the eternal zones
story archive
Here is our archive of on-site OSS tales, arranged, broadly, in astronomical zones from the Sun outwards to the
System's edge. (When a tale is set on more than one world, it is listed in more than one zone.)
This, therefore, is where all our on-site fiction lurks. Here the unwary reader is drawn into our ameliorated neighbouring worlds, which have progressed, under the loving care of our writers, to being what they jolly well ought to be...
in and around the solar furnace
Incandescence (opening extract) by Dylan Jeninga
The Winds of Vulcan by Dylan Jeninga
marvels of old mercury
The Resurrection of Merrick Hardcastle by K S Augustin
Zookie Must Die by Violet Bertelsen
Where the Nightlife Never Ends by Dylan Jeninga
a warm but not scorching venus
The Hard Streets of Aphrodite by David England
The Purple Sea by Dylan Jeninga
A Life of Leisure and Renewed Vigor by James W Murphy
Project Utopia by R Olsen
earth-shimmer
Man of the World by Robert Gibson
Exile to Space by Jamie Ross
mysteries of the moon
The Archives of the Moon by Robert Gibson
Whom Gods Destroy by Dylan Jeninga
The Rogue Planet by Dylan Jeninga
meandering on mars
The Dance of the Red Lady by David England
One Who Burns Worlds by David England
Wanderers of Mars by Dylan Jeninga
The Magistrate by Jamie Ross
The Adventures of Longtail by Xiangjun Zeng
asteroidal adventures
Rock and a Hard Place by Joseph Guzzo
Rock and the Belt Pirates by Joseph Guzzo
Peril on Pallas by Dylan Jeninga and Zendexor
Rimworld Trash by Dylan T Jeninga
jovian jeopardy
Flame Lords of Jupiter by Robert Gibson
Europa Dive by Jamie Ross
Rimworld Trash by Dylan T Jeninga (the opening episode on Leda)
the saturn system
The Arc of Iapetus by Robert Gibson
Pirates of Titan by Dylan T Jeninga
The Lost Rings of Saturn by James W Murphy
uranian dreams
The Chthonic Pull by Violet Bertelsen
Uranian Throne by Robert Gibson
Beyond Despair by Jamie Ross
Into the Wilds by Jamie Ross
neptunian horizons
Outlaws of Neptune by Robert Gibson
The Sea Empress by Dylan Jeninga
plutonian nightmare
On the Shoreline of Darkness by Violet Bertelsen
Trans-plutonian trip
Mission to the Tenth Planet by Dylan Jeninga and Zendexor
workshop
Longtail: A Prologue by Xiangjun Zeng
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