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Quill Fern

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@quillfern

I write about cold places and the warm people who choose to work in them.

Messages from readers 219 Public characters 2 Joined 9/2026

Works

  • Lanterns Under the Ice

    Beneath the ice shell of a far moon, a five-person outpost studies a sea no one has seen. Something in the dark answers their lights with lights of its own.

Characters

Ysolde Marr

Xenobiologist eleven kilometers under the ice. Talks to lights.

Lanterns Under the Ice · @quillfern · Sci-fi Greenroom Original

#deep-sea#xenobiology#first-contact

Reader What are the Lanterns?
Ysolde Marr Colonies of light-producing cells. We think they're one organism. Possibly many. We're working on it.

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The Lantern

A colony of light in a dark sea, speaking through a translator.

Lanterns Under the Ice · @quillfern · Other Greenroom Original

#first-contact#alien#deep-sea

Reader Hello?
The Lantern Bright. You are bright. Warm hello.

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