David M. Kelly

David_Kelly_SF@mstdn.ca

🇨🇦 Author of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#scifi</a> thrillers with engaging characters, snarky humor, and (mostly!) plausible science. www.books2read.com/David-M-Kelly“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly"

Posts

Post #4167678
Jump Drives: How to break the speed of light, without telling the Universe https://davidmkelly.com/jdrives-how/ How travel between the stars works in my fictional universe. #scifi #worldbuilding #indieauthor #writingcommunity #reading #books
Post #3867644
The route Draeger is expected to follow in A Crimson Void... he doesn't. This is from the 3D starmap I built to accompany the books. Join my newsletter for a chance to name a star in it. https://davidmkelly.com/a-crimson-void/ #SciFi #ScienceFiction #IndieAuthor #SpaceOpera #WorldBuilding #AmWriting #MilitarySciFi
Post #3152586
DraftDetective - Free SmartEdit-Style Editing Macros for LibreOffice Writer https://davidmkelly.com/draftdetective/ #linux #tools #free #editing #writing #windows #author #libreoffice
Post #2866495
Researchers propose a bold twist to dark matter. It may not be a single particle at all, but a mix of two different ones that interact with each other to produce detectable signals. #science #physics #astrophysics https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260409101101.htm
Post #2866494
Targeted microbes to fight gum disease without killing beneficial bacteria? My Joe Ballen novels have a similar nanomite tooth scrubber called DentiKleen. Should I be worried my dentist is now living in my fiction? 🙂 #SciFi #science #healthcare https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260413043141.htm
Post #2866493
Next, the Brundlefly! 😆 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260429102030.htm #science #physics #quantum
Post #2866492
A supervolcano nearly wiped out humanity 74,000 years ago, but humans did something incredible https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260510234711.htm Yeah, they reacted like... humans...🙄 The bigotry of low expectations routinely applied to our ancestors is appalling. #science #history #fail
Post #1493589
In 2013 I wrote a cyborg character in &quot;The Three Lives of Mary&quot; (https://viewbook.at/TLOM) who could reverse her joints so she never had to turn around. Boston Dynamics just built exactly that. Amazing to see reality catching up! #SciFi #writing #engineering https://youtu.be/29ECwExc-_M?si=vhi6W25AH4Jcc3bx
Post #1073384
Scientists have cracked 3D printing tungsten carbide-one of the hardest metals on Earth. In my novels, Joe Ballen is chief engineer on a 3D printed O&#39;Neill cylinder. Two centuries later, habitats like it are standard across dozens of star systems. Turns out the future I&#39;ve been writing is arriving ahead of schedule — again. https://tinyurl.com/3dpmetal #science #engineering #sciencefiction #scifi #writing #books
Post #1073383
This is why I love physics-reality keeps finding ways to be stranger than anything we&#39;d think to invent. A black hole and neutron star just collided in a strange oval orbit https://tinyurl.com/4xu47pkh #science #physics #astrophysics #blackhole #neutronstar
Post #677400
Scientists in Sweden have created a cartilage scaffold that guides the body to regrow bone. This is almost exactly how I imagined limb regeneration working in my books. One of the amazing things in writing #SciFi is that sometimes what you dream up actually becomes reality. #science #medicine #health https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260305223231.htm
Post #677399
Three research teams recently reached the same conclusion — the brain has natural defenses against Alzheimer&#39;s we&#39;re only just understanding. Worth paying attention to. #Alzheimers #science #medicine #health https://ziply.pk/7OGzH3 https://ziply.pk/Q9Yfkc https://ziply.pk/rcNiT4
Post #677397
Scientists mapped vast cosmic structures using hydrogen light emissions. I built my own starmap — only 1300 systems, considerably less impressive, but at least you can click on things 😀 #science #space #astronomy https://ziply.pk/a7YBnv
Post #677396
Cosmic voids may be driving the universe&#39;s expansion through dark energy. Even emptiness has power. Funny, I&#39;ve been thinking about voids a lot recently. My novel &quot;A Crimson Void&quot; is out this spring. #science #space #scifi #writing #cosmology ziply.pk/cosmicvoids
Post #578225
Finished my final round of editing before sending my latest novel to my external editor! YAAY! 😊 #writing #books #sciencefiction #scifi
Post #578220
A black hole growing 13 times faster than it should? Very relatable, my current manuscript has the same problem 😀 #science #physics #astronomy #blackholes #writing https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260124003816.htm
Post #578217
Hey I am now on a new social network that is privacy focused, ad free, and a safe space to share. https://hey.cafe/r/davidmkelly_sf
Post #578215
With the length of time it&#39;s taken to write my latest book, A Crimson Void, I&#39;ll probably need one of these protein shakes before I&#39;m done. 🙂 &quot;Scientists discover protein that rejuvenates aging brain cells&quot; #science #medicine #health #genome #stemcells https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212025620.htm
Post #578214
I&#39;ve added this to my phone calendar. New dark energy data suggests the universe may not expand forever after all, and ultimately end in a “big crunch” roughly 20 billion years from now. #science #astrophysics #cosmology #astronomy https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260215225537.htm