Category Archives: Original fiction

Legends and Histories

Posted on 29 May 2014 by Joseph Shoer

I wanted to try drawing a map full of labels, but no place names. Instead, I would fill it with events and stories suggestive of the cultures living in the lands I depicted. This is the result: Much of the importance we place … Continue reading →

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On the World Zarmina

Posted on 7 April 2013 by Joseph Shoer

2014 update! You can now buy prints of this map! …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 … Continue reading →

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Original Fiction: “Conference” (final draft)

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Joseph Shoer

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 Shoer

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 Shoer

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 Shoer

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 Shoer

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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