Globe Folio

A Science Fiction Anthology set on the Globe, a planet out of the Polity reach, or is it?

At the beginning of 2021, I embarked on a little experiment. Matthew Cross asked his contest champions if we would write a short story about a fictional city set on the Globe, a planet of his own invention. After writing the first set of stories (Act One) inspiration struck us and we decided to turn this idea into a five act anthology.

Matthew is working very hard to publish the Act Two stories through his website as we speak. Act One was only six stories, but Act Two is blossoming into nearly triple that amount.

Since Act Two has grown to expand the stories of the characters we love from Act One and introduce new ones, I have created this page on my blog as a quick reference point for each of the stories in the Globe Folio. I will update this page as Matthew releases the stories on his website.

Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash

The Globe Folio: Tales of the Five Cities

Editors: Matthew Cross, Frasier Armitage, Shanel Wilson

Contributing Writers: Frasier Armitage, Shanel Wilson, Jim Hamilton, Matthew Cross and Jeremy Wilson

Act One– Night of the Rocket

• Pillars of Smoke – A story set in Belmont by Frasier Armitage
• Shadow of the Dunes – A story set in Westminster by Shanel Wilson
• The Towers of Whitehall – A story set in Whitehall by Jim Hamilton
• The Beast Below – A story set in Newlondon by Shanel Wilson and Frasier Armitage
• The Buried War – A story set in Finsbury by Matthew Cross
• Kite Night – The conclusion to Act One by Matthew Cross

Act Two- Nights of Revelation

• Voice of the Beasts Part One and Part Two (Belmont) – by Frasier Armitage
• The Sands of Change Part One and Part Two (Westminster) – by Shanel Wilson
• A Matter of Principle (Whitehall) – by Frasier Armitage
• Eyes Up the River Part One and Part Two (Newlondon) – by Shanel Wilson and Frasier Armitage
• Shambles (Finsbury)- by Matthew Cross
• Interrogation (Finsbury)- by Matthew Cross
• The Burning Flame Part One and Part Two (Belmont) – by Frasier Armitage
• Swift as Shadow Part One and Part Two (Newlondon) – by Shanel Wilson
• Song of Thieves (Whitehall) – by Frasier Armitage
• The View from the Wall Part One and Part Two (Whitehall) – by Shanel Wilson
• Outcast of Belmont Part One and Part Two (Whitehall) – by Frasier Armitage
• Bounty (Whitehall) – by Matthew Cross
• Feral Fields (Westminster) – by Jeremy and Shanel Wilson
• A Matter of Details (Whitehall) – by Matthew Cross
• Siren’s Song Part One and Part Two (Newlondon) – by Shanel Wilson
• A Head on the Wall (Finsbury) – by Matthew Cross
• Out of Shadows Part One, Part Two and Part Three (Newlondon) – by Shanel Wilson and Frasier Armitage