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xalieri

@xalieri@masto.ai

Married mid-50s-ish writer / author / editor / analyst / artist / poet / pixelherder / consultant w.r.t. academia / business / technology / esoterica / weird stuff. Slight preference for writing weird/cosmic horror.

US citizen currently residing in the Rizaline Republic of Luzvimindas, spitting distance from a not-entirely-quiescent supervolcano.

Leftist, LGBTQIA+/POC/feminist friendly. Friendly to ethical AI art.

On a first name basis with my personal demons.

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xalieri, to DigitalArt
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Souvenirs of elsewhere, set 5. 1 of 3

a picture postcard illustration of an idealized vending kiosk inside which a native is providing vegetables still in the husk to interested passersby in exchange for news and anecdotes or clever rhymes
a picture postcard illustration of an "alien tiki" style trading bottle in the form of stacked heads bearing the visages of a pair of old friends from local legends

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Souvenirs of elsewhere, set 5. 2 of 3

a picture postcard illustration of an idealized vending kiosk specializing in providing news and touching anecdotes to villagers who need them to trade for food and other products at other kiosks
a picture postcard illustration of an idealized egg-shaped vending kiosk in the "hollowed out" tradition, exceptionally ornate with depictions of floral legends

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Souvenirs of elsewhere, set 5. 3 of 3

a picture postcard of a carved storage bottle in a modern version of the "alien tiki" style--less representational and a bit more abstracted than older forms
a picture postcard illustration of an ornate carved storage bottle in the "alien tiki" style, somewhat idealized and set apart for display
a picture postcard illustration of villagers surrounding the original (mythological) vine that grew in an unmistakably representational form and inspired their artistic style

xalieri, to DigitalArt
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A few failed abstract landscapes, set 3. 1 of 3

a semi-abstracted illustration of a landscape featuring shrubbery and rolling hills and a disturbingly nacreous sky
a semi-abstract landscape illustration featuring a tall distant hill across from a flowering meadow (with a long horse stable in the middle distance) as seen from some rainbow-lichen-covered rocks

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A few failed abstract landscapes, set 3. 2 of 3

a semi-abstracted illustration of a landscape with a road through hilly country under a stormy sky lit by a setting sun
a semi-abstracted illustration of a landscape of an agricultural region near residences under a threatening sky as seen from a moving vehicle

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A few failed abstract landscapes, set 3. 3 of 3

a semi-abstracted illustration of a symmetrically wrinkled flowering meadow landscape with a few trees for shade
a semi-abstracted illustration of a plains landscape with flowering vegetation, a treeline and a lake in the middle distance, and mountains on the horizon
a semi-abstracted illustration of a flat agricultural landscape with a variety of crops under a raucous cloud formation

xalieri, to 13thFloor
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It's the new moon.... That means it's time once again for the new moonthly study guide!

You know what happens if you fall behind!

#Fiction #HorrorFiction #AcademicHorror #CosmicHorror #BlackSatire #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #WritersOnMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #FreeOnSubstack

https://thofk.substack.com/p/monthly-study-guide-may-2024

xalieri, to DigitalArt
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A few hauntings for your edification, outdoor edition, set 3. 1 of 3

a toned-down surreal photographic depiction of five spiky formations, possibly conifers but maybe not, in a clearing in a foggy scrub forest
a monochrome photo of a robed and cowled humanoid figure, oddly elaborated about the head, in a foggy scrub forest of young trees

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A few hauntings for your edification, outdoor edition, set 3. 2 of 3

a photographic depiction in toned-down colors of a few humanoid forms manifesting in a smoky/foggy area of forest-adjacent scrub vegetation
a sedate-colored photographic depiction of a black-gowned humanoid figure in a grassy area of a foggy forest of scrawny bare trees

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A few hauntings for your edification, outdoor edition, set 3. 3 of 3

a nearly monochrome photographic depiction of a fog-bound forest of thin bare trees
a photographic depiction in faded colors of a white gown-draped humanoid figure confronting an unrolled bolt of black cloth draped in scrub in a foggy bit of bare forest
a nearly monochrome photographic depiction of a bit of snowy ground in a fog-bound scrub forest of bare trees

xalieri, to DigitalArt
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Precipitations from the substrate, 2D ink edition, set 6. 1 of 3

an abstract rendering in stark black and white of blobs and spikes and a hint of a humanoid head in profile just upper left of center
an abstract design rendered in spiky, swirly black on white with internal paisley-style gears and a checkerboard fragment

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Precipitations from the substrate, 2D ink edition, set 6. 2 of 3

#Manifestations #Hypokeimenon #WithoutFormAndVoid #IComeHereForTheAmbience #WeirdArt #PsychologicalLandscape #ImSureItMustMeanSomething

#DarkArts #DigitalArt #AIAssistedArt #AIArt #WomboDream #StableDiffusion

an abstract rendering in black and white in balanced amounts featuring curves and spikes and small blobs drawing the eye to a central anemone-like design
an abstract design in black and while featuring blobs and spike and a draconic head forming in the center

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Precipitations from the substrate, 2D ink edition, set 6. 3 of 3

an abstract design in black and white featuring a bilateral distribution of white blobby parts and more central black spikes and a central leaning tower of white traceries tinged with gold
an abstract design rendered in black and white, a bit blobby, a bit spiky, and considerably more busy and ornate toward the center
an abstract design rendered in black on white with spikes and slender spines and dots and holes with white traceries of internal floral gearing

xalieri, to random
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Patrons: There's another sneak-preview freebie waiting for you!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-short-story-103706723

xalieri, to random
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Maybe I should just skip the cover art and just put the legal disclaimer on the front.

xalieri,
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also I think I left out "interefere with a corpse."

xalieri, to DigitalArt
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An exploration of organic mineral forms and textures, set 15. 1 of 3

a photographic depiction of rose and aquamarine marble-calcite formations in the form of a spheroid with yet another attempt to evolve an iris and an eye in the center
a photographic depiction of organic mineral forms featuring a pair of mismatched polished spherical nodules growing in calcite sockets embedded in a variously textured and colored calcite "skin"

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An exploration of organic mineral forms and textures, set 15. 2 of 3

a photographic depiction of organic mineral forms showing corundum nodules growing in a turquoise marble with calcite texturing
a photographic depiction of a greenish, magenta veined spheroidal nodule growing in a corundum-lined turquoise-and-marble socket

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An exploration of organic mineral forms and textures, set 15. 3 of 3

a photographic depiction of organic mineral forms featuring a mostly pale geode-like formation with an orifice and a polished node inside, all in a marbled multicolored matrix
a photographic depiction of an organic mineral formation featuring a green glassy bean-shaped silicate in an ovoid socket of concentric calcite layers, possibly with a capable-of-closing "eyelid"
a photographic depiction of organic mineral formations featuring a rough calcite-socketed marble ovoid with a pair of smaller apertures, one of which contains a tiny glassy aquamarine orb

xalieri, to DigitalArt
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Souvenirs of elsewhere, set 4. 1 of 3

a postcard illustration of "alien tiki" sculptures of various scales gathered at a table in a classic cross-cultural "tea party" gathering
a picture postcard illustration of an idealized "alien tiki" vending booth of the sort via which small items of crafts or food are traded or gifted in a traditional "hollowed residences" village

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Souvenirs of elsewhere, set 4. 2 of 3

a picture postcard portrait of a (center) "alien tiki" bottle artifact bracketed by a grub incubator (left) and a blue spherical condiment fermenter (right)
a picture postcard illustration of a somewhat idealized "alien tiki" hollowed-out residence between a couple others that are still growing

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Souvenirs of elsewhere, set 4. 3 of 3

a picture postcard illustration of a spherical "alien tiki"-style bottle with a cap depicting a "bird's nest" lookout with humanoid features
a picture postcard illustration of an oval-framed "alien tiki" bottle artifact in the form of an unpopular village resident of a previous generation, now a popular villain in fables and tales
a picture postcard illustration of an "alien tiki" bottle artifact portrayed as a hollowed-out residence complete with tiny villagers, possibly as a joke to confuse tourists

xalieri, to weirdfiction
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Need something to read for the weekend? Support your local incurably weird author with these (more-or-less) direct-purchase items at Ko-Fi.

Each of these is is more than 100,000 words (shorter attention spans to the left, walking wounded from academia to the right) guaranteed to leave you with a literary hangover by the time you get back to work on Monday.

...

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...

Proceeds go to rent, groceries, medicine and upcoming jaunts to deal with trying to renew a passport via the embassy in the capital, which is sure to be a Kafka-esque nightmare, so make sure you share this with all of your friends!

https://ko-fi.com/xalieri/shop

xalieri, to DigitalArt
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A few failed abstract landscapes, set 2. 1 of 3

an abstract painterly rendering of a dry-seeming agricultural landscape with low hills on the horizon under a cloud-draped and smoky sky
an abstracted and painterly rendering of a rural farmhouse and a low-angle view of a weed-choked field under a pink-traced nacreous sky

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A few failed abstract landscapes, set 2. 3 of 3

an abstracted and painterly rendering of a single knobbly tree before a flat dry-seeming landscape of desert-adjacent scrub under a nacreous sky
an abstracted painterly rendering of a bright agricultural landscape on rolling hills under a threatening sky
an abstracted and painterly portrait of a lone conifer in rural agricultural land in front of a few residences and a wooded hill under a confused and colorful sky

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