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Mike Luoma

@mikeluoma.bsky.social

Vermont-based creator and author.

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Exploring New Stonework Finds & Revisiting Earlier Discoveries in Niquette Bay State Park in Vermont
YouTube video by Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England Exploring New Stonework Finds & Revisiting Earlier Discoveries in Niquette Bay State Park in Vermont

New Video Premiere Tonight at 7pm!

Visit Vermont's Niquette Bay State Park with me for a look at what could be Indigenous Stonework... revisiting earlier discoveries, and making some new ones...

youtu.be/1mLZHnzKRA4?...

22.10.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
M.T. Anderson, Emily Hamilton, John Scalzi, Craig Alanson, and Mike Luoma

M.T. Anderson, Emily Hamilton, John Scalzi, Craig Alanson, and Mike Luoma

Our next panel is all about humor in science fiction, featuring @mtanderson.bsky.social, Emily Hamilton, @scalzi.com, Craig Alanson, and @mikeluoma.bsky.social!

18.10.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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New 2026 Calendars Are Here! Nothing Like Holding An Actual Print Copy in Your Hand

New 2026 Calendars Are Here!

Always nice to hold the freshly printed proof copy in your hands…

open.substack.com/pub/ancients...

19.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glow-in-the-Dark Radio 820 The Time War of The Devrizium continues on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Host, author, and narrator Mike Luoma brings you free, independent audio science fiction – this week, it’s the short story Alibi Jone...

Imagine waking up and realizing your memories are somehow wrong. Alibi Jones wakes up an old married man spending his golden years on the planet Rigel Four… but that’s not right, is it?

Time Wars are not like other Wars… The Time War of The Devrizium contninues!

www.podomatic.com/podcasts/glo...

19.10.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Green Mountain Book Festival is This Weekend Join Me for a Panel on Humor in Science Fiction at 3pm on Saturday

A Reminder... The Green Mountain Book Festival is This Weekend! open.substack.com/pub/glowinth...

15.10.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Green Mountain Book Festival The Green Mountain Book Festival has announced its return in October 2025, featuring John Scalzi and several speculative fiction authors from Vermont. The 2025 festival will be held on Saturday, Oc…

2025 Green Mountain Book Festival

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Altered, Shaped, and Manipulated Stone Ridge in Burlington? Curiously Shaped and Positioned Stones Distract on the Way to the Ethan Allen Tower

Altered, Shaped, and Manipulated Stone Ridge in Burlington?

Distracted by Stones on the way to the Tower... headed to the Tower in Ethan Allen Park, a low ridge I’ve walked past without noticing many times over the years caught my attention...

open.substack.com/pub/ancients...

15.10.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The main guest for this year's festival is @scalzi.com. Craig Alanson, @mtanderson.bsky.social, @willalex.bsky.social, Emily Hamilton, @margotfharrison.bsky.social, @mikeluoma.bsky.social, and @brianstaveley.bsky.social are also guests! The festival will take place on Saturday, October 18th.

14.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day Thoughts On the Day from a Researcher of Indigenous Stonework in New England

Some food for thought on this Indigenous Peoples Day... open.substack.com/pub/ancients...

13.10.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Visit to The Tower Heading to the Top of the Ethan Allen Tower in Burlington, Vermont for a Look Out at Foliage and More

A Visit to The Tower - foliage and views this afternoon open.substack.com/pub/ancients...

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This is the Calendar's Back Page... just to complete the set!

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And, December 2026's Calendar Page... I love the way the rays and light of the Sun play across this pointed stone in Northwood Meadows State Park in New Hampshire...

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Foliage is popular, who knew? Well, pretty much everyone, I suppose... even Late Color qualifies. Still pretty amazing, as seen from the trails at Preston Pond in Bolton, Vermont...

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I love October's Calendar Page photo, taken on Browns River out on the trails behind the Old Red Mill in Jericho...

11.10.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early color is beginning to break through around Gates Pond in Berlin, Massachusetts on September's Calendar Page...

11.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The August Calendar Page features Hay Bales in the Meadow at Eagle Mountain in Milton, Vermont...

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July 2026's Calendar Page is a look out across Lake Champlain from up on Eagle Mountain in Milton, Vermont...

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This view of Camel's Hump from Richmond, Vermont's Snipe Ireland Road is the Calendar Page for June 2026

11.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The view South from the Pease Mountain Overlook in Charlotte, Vermont is my May Calendar Page...

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April's photo features a highly reflective vernal pool in the Jericho, Vermont woods...

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The photo for March was taken on the north side of the Indian Brook Reservoir in Essex, Vermont looking south...

11.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the February 2026 image from my Calendar, a Beaver Lodge on a Clinton (MA) pond...

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This is the 2026 Calendar's cover...

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Thought I'd post a few of my Calendar Pages today... this is the Entrance to the Sea Caves in Burlington...

11.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glow-in-the-Dark Radio 819 Fan of free, independent audio science fiction? Join host, author, and narrator Mike Luoma on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! A New-Listener-Friendly episode as we have a nearly stand-alone short story – Alib...

Imagine having two sets of memories of an event β€” that you, somehow, could remember something taking place in two different ways! That’s now happening to ALIBI JONES…

Listen to REMEMBER TWO THINGS on this episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio!

www.podomatic.com/podcasts/glo....

11.10.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exploring New England 2026 Calendar New Full-Color Calendar Features 12 Striking Images of New England's Natural Beauty and Wonder

Previewing my new "Exploring New England" 2026 Calendar open.substack.com/pub/ancients...

11.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glow-in-the-Dark Radio 818 Listen to independent audio science fiction free on each episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio, with host, author, and narrator Mike Luoma! It’s another great week for New Listeners as we once again have ...

Unwelcome Visitors…

Alibi Jones’ old friend Shirra drops by with stolen Devrizium tech. They can’t be pleased! The visit, the consequences… and The Devrizium… in the stand-alone short story Alibi Jones: About Time!

Listen Here or Wherever You Get Your Podcasts: www.podomatic.com/podcasts/glo....

04.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glow-in-the-Dark Radio 817 Enjoy free, independent audio science fiction on every episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio, with host, author, and narrator Mike Luoma! Great week for NEW LISTENERS as we have a stand-alone short story ...

New Ep Up - Free Stand-Alone Science Fiction Audio Adventure on Glow-in-the-Dark Radio - with the short story ALIBI JONES AND THE WISHING STONE! A great week for listeners new to the podcast.

Give a listen & please, share this episode with someone new - thank you!

www.podomatic.com/podcasts/glo...

27.09.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hey, remember when Kamala Harris warned everyone that Trump would use the military on us, and the press was all "shut up, laughing lady, prove you worked at McDonald's"? that was fun, wasn't it

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Glow-in-the-Dark Radio 816 Have Alibi Jones, Katie Ramsey, and the Dakhur Kit finally escaped Kismet? Find out in Chapter Twenty-Nine and the Epilog, as we reach the end of Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur! Host, author, and ...

This is THE END…

…of The Sunrise of Hur!

Alibi Jones’ second novel draws to a close this episode, as Alibi, Katie Ramsey, and Kit the Dakhur hope they’ve finally made their way free from Kismet and Rene Laveillur…

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.podomatic.com/podcasts/glo....

20.09.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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