Lana V Lynx
Bio
Avid reader and occasional writer of satire and short fiction. For my own sanity and security, I write under a pen name. My books: Moscow Calling - 2017 and President & Psychiatrist
Stories (214/0)
Russian Siberian Golden Shower
Anna was 6 the winter her mother took her to visit cousins in Siberia. It took them two days by train and a horse cart to get to the cousins’ house. It was big, with many rooms, and 7 kid cousins aged between 5 and 13. They were rowdy and wild, Anna thought.
By Lana V Lynxabout a month ago in Fiction
Lynx Crossing
On a cold winter day, I'm driving along a northern rural road. In an AWD mode, I proceed cautiously as the road has not been entirely cleared after an earlier blizzard. Very few cars venture out and no one is tailing me, so I'm driving at 45 mph on a 55 road.
By Lana V Lynxabout a month ago in Fiction
Adam and Eve Images, Again
I thought I finally found a reach-around for the AI-generated image that I needed. Yesterday, I put together a story about my attempts to get DALL-E to create an image of Adam and Eve as first people in Paradise, without naval buttons. The story is here:
By Lana V Lynxabout a month ago in Journal
Adam and Eve, No Naval Buttons
I've put this story together by L.C. Schafer's suggestion, who thought AI bloopers could be a fun thing (thanks, LC!). When I was writing my "Who's Eve 1.0?" story, I needed a good illustration of Adam and Eve in paradise. I didn't want to go with the images of famous classical paintings as all of them have Adam and Eve depicted with naval buttons, which as we know is a mistake since they were the first people created by God, not born of a woman, and couldn't have had the placenta.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Journal
Stupid is as stupid does
Fair warning: this is an irresponsible dark humor story I overheard on the Russian internet. One little boy named Oleg was not doing well in school. He never did his homework, couldn’t remember anything, and was horrible at math. His teacher didn’t like him and kept telling him that he was good for nothing. He was so stupid, she said, that the only thing he could hope to become was a janitor, if even that.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Fiction
- Top Story - February 2024
Fearless Girl Lost to Charging BullTop Story - February 2024
Remember how I was placed right in front of you at first? How mad you were about that, looking at me with your blood-shot eyes like you'd charge right at me if you could? You then thought and now I agree with you fully that me challenging you like that was actually changing your meaning?
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Fiction
DALL-E Struggles
Yesterday (February 6, 2024) I needed to create an image of a colorful pinwheel to illustrate the Circuit of Culture model for my today's class. I am paying over $20/month for the ChatGPT subscription that now includes the latest version of the DALL-E image generator. So I decided to put it to work. I will just give the screenshots of my numerous attempts to get it right and provide them with commentary and explanations as needed.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Journal
Summer Garden Omelette
My brunch today: eggs sauteed with a fresh tomato, a piece of toast with the blackberry-blueberry-elderberry jam I made last summer, fruit salad and herbal tea. As I was making my eggs, I remembered a story from my youth and felt compelled to share it.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Feast
To Tell Or Not To Tell
I first wrote this novella in five parts for the Confessions community where it did not get a lot of reads. I was hoping it would do better in the Chapters community so I had it moved here. And now I am creating an index story so that all the parts can be accessed in one place.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Chapters
My 2024 Aspirations for Vocal
Just like many other creators here, I was contemplating hard if I should enter the #200 challenge. Self-reflection is useful only when you need to change something drastically, and I am quite content with what I have achieved here so far.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Writers