Joe Horan
@josephhoran7.bsky.social
Author, shipping (especially paddle steamer) enthusiast, creator of The Ochiran Chronicles.
The leader of the True Believers is the Acolyte, “The Voice of God in the Material Universe.” To question him is blasphemy and you will be burned alive.
The Tanuists, led by Holymen, are famously disorganised. If you can collect some followers you can call yourself a Holyman.
The Tanuists, led by Holymen, are famously disorganised. If you can collect some followers you can call yourself a Holyman.
August 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The leader of the True Believers is the Acolyte, “The Voice of God in the Material Universe.” To question him is blasphemy and you will be burned alive.
The Tanuists, led by Holymen, are famously disorganised. If you can collect some followers you can call yourself a Holyman.
The Tanuists, led by Holymen, are famously disorganised. If you can collect some followers you can call yourself a Holyman.
#WIPSnips
March 12
The League of Planets assistance team has arrived on Ochira. Director Gneiss has read up on Grade 1 civilisations and is expecting a male dominated society. What he finds is very different.
March 12
The League of Planets assistance team has arrived on Ochira. Director Gneiss has read up on Grade 1 civilisations and is expecting a male dominated society. What he finds is very different.
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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March 12
The League of Planets assistance team has arrived on Ochira. Director Gneiss has read up on Grade 1 civilisations and is expecting a male dominated society. What he finds is very different.
March 12
The League of Planets assistance team has arrived on Ochira. Director Gneiss has read up on Grade 1 civilisations and is expecting a male dominated society. What he finds is very different.
#WIPSnips
Day 11
The Ochirans have found the Ancient Weapon on their planet. For obvious reasons, it is essential that its existence be kept secret.
Day 11
The Ochirans have found the Ancient Weapon on their planet. For obvious reasons, it is essential that its existence be kept secret.
March 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Day 11
The Ochirans have found the Ancient Weapon on their planet. For obvious reasons, it is essential that its existence be kept secret.
Day 11
The Ochirans have found the Ancient Weapon on their planet. For obvious reasons, it is essential that its existence be kept secret.
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Day 3; ring
Following a huge explosion at the Jashar Caldera, a pyroclastic surge is sweeping across the forest towards Ochira City…
Day 3; ring
Following a huge explosion at the Jashar Caldera, a pyroclastic surge is sweeping across the forest towards Ochira City…
March 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Day 3; ring
Following a huge explosion at the Jashar Caldera, a pyroclastic surge is sweeping across the forest towards Ochira City…
Day 3; ring
Following a huge explosion at the Jashar Caldera, a pyroclastic surge is sweeping across the forest towards Ochira City…
#WIPSnips
March 1 - “late”
The Jashar Caldera is erupting. It’s a thousand miles away, but they’re feeling the effects in Ochira City. Shania is determined to keep the power station running. In this crisis, the lights of Ochira City will stay on.
March 1 - “late”
The Jashar Caldera is erupting. It’s a thousand miles away, but they’re feeling the effects in Ochira City. Shania is determined to keep the power station running. In this crisis, the lights of Ochira City will stay on.
March 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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March 1 - “late”
The Jashar Caldera is erupting. It’s a thousand miles away, but they’re feeling the effects in Ochira City. Shania is determined to keep the power station running. In this crisis, the lights of Ochira City will stay on.
March 1 - “late”
The Jashar Caldera is erupting. It’s a thousand miles away, but they’re feeling the effects in Ochira City. Shania is determined to keep the power station running. In this crisis, the lights of Ochira City will stay on.
#WIPSnips
February 14
Valentine’s Day
Prince Joaquin has no idea how to set about courting Rosheen. He sends her an official summons to the palace, as if she is a government minister.
Fortunately Rosheen makes allowances for the fact that he’s an idiot.
February 14
Valentine’s Day
Prince Joaquin has no idea how to set about courting Rosheen. He sends her an official summons to the palace, as if she is a government minister.
Fortunately Rosheen makes allowances for the fact that he’s an idiot.
February 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#WIPSnips
February 14
Valentine’s Day
Prince Joaquin has no idea how to set about courting Rosheen. He sends her an official summons to the palace, as if she is a government minister.
Fortunately Rosheen makes allowances for the fact that he’s an idiot.
February 14
Valentine’s Day
Prince Joaquin has no idea how to set about courting Rosheen. He sends her an official summons to the palace, as if she is a government minister.
Fortunately Rosheen makes allowances for the fact that he’s an idiot.
February 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#pretendpanel
At school we were being force fed Shakespeare. As an act of rebellion I started writing The Flight of the Porcupine. It started as a send-up of Julius Caesar, but mutated into a sci-fi epic about an alien invasion of the Roman Empire.
I’ve been writing ever since.
At school we were being force fed Shakespeare. As an act of rebellion I started writing The Flight of the Porcupine. It started as a send-up of Julius Caesar, but mutated into a sci-fi epic about an alien invasion of the Roman Empire.
I’ve been writing ever since.
February 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#pretendpanel
At school we were being force fed Shakespeare. As an act of rebellion I started writing The Flight of the Porcupine. It started as a send-up of Julius Caesar, but mutated into a sci-fi epic about an alien invasion of the Roman Empire.
I’ve been writing ever since.
At school we were being force fed Shakespeare. As an act of rebellion I started writing The Flight of the Porcupine. It started as a send-up of Julius Caesar, but mutated into a sci-fi epic about an alien invasion of the Roman Empire.
I’ve been writing ever since.
#WIPSnips
Joaquin learns more than he wants to about his sister’s sex life, and he suspects she knows more than he’s comfortable with about his own.
Joaquin learns more than he wants to about his sister’s sex life, and he suspects she knows more than he’s comfortable with about his own.
February 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Joaquin learns more than he wants to about his sister’s sex life, and he suspects she knows more than he’s comfortable with about his own.
Joaquin learns more than he wants to about his sister’s sex life, and he suspects she knows more than he’s comfortable with about his own.
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Day 30
Eoline and Rosheen are in a hopper, fleeing the volcanic eruption. Volcanic bombs hurled from the crater are falling all around. It doesn’t look good…
Day 30
Eoline and Rosheen are in a hopper, fleeing the volcanic eruption. Volcanic bombs hurled from the crater are falling all around. It doesn’t look good…
January 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Day 30
Eoline and Rosheen are in a hopper, fleeing the volcanic eruption. Volcanic bombs hurled from the crater are falling all around. It doesn’t look good…
Day 30
Eoline and Rosheen are in a hopper, fleeing the volcanic eruption. Volcanic bombs hurled from the crater are falling all around. It doesn’t look good…
#WIPSnips
#WritingPrompts
Day 25
Laura Atwood, last of the True Believers, escaped the final battle by running into the forest. Now she has to decide where to go, knowing that capture means certain death.
#WritingPrompts
Day 25
Laura Atwood, last of the True Believers, escaped the final battle by running into the forest. Now she has to decide where to go, knowing that capture means certain death.
January 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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#WritingPrompts
Day 25
Laura Atwood, last of the True Believers, escaped the final battle by running into the forest. Now she has to decide where to go, knowing that capture means certain death.
#WritingPrompts
Day 25
Laura Atwood, last of the True Believers, escaped the final battle by running into the forest. Now she has to decide where to go, knowing that capture means certain death.
#WIPSnips
January 12
Catball is the national sport in the Kingdom of Ochira. Laura is new to Ochira and she’s in for a shock. Catball is encouraged because it develops the character needed to be a warrior. She’ll see.
January 12
Catball is the national sport in the Kingdom of Ochira. Laura is new to Ochira and she’s in for a shock. Catball is encouraged because it develops the character needed to be a warrior. She’ll see.
January 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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January 12
Catball is the national sport in the Kingdom of Ochira. Laura is new to Ochira and she’s in for a shock. Catball is encouraged because it develops the character needed to be a warrior. She’ll see.
January 12
Catball is the national sport in the Kingdom of Ochira. Laura is new to Ochira and she’s in for a shock. Catball is encouraged because it develops the character needed to be a warrior. She’ll see.
#Januwrite 12
General Gropp is a psychopath. He enjoys torturing and killing people. His position as Head of the Internal Security Service enables him to do so with impunity.
General Gropp is a psychopath. He enjoys torturing and killing people. His position as Head of the Internal Security Service enables him to do so with impunity.
January 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#Januwrite 12
General Gropp is a psychopath. He enjoys torturing and killing people. His position as Head of the Internal Security Service enables him to do so with impunity.
General Gropp is a psychopath. He enjoys torturing and killing people. His position as Head of the Internal Security Service enables him to do so with impunity.
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Day 10
They are trying to get back through the portal into their own universe, but the Arrachanoids, who view humans as vermin to be exterminated, know what they are doing. They are waiting for them…
Day 10
They are trying to get back through the portal into their own universe, but the Arrachanoids, who view humans as vermin to be exterminated, know what they are doing. They are waiting for them…
January 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Day 10
They are trying to get back through the portal into their own universe, but the Arrachanoids, who view humans as vermin to be exterminated, know what they are doing. They are waiting for them…
Day 10
They are trying to get back through the portal into their own universe, but the Arrachanoids, who view humans as vermin to be exterminated, know what they are doing. They are waiting for them…
January 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM