A repository of writing by Lachlan Marnoch - short stories, fantasy, science fiction, science fact, and adjacent opinions.
The Vagarist, my correspondent from Verse 1.3.1, has posted an article on the Web of Worlds Wiki about Mrithi! Mrithi are the elephant descendants that, after human extinction in the early 22nd century, evolved to become Earth's second technological species. Recently, the species featured in my story Intro to House-Ape Studies. Click the link below to find out more.
The Quarry Issue #10 is up and running! After all the blood, sweat and words put in by my class and the editorial team, it's good to go!
The Quarry is an annual journal put out by Macquarie University, to showcase work from the graduating class. I was on the editorial team this year, and I helped edit several of the pieces up there.
Things I had a more direct role in are the fiction editorial, which I had a minor hand in writing, and Intro to House-Ape Studies, which is a story I wrote!
A physical version is coming out in a few weeks, which you can buy here.
Cover art by Ailie MacKenzie, Design by Teresa Peni
The rain was falling, but it wasn’t a sad rain. It was a cleansing rain. Birds flitted through the air, singing and ruffling their feathers at the welcome bath. Old trees greeted it with open branches: eucalypts, bark burnt to iron-black by bushfire, already sporting new growth. Fresh bright leaves sprouted into the clean air, from branches cleared for them by the fire. The ground below was already layered with crisp undergrowth, clamouring to fill the emptied spaces between. And below even that were the shoots of baby gums, germinated by flame.
Read MoreToday I'm launching the Web of Worlds Wiki, which is our new repository for information on a vast myriad of worlds - kindly provided by collaborators across multiple universes. We have started with an article on Planet Eaters, which you may recognise from my short story. The article (written by The Locksmith, my Verse 12 correspondent) presents some known details about their biology and behaviour. We plan to build on the Wiki for some time, with further information about the worlds in the stories on this site. Please enjoy!
Back at it again with the pointless lists.
Read MoreVideo games, Beowulf, and prize-winning books: the three essays I'm least ashamed of from university.
Read MoreSeeds is a science fiction novel (in progress) set in a far future, following a society of humans that travels from star to star and seeds their planets with life.
Read MoreWhy am I doing this?
Read MoreIt's a lot.
Read MoreHere's a ridiculous thing that nobody asked for and nobody wants.
Read MoreWhen I heard that Ridley Scott was planning an Alien prequel, way back in 2012, I was pretty hyped. Then, I was disappointed. Now, after Alien: Covenant, I find myself appreciating Prometheus a whole lot more.
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