Howdy yall,
After another stalled year on the Epic: Xenos project, I came to the conclusion that I will need help with more than I suspected.
I am looking for people who are interested in writing short fiction stories that I will tie together as part of an overarching saga. That means your submitted story could be two paragraphs long or ten pages long.
I reckon there is room for plenty of people to participate, so don't feel like you can't volunteer if you see four other names ahead of yours.
For review, the Epic: Xenos supplement is set to feature four or more army lists. Generally, however, there are three players:
1. Squats. These will be from various strongholds, with the primary list being Thurgrimm's Stronghold. Another list will be the Trade Consortium. There is room for others, of course. The story must be about the Squats first and foremost, before and after the Tyranid invasion.
2. Tyranids. Writing about the Tyranids can be a tricksy endeavor, especially given the parameters I will set for the authors.
3. Inquisition. The Ordo Xenos, which has two main story themes: the Inquisitors and the Death Watch.
My plan is to get a team of volunteers who are willing to submit to my plans for galactic domination take some possibly frustrating guidance and put together some short stories that fit within a framework that I provide for the group. You can write twenty stories or just one. You might have an idea describing a grand battle on one of the Homeworlds or a 200 word blurb describing a Squat warrior's last stand in a trench. It could be your idea is a short story about the Orks vs. the Squats; something like that could end up in the background material. Same thing goes for the Ordo Xenos and their military arm the Death Watch. Or you might just feel like describing a civil conflict between warring strongholds, or the sage advice of a living ancestor, or the puritanical teachings of an Inquisitor Lord.
I have a distinct design for the story in my head, but if you have a cool idea that I think will jive with what I have planned or makes the storyline even better, I am totally fine with that. Of course I may get something from you that you think is totally awesome, and I might ship it back to you and ask for a rewrite. If you are okay with that, then please join me. PM me with your personal email address and we'll get started from there.
That's all for now. Questions? Feel free to post them here.
