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smolZINE - Issue 10

2021-09-15

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Hey looky there we made it to 10 issues! I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who has made contributions to smolZINE. THANK YOU!

Hidden (and not so hidden) Gems

Nightfall City

A new endeavor by m15o, the creator of midnight.pub and smol.pub. Nightfall City is part choose your own adventure and part gemini post aggregator. Take a stroll through one of Nightfall City's welcoming districts. Who knows what you'll find.

Nightfall City

JBanana

There is a good variety of subjects and links to explore here. Their quite active gemlog is interesting and a good one to add to your subscriptions if you're into that sort of thing.

JBanana

rawtext.club

Labeling itself "The Slow Social Network", rawtext.club is a tilde community or a shared linux server that allows its users to communicate, learn, play and yes host a gemini capsule. Down at the bottom of the main page is the list of user gemini capsules to explore.

rawtext.club

Emanations

Wanting to Write More

by ew0k

When I was 17 I started playing roleplaying games by email. I would write five to ten pages a week, sometimes more. Exploring characters and storylines together with other writers was fun and engaging. I kept doing it on and off, and since a couple of years back I'm in an off period.

I've come to a point where I really like the idea of publishing. In epub, print, web/gemini. And what I write for those games isn't publishable in that sense; it's more akin to fan fiction in that it uses established IP. It's become a little bit of a jail I'd like to break out of, and do my own thing.

The upside of established settings is the ease of getting into it both as a writer and a reader. It saves time and cognitive effort, while spurring on creativity. I feel stuck trying to come up with something original, and going at it alone isn't as fun. My writing these days is mostly code, IRC chatting and the occasional log post. Getting back into writing fiction is a challenge. Finding time, picking a theme, turning off the inner critic, following through on a story.

Are you in the same situation? Share your tips and experiences!

-- ew0k@tilde.team

Word Search

by Jone

Source Material: the history of all hitherto existing society is, by Conor Reid

gemini://voidpoems.voyage/history_of.gmi

 i l a t e x b c n y s t q h 
 v i h o t a x t c t t u f c 
 l g j x e u b d g d r i n k
 f r o o f t o p t n e u n t 
 p v u e a y w x n g e m b u 
 g f r e e o l i g h t h a y 
 r x n b x r o d c u h j g d 
 s m e r d k s z f f x a b i 
 z t y e t r a s h y u j o c 
 p o x l b e z t h s l d a y
 b n i e j m c r o w d h b d 
 i i d a r k b i u s o x e t 
 j g j s c f z k d e g o l d
 r h m e a l h e a v y t w z 
 p t s h b h c z o d g k t x 
 b c x c o l l e c t i v e q 

rooftop

bowl

light

streets

drink

bag

journey

free

trash

strike

crowd

heavy

tonight

day

gold

release

collective

Word Search Solution

Community Contributions & Discussion

Please consider taking part in making this zine better and more diverse by contributing your thoughts and finds. If you are interested in contributing a short article or capsule picks email me at: smolzine (at) cyberbot.space.

If you have any feedback or just want to discuss anything related to gemini or smolZINE hit me up at the above email or ping me on the fediverse at kelbot@retro.social and/or use the #smolZINE tag.

Thanks

Thank you to fellow geminauts Jone and ew0k for their contributions to this issue of smolZINE.