Tales from the Triverse story index

Episode list and everything a new reader needs to get started

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Portals have opened in London, connecting Earth to a far future version of itself and a fantastical land where magic is real. As society adjusts to the new status quo, a specialist division of the police is established to handle the growing number of portal crimes.

Tales from the Triverse is a free anthology of inter-connected detective stories. They can be read individually or in sequence. Over time, a larger story is being told that will reward regular readers. Think of it like a TV show in your inbox.

Do note that if this was a movie, it would be R-rated and is not suitable for children.

The Triverse is
Mid-Earth, an alternate 1970s London
Max-Earth, a vision of the 26th century
Palinor, where magic is real

Episodes

How it works: Most stories are told in multiple parts. The exception is one shots, which are shorter, single chapter tales.

Season 1

1. Prologue: Two Hundred Years Earlier - where it all begins. I highly recommend reading this to set the scene before you dive into other tales.

2. The Koth - Detectives Callihan and Clarke investigate a domestic disturbance at a London tower block.

3. Traffic - Clarke and Styles investigate what appears to be a human trafficking gang.

4. The Ambassadors - DC Lola Styles is invited to a fancy dinner aboard an airship.

5. Backdoors - a portal tear is discovered by a young boy, leading to trouble for his family.

6. Procedural - DC Kaminski investigates strange goings-on at the portal station and stumbles on something much bigger than he anticipated.

7. One-shot: One night in the future - DC Chakraborty makes a decision.

Season 2

1. The creature - an unknown Palinese creature wreaks havoc on London.

2. One-shot: Interludes & contemplations - the fallout from the creature attack sends ripples across the triverse.

3. Accusations - a koth is accused of a terrible crime.

4. Expeditions & interrogations - the SDC detectives journey to Palinor and Ethiopia on separate cases.

5. Zealots - a cult is claiming to be able to wield magic on the streets of London, which should be impossible.

6. One-shot: Conspiracies - a new recruit is added to the team.

7. Rendition - DC Holland uncovers disturbing covert political action by his own government.

8. Pet shop - a mangled body is discovered in a suburban house in London.

9. One-shot: The writer - how do you write science fiction when you live in the future?

10. One-shot: Calculating the future - a day in the life of an AI megaship in orbit around Jupiter.

11. Bombings - a series of simultaneous terrorist attacks are triggered across the triverse.

Season 3

1. One-shot: Rewards - the SDC is receiving more support than ever, but that’s got the Commissioner worried.

2. One-shot: Liaisons - DC Lola Style has a new job.

3. The escapists - witnesses place a career criminal at the scene of numerous heists on Palinor, despite the suspect still being in his jail cell in London.

4. Electioneering - political tensions in the triverse worsen.

5. One-shot: Remnants - Kaminski excavates the past

6. Biological weapons - something bad is unleashed upon the portal station.

7. One-shot: Loose ends - revisiting earlier plot threads and creating some new ones.

8. Immortality - a businessman is claiming to offer eternal life; but what secrets is he hiding about his past?

9. Twenty-four hours - Clarke is forced to revisit the scene of Callihan’s murder.

10. Random acts of violence - things fall apart.

11. One-shot: A distant rebellion - the rebel mages make their move.

12. Rubbish - all that waste doesn’t just disappear into thin air, you know.

13. Fantasies - there’s a new drug on the streets of London.

14. One-shot: Temptations & regrets - DS Caitlin Shaw has a bad day

15. Railroad - DC Styles investigates portal disappearances

16. Shot fired - an SDC officer shoots dead an unarmed koth

17. Unintended consequences - Holland has a big decision

18. Loyalties - tensions in the SDC become explosive

19. Assault on Stamford & Coin - nothing will be the same after this

Season 4

1. An unintended life - we return to the beginning

2. Far, far away - five years later, we catch up with Yannick Clarke

3. One shot: Letters from home - getting the gang back together

4. One shot: Reunion - everything’s changed

5. The escape from Bruglia - find out what really happened to Lola

6. One shot: Unusual friends - some brief respite for Lola and Daryla

7. One shot: Voices from the gallery - Lola trusts Clarke

8. The professor - extracting an informant

9. One shot: Collectibles - Lola spills the beans

10. The Vaen’ka - bad things happen to good people

11. The vanishing star - solving a 200 year old riddle

12. One shot: Reality snap - Holland has a sweary reaction, as usual

13. One shot: Deep breaths - the team prepares for an unusual mission

14. One shot: Overreach - get to know Charles Matheson

15. The Heist - the detectives become the criminals

16. The last flight of the Beagle - a desperate escape attempt

17. One shot: A call to arms - the gang considers their next move

Season 5

1. Obsolescence - the fallout from the museum heist continues

2. Transfers - coming soon

Bonus material

These fill out additional details of the world, or provide extra insight into the characters, and can be mostly read out of order.

1. For Immediate Release

2. Coroner’s Report

3. The Triverse Cast

4. A Modern Assessment of Portal Physics

5. Laryssa’s Journal

6. The Nature of Magic

7. AI Musings

8. Meet the Gabraiths

9. The Monsters at the Door

10. Callihan’s Diary (contains some spoilers for season 1)

11. Rationales for the Emergence of Benevolent Superintelligence

12. Script for a television documentary

13. The Triverse Times

14. Ellenbrin’s monster compendium

15. In the beginning

16. Zdan’s diary