Novels & Short Stories
Living Starship Book 1 by Layman Kingsford
Inquiry's Aria
For 1,000 years, the varied residents of the Situdel have been exploring, terraforming and colonizing their galaxy. Not once have they come across a single cell of foreign life. Until now.
Inscrutable aliens lay waste to one sector while unscrupulous seditionists take advantage of the invasion in another. The crew of the Noisee Nuun must take their hastily re-commissioned starship to infuse stability in the region while contending with their own discord between citizen officers and civilian enlisted.
And then there’s that pirate planet about to explode…
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“Clever, and deeply engrossing, Inquiry's Aria builds a wholly unique world that leaves you wanting more. Such a great read!”
Brian A.S. Byrdsong, author of The Queerest Touch
"Inquiry's Aria is a bold, ambitious imagining of a pseudo-utopian space endeavoring sci-fi future where gender no longer exists. Kingsford develops an intertwining of cultures, human and alien, hierarchical and individuated, that's both intricately detailed and accessibly effervescent.
This novel hearkens to the utopia and extropia we've become accustomed to through Star Trek, The Orville, and other humanistic speculative fiction, while creating a template, not just for a society that doesn't remark upon gender, but a language that no longer has use for it. It's a bold story, loaded with compelling characters, "office" politics, energized action set pieces, and lively dialogue that may just make you wish you could enlist in the Fleet Service.”
Nate Ragolia, author of One Person Can't Make a Difference and The Retroactivist
Living Starship Accessories
Starship Companion
This 8x11", soft cover, coffee-table-style book details some of the unique and intricate elements of the Living Starship setting used in the stories and tabletop games.
This book outlines some of the galaxy's species and their featured characters, tons of Situdel Fleet information from rank hierarchy, service insignia, starship deck plans and more.
There are even some light RPG stats for key crew of the SFS Noisee Nuun. It also covers an overview of Living Starship games both current and upcoming ones.
Living Starship Prequel (short story)
D'Treks Taree
Meet D'Treks Taree, an officer cadet in the Situdel Fleet Academy. D'Treks is NeeKron, a species of large, densely-muscled, heavily-boned people who value naturalistic living in the wilds of their homeworlds.
D'Treks hopes to become a zoologist, but their upbringing as a hunter and the Fleet's need for martially-inclined individuals to help fight the invading aliens is bound to make them a desirable asset to the Tactical Corp and not the life science's Health Division.
Living Starship Prequel (short story)
Nuu'Onee
Meet Nuu'Onee (pronounced new-AWE-nee), a popular socialite and hob-robber with the famous and influential. Despite their civilian status, Nuu'Onee has made quite a name for themself as a populist for the down-trodden.
What reason could a well-liked, widely-connected V'Shendai attention-monger have for enlisting in the Situdel Fleet? Surely they already benefit from the benefits of having so many citizen connections.
Living Empires Prequel (short story)
Trentun Fiikus
Meet waveSigned entertainer Trentun, who performs with a traveling menagerie in the treeLands of Evorstrom's western pole. Having grown up alongside the heretically-unSigned triplets, the "Crazy Elves from Earlier", has left Trenton with few true friends.
When Trentun and the triplets lose theirz jobs and have to hit the road on theirz own, will Trentun be able to continue keeping their biggest secret?
Living Empires Prequel (short story)
Chinz'Aree Bohk
Meet Chinz'Aree Bohk, the world's most holy, revered and powerful magic-user. Being dual-signed with Flame and Tone has not been easy. Chinz'Aree's powers erupted at a young age killing their entire family and leveled a whole city district.
Wealthy, talented and angry, they have been leading the life of a solo mercenary. Will interpersonal relationships ever be possible when the churches want to control them, governments want to use them and the populace fears them?