mostly obsolete) handwritten notes, and uploaded the rearranged MS to my remarkable. Tomorrow I’ll mark up the new first scene of chapter 1, where our hero arrives on an alternate earth via “transport accelerator.”

[NUKES @atomicarchive]

A scientist behind a three-sided mobile lead shield approaches an active 254-tonne cyclotron particle accelerator and using sphere-mounted tongs, prepares to remove an aluminium object made radioactive by 45 MeV alpha-particles bombardment at Argonne National Laboratory, 1955.

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

@cremieuxrecueil

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

I liked Scenebux so much I'm doing a podcast review of it with The 13th Grade on Substack. It should be up in two weeks, so you have time to go read it.

[Cairo Smith @cairoasmith]

If you like Scenebux or you like me, please consider giving this review of the book a nice rating. It's in a review competition, and the top-rated ones will advance to the finals. https://t.co/6YIo6lrMw8

[Medieval Diesel @TimothyEveland]

John Howe designed realistic centaur armor and I NEED to see this in a movie please.

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

The grand staircase of the House of Scientists in Lviv, Ukraine, designed by Viennese architects Fellner & Helmer.

[Daniel M. Bensen @Evil0Dan]

Gave some thought to my outline: the stuff that happens on Earth is prologue. The real story only takes place on the other planet and it can only begin with the main character's arrival. That's 7 chapters collapsed into 3. Tomorrow it’s back to the Remarkable for line editing.