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/
https://kickin-the-darkness.com/
124 years and two weeks ago my great great great grandfather passed away.
Do not try to bullshit Grandpa Etienne.
Do not try to bullshit Grandpa Etienne.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
124 years and two weeks ago my great great great grandfather passed away.
Do not try to bullshit Grandpa Etienne.
Do not try to bullshit Grandpa Etienne.
Here's your barren-tree-branches-silhouetted-against-a-sunset-gradiant-sky right here!
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Here's your barren-tree-branches-silhouetted-against-a-sunset-gradiant-sky right here!
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
Except for cookies, my wife handles all the baking. She's feeling under the weather today, so said "You're making the apple pie."
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Except for cookies, my wife handles all the baking. She's feeling under the weather today, so said "You're making the apple pie."
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
Behold! My first ever apple pie!
(To be tasted later.)
65 years ago today.
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
65 years ago today.
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
Love you Mom!
Miss you Dad!
Buy why not leave them there as winter shelter and food for bugs and woodland critters?
Trust me, my backyard goes a couple thousand feet up the hillside. No shortage of critter cover.
3/3
Trust me, my backyard goes a couple thousand feet up the hillside. No shortage of critter cover.
3/3
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Buy why not leave them there as winter shelter and food for bugs and woodland critters?
Trust me, my backyard goes a couple thousand feet up the hillside. No shortage of critter cover.
3/3
Trust me, my backyard goes a couple thousand feet up the hillside. No shortage of critter cover.
3/3
Today was "Vacuum Up The Leaves in the Yard" day. We raked and blew away (electric leaf blower) the leaves from the house out to where I could drive over them with the mower/leaf vacuum.
It took several hours, and we are both beat.
1/
It took several hours, and we are both beat.
1/
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today was "Vacuum Up The Leaves in the Yard" day. We raked and blew away (electric leaf blower) the leaves from the house out to where I could drive over them with the mower/leaf vacuum.
It took several hours, and we are both beat.
1/
It took several hours, and we are both beat.
1/
Sun's up, mmm hmm, looks okay
The world survives into another day
And I'm thinking about eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me
The world survives into another day
And I'm thinking about eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Sun's up, mmm hmm, looks okay
The world survives into another day
And I'm thinking about eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me
The world survives into another day
And I'm thinking about eternity
Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool.
Anyone who sees this, show me your lock screen
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Anyone who sees this, show me your lock screen
Faint auroral glow visible high in the sky over north Alabama!
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Faint auroral glow visible high in the sky over north Alabama!
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...
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
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...
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...
Earliest date I recall seeing snow flurries in north Alabama.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Earliest date I recall seeing snow flurries in north Alabama.
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...
"Reset Alternative"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2023/08/07/r...
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 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...
"Reset Alternative"
themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2023/08/07/r...
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
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 8:08 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
Covering up the marigolds for the next two nights to help maintain some bee food after this cold snap passes.
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
Tonight is pre-cooling, tomorrow night Alabama drops into the deep freeze.
"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."
"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
"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."
"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."
Fall colors in north Alabama tend to be variations of "drab". But this year happily seems to be a bit of an exception.
#AlabamaAutumn
#AlabamaAutumn
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 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
#AlabamaAutumn
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
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
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
It's on the top of my To-Be-Read pile, so the boys are safeguarding it in the interim.
#CritterDays
Orion, Taurus, and the Pleiades rising.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Orion, Taurus, and the Pleiades rising.
Interesting launch window you got there.
"fall back"
"fall back"
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Interesting launch window you got there.
"fall back"
"fall back"