Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Kaylee Frye cosplay jewelry reference page

Posted on August 3, 2023 by J.L. Hilton

Over the years, I’ve made a lot of jewelry for cosplayers and the most-requested item was Kaylee’s pink bead necklace, even though she never actually wore it in any episode of Firefly or the movie Serenity. But it appears in … Continue reading →

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Fallout Advent Calender Countdown

Posted on December 1, 2022 by J.L. Hilton

I am counting down to Christmas with the Official Vault Dweller’s Advent Calendar from Bethesda. Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, eBay and other retailers. For all 25 videos, see my Fallout Advent Calendar playlist on YouTube The Minutemen flag … Continue reading →

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WOLFENSTEIN II: The new addition to my top ten list

Posted on November 17, 2020 by J.L. Hilton

My family gave me WOLFENSTEIN II: THE NEW COLOSSUS in 2018 but due to some serious health crises and major life events, I didn’t get a chance to play until 2020. I knew you shot Nazis. That’s all I knew. I’d played the original Castle Wolfenstein … Continue reading →

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Try-It Tuesday: THE DEADLY TOWER OF MONSTERS

Posted on October 11, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

Today I sampled a 2016 retro sci-fi game called THE DEADLY TOWER OF MONSTERS that pays humorous tribute to such classics as King Kong, Flash Gordon, Planet of the Apes, Forbidden Planet, and the stop-action animation of Ray Harryhausen. This top-down … Continue reading →

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Comparisons between Fallout and my Stellarnet series

Posted on November 4, 2015 by J.L. Hilton

I started writing Stellarnet Rebel in 2009, a year after the release of Fallout 3. The “bracers” used by my characters Genny and Duin are similar to the Pipboy devices in the Fallout franchise. Basically, a smart phone worn around … Continue reading →

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Love is love

Posted on August 26, 2015 by J.L. Hilton

Even human/alien love. Image courtesy of Pride Publishing.

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Snippets and Smut at IllogiCon 2015

Posted on February 17, 2015 by J.L. Hilton

I had a great time at IllogiCon 2015. Saw some old friends, met some new ones. Sold a little bit of jewelry in the artist alley. Met the nice folks at Needles and Nonsense who make geeky pillows. Being a … Continue reading →

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Automatons & Armorers at ConTemporal 2014

Posted on July 5, 2014 by J.L. Hilton

Last weekend, I joined the Temporal Engineering Alliance (TEA) as Port Raleigh’s aide-de-aether, otherwise known as social media assistant for ConTemporal. In this industrious capacity, I met distinguished inventors, steamstresses, storytellers, troll hunters, melodians, haberdashers, automatons, armorers, leatherworkers, ladies and … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day from Duin, J’ni and Belloc

Posted on February 14, 2014 by J.L. Hilton
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ELYSIUM and my jaded soul

Posted on August 12, 2013 by J.L. Hilton

This post originally appeared August 11, 2013, on the Contact – Infinite Futures SF blog. I just saw Elysium, the new movie by Neill Blomkamp (District 9), and I loved it. From the first scene, it grabbed me and didn’t … Continue reading →

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