The Zone

After hundreds of dead and barren worlds, the Eighth Extrasolar Survey found Phaethon: the first and only known alien world blessed with life. Every inch of every biome writhed with it, utterly strange, unquestionably advanced: oceans threaded with gold neuronal strands, cyclopean mounds of organic matter remaking themselves like restless cities come to life; millions of flying things flocking in patterns too complex to be anything but perfect...

I was commissioned to write an alternate sci-fi setting for this tabletop roleplaying game’s "Book Of Twists." Challenges included re-mixing fixed game elements (the deck of idea cards that come with the game) to tell a different kind of story, and effectively communicating tone and expected play style in a minimal amount of space.