The Knightverse — A Short Story Collection

[Knight of Iron she/they]

Introduction

Welcome, welcome! Whether this is the first post you’ve seen from me, or you’ve known me for years now, let me introduce you a project of mine I've been working on for a while. I’ve always wanted to write a fantasy series. One I could share with the world, my magnum opus—words that evoked emotion!

This is not that.

I've been writing stories since I was three, and I've been writing them on the computer since I was eight. I had hundreds of unfinished stories (mostly fanfictions) in my folder... but they have since all been destroyed. All those memories are now, permanently, lost to time.

As a tribute to that, I decided I was going to create the Knightverse. The Knightverse is a collection of 11-12 short stories that take place in a multiverse. Each short story centers around an original character of mine, each story taking place in a completely different universe. Most of these universes aren’t mine, and so by definition, most of the Knightverse will be fanfiction for certain pieces of media (Cosmere, Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc.). Other stories will take place in universes of my creation, or with the help of others. The books are connected.

This is by no means my magnum opus. After realizing that to learn to write good, I needed to first write bad, I decided that taking on this project would help me get some good practice in. And that is, ultimately, what I see these stories as. Just, practice. I'm not asking for constructive criticism, but it is welcome.

However, if you'd like to read them—feel free to! Right now it's looking highly unlikely I'll actually complete this (with imminent life changes, and all that), but, well, I at least have one so far!

 

1. "Syndicate of the Stars" — set in the Cosmere, by Brandon Sanderson [11,018 words]

[WARNING: This fanfiction will spoil elements or plotlines from The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn Era 1, Mistborn Era 2, Warbreaker, and possibly unintentionally other cosmere things. A basic knowledge of these series is, unfortunately, almost required to enjoy the short story properly. I apologize for the inconvenience.]

In this story, we follow the adventure of Kelly Razier, a Scadrian worldhopper and aspiring interplanetary salesperson. The story takes place before Alloy of Law. I think there may be some minor cosmere continuity mistakes, but if there are, it shouldn't matter because technically this is a variant universe of the Cosmere! I have many criticisms of this story, but instead of dwelling on it I will simply take what I've learned and try to make the next one better. And without further ado, I present to you the short story (as a Google Doc).

Spoiler

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12J9iKE2Oq7UXJnsUX7OvVFvutnk56LpC_VrhMlARb2I/edit?usp=sharing

2. Work-In-Progress

Edited April 8, 2022 by Knight of Iron

[Mat he/him]

Ooh, do try your best to complete these!  Off to a great start!