The Viridian System short stories
New flash fiction starring Pete and the Swede appears here or on Jemima’s blog, marked as [J]. There are still some back stories that appear from time to time, often at Christmas, like these:
- Easy Come, Easy Go (during book 2)
- Seasons Greetings from Sunset Strip (between books 2 and 3)
- Krismas Wreath (after book 3) [J]
Snowflakes and Shivers
Three of the short stories from the Viridian System are now published in one of Jemima’s short story collections – a series called Unexpected Twisty Tales. Snowflakes and Shivers: Heart-warming and Toe-curling Seasonal Tales [J], is a festive edition, with stories featuring many of Jemima’s favourite characters, including Pete, Lars, Dolores and Maggie.
These are the titles, although they have now been removed from this site and Jemima’s blog, to help comply with Amazon’s strict rules on reprints.
- An Orichalcum Christmas
- Heaven’s Inkwell
- Christmas in Spacedock
Short stories on the web
When you read the books, you will probably identify where these flash pieces fit in the VS universe. Often a piece of flash fiction tries out an idea. More recently, some backstory for the characters has appeared. It’s always worth checking the Short Stories category on Jemima’s blog as well as these links:
- The Coprolite Conundrum
- Cross-purposes
- Upwelling
- Rock, Sky & Water
- Disappearing Act
- Sunset Strip – The Elder Council
- Rufus A world-building post rather than flash fiction, really
- G’Nauss is the Winter of our Discontent
- All You Can Eat
These ones are later and mostly turned into something related to book 3.
Prequels/backstory
- Balancing the Buks (fits between Paradisio and Orichalcum Library)
- The Inspector Calls (early in the Swede’s history)
- The White Rose of York (Aramintha’s backstory)
- The Appeal of Alpha Kenworthy (referenced in book 1) was included late in Quest for Oh.
Any backstory that didn’t fit into Quest for Orichalcum will be listed here when it’s written, particularly Maggie’s and Dolores’ early years..
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