Category Archives: Original fiction

On the World Zarmina

Posted on 7 April 2013 by Joseph

…Preliminary report on image data from the LongShot-2 mission… The planet Gliese 581g – also known as Zarmina – is a circular world. It is not circular in the literal sense shown on pre-Columbian maps of the Earth, before we … Continue reading →

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Original Fiction: “Conference” (final draft)

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Joseph

I had been trying to sell this story for a while now, but was not successful. There’s a bit of a catch-22 to selling a short story for the first time: without any feedback from editors and readers, there is … Continue reading →

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In the Arena

Posted on 10 February 2012 by Joseph

Well, since I just had some discussion about orbits and other fundamental physical concepts in science fiction, here’s a short scene I’ve been sitting on. It’s set in the Cathedral Galaxy, and I’m not quite sure what I want to … Continue reading →

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The Map

Posted on 7 August 2011 by Joseph

I have come into the possession of a most extraordinary object, which I procured rather fortuitously before the auction of goods from an insolvent boutique on the East Boulevard. I do not know how long it lay, disused and uncared-for, … Continue reading →

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Fiction: Tareidos Beyond the Edge of the World-Ice

Posted on 24 October 2010 by Joseph

A legend of Zarmina As told by Posaredes the Storyteller, this account was discovered by the great archaeological expedition of 1217, among other famously well-preserved artifacts on display in the National Museum of Geshan.

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Fiction: High Orbit

Posted on 31 December 2009 by Joseph

This story has one purpose: to build on this entry to demonstrate how a space battle might actually play out. It has the thinnest of plots and the flattest of characters. My goal was to be as “hard” in the … Continue reading →

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Fiction: Between Wrecks

Posted on 10 May 2008 by Joseph

A loner on a skiff, drifting through the Burial Grounds in search of ancient derelicts to salvage, reveals a secret of Galactic importance. This story serves as exposition for the Cathedral Galaxy universe.  (Warning: this character curses a lot.)

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Fiction: Legend of the First Tribe

Posted on 8 May 2008 by Joseph

The creation myth of the Oghuran nomads, which features prominently in the first segment of the Books of Gur.

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Fiction: Crystal

Posted on 8 May 2008 by Joseph

The population of a planet responds to the appearance of strange alien life-forms.

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Fiction: Hunter’s Justice

Posted on 8 May 2008 by Joseph

A government agent pursues a terrorist through the technological jungle of the future Earth – but her mission has become personal.

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