Tales of the Para-Imperium

Our heroes have their first mission, even at a quarter light speed will they make it in time? Announcements: Keep watch for a novella version of Horizon: Salvaged Heroes, the manuscript is in editing. In addition, I've been working on a Starfinder RPG supplement that presents an array of alternate methods of interstellar travel titled "Stardrives", going to Kickstarter May 16th at this link: https...

The last of the crew wake up. And they find their first mission. The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman Intro music by DMLatinComposer. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patre...

Tanya wakes up on board the alien vessel, and receives a mission. The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman Intro music by DMLatinComposer. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patr...

Our salvage team approaches the strange new ship at the edge of the star system, what secrets does it conceal? The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman Intro music by DMLatinComposer. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, c...

A spaceship from the remnants of the old empire comes to a fragmented star system. And a crew of scavengers sees the opportunity of a lifetime. The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman New intro music by DMLatinComposer. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stori...

Introducing a new story in the far future of the Para-Imperium universe. Horizon: Salvaged Heroes. https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/product/B09DFNY4LT For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.pat...

Warning: Contains graphic descriptions of gore and depictions of suicide. The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaulus

A little something in honor of the season. This story was originally published in Thurston Howl's horror anthology "Seven Deadly Sins", it wasn't intended to be a part of the Para-Imperium universe at first but I decided to revisit the character for Purrgatorio and decided it took place on an Outworld with an unaddressed ghul infestation (see "Transhumanism"). Check those books out at their Storen...

Narrated by Khaki of The Voice of Dog, see this link for his podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-voice-of-dog/episodes/A-World-Lost-by-Joel-Kreissman-eed991 For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patre...

I hired my younger brother, who has more vocal training than myself, to re-record this episode. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaulus

I’ve asked my brother to re-record some of the old episodes, but in the meantime I thought I’d explain one of the setting’s main themes. Transhumanism. For more stories, worldbuilding, and where to buy the books, go to https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ to support this podcast and the rest of my work visit https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaulus

Switching hosting services to Anchor.fm. Check out my books by searching for Joel Kreissman on Amazon or Smashwords.

Details about a secret society mentioned previously. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaulus

A couple announcements of upcoming books and anthologies, plus the central technologies of the Para-Imperium setting. THP's "Seven Deadly Sins" and other anthologies: http://boundtales.storenvy.com/ The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing g...

First of all, I have a new book out. Tales of the Para-Imperium, my first collection of short stories and worldbuilding articles for the Para-Imperium setting, is now available on Amazon in both Kindle and print format. It has all the stories featured on this podcast, plus some additional material. For the rest of this episode, my worldbuilding series continues with basic facts on the government o...

It has been a while since my last story upload, will start recording more stories soon but in the meantime I'm starting my worldbuilding mini-podcasts. Catch me at Aquatifur Jan 11th-13th. The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and...

The Para-Imperium universe is copyright Joel Kreissman For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaulus

Myself and fellow Thurston Howl published author Mark Engels host a panel at Fur Squared 2018 about the differing routes we each took through the process of writing, editing, and finally publication. We also read excerpts from my "The Pride of Parahumans" and Mark's "Always Grey in Winter". We reference a slideshow that can be viewed on Google Drive through this link: https://drive.google.com/file...

Southeast Wisconsin Book Festival: http://www.sewibookfest.com/ Midwest FurFest: https://www.furfest.org/ Fur Squared: https://fursquared.com/ Thurston Howl Publications: http://thurstonhowlpub.storenvy.com/ For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyo...

A private investigator in Alpha Centauri discovers that the Federation is no utopia. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaulus

When I recorded this I somehow thought that it would just hide more tracks if I uploaded, instead it wouldn't let me upload at all until I buckled down and paid. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https:/...

The Emilia Collective meet with the last couple members of the crew, and have another chat with the purser who made them so upset before. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get stories and podcasts before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaul...

The Emilia Collective goes to meet with a few more of the crew, how will the mundane aspects of singleton life shock this hive mind next? For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to contribute to keeping this thing going, and get the next episode before anyone else, consider becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/Zarpaulus

The novel that started off the Para-Imperium universe, The Pride of Parahumans, is now available as a Kindle ebook on Amazon. To help promote it, I have recorded, with permission from Thurston Howl Press, an excerpt of chapter 2, enclosed in this track after the announcements. To read the full story, either in Kindle or paperback, please visit Amazon.com and search for "The Pride of Parahumans" or...

The Emilia Collective sends a contingent up to meet the Federation's representation. How will a hive mind relate to an interstellar empire of single-bodied individuals? Sorry for the delay, I'm running short on material so I'm switching to a monthly schedule, and last week I had a cold. For more about the Para-Imperium setting, please check out https://paraimperium.wordpress.com/ If you’d like to...