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{{Story|title=Marsh|image=Marsh front.png|source=[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]|author=Madison Scott-Clary|authors=* [[Madison Rye Progress]]
{{Story|title=Marsh|image=Marsh front.png|source=[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]|author=Madison Scott-Clary|authors=* [[Madison Rye Progress]]
* [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]
* [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]
* [[Andréa C. Mason]]
* [[Michael Miele]]
* [[Michael Miele]]
* [[Caela Argent]]
* [[Caela Argent]]
* [[Faux]]
* [[User:Tomash|Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak]]
* [[User:Tomash|Tomash]]|format=Anthology|character=[[Reed]] of [[the Marsh clade]]|year=1234|years=2399, 2401|readlink=https://marsh.post-self.ink}}
* [[Andréa C. Mason]]
* [[Thomas "Faux" Steele]]
* [[Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield]]
* [[Sarah Bloden]]
* [[J.S. Hawthorne]]|format=Anthology|character=[[Reed]] of [[the Marsh clade]]|year=1234|years=2399, 2401|readlink=https://marsh.post-self.ink}}


{{See also|Marsh/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}
{{See also|Marsh/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}


''Marsh'' is an upcoming novel in the Post-Self setting written by [[Madison Rye Progress]] with contributions from [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]], plus short stories from several others. It was funded by a Kickstarter campaign running throughout January, 2024.
''Marsh'' is a novel in the Post-Self setting written by [[Madison Rye Progress]] with contributions from [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]], plus an anthology of short stories from several others. It was funded by a Kickstarter campaign running throughout January, 2024.


== Back copy ==
== Back copy ==
''Note: this is tentative text that may be changed before the book is released.''<blockquote>“I am seeing quiet chaos. I am seeing most of my sims emptying out. The ones that are not empty, however, remain dreadfully quiet. Most of those who are out and about have set up over themselves [[Cone of silence|cones of silence]]. Those who have not, though, are decidedly not quiet. More than one silence has been broken by weeping and wailing.”</blockquote>New Year’s Eve, 2399, and [[Lagrange]] is celebrating almost three centuries of relative peace. Yes, there have been surprises, there has been drama and political intrigue, but life has, by and large, been quite good for those who have chosen to upload their consciousnesses. They celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. They fall in and out of love. They fork, creating copies of themselves to accomplish tasks or live out their own independent lives. Their memories build up and up forever within them.
New Year’s Eve, 2399, and [[The System|Lagrange]] is celebrating centuries of relative peace. Life has been, by and large, good for those who chose to upload their consciousnesses. They mark milestones, fall in and out of love, dwell in peace. They fork, copying themselves for specific tasks or to go live separate lives. Memories pile up as they carry on.
 
And then everything grinds to a halt.


2.3 trillion souls gather in quiet homes, in bars and restaurants, in parks and along prosaic main streets, and count down seconds to the new century.
One year, one month, and eleven days have gone missing…and so has one percent of the population of Lagrange. 23 billion souls lost.


And then, without warning, everything comes grinding to a halt. The internal clock of [[the System]] hits one second before midnight, December 31, 2399, and then it hits midnight, February 11, 2401. [[The Century Attack|One year, one month, and eleven days have gone missing]].
''Marsh'' is a new novel in the Post-Self universe, following [[Reed]] and the rest of his cocladists, fellow instances forked from the original uploaded mind of [[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]], as they strive to discover what has happened and where Marsh has gone, rendering them unmoored: five unconnected instances with no root to connect them.


And so has one percent of the population of Lagrange. 23 billion souls lost.
Includes stories by Samantha Yule Fireheart, Michael Miele, Caela Argent, Andréa C Mason, JS Hawthorne, Thomas “Faux” Steele, Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield, Sarah Bloden, and Krzysztof “Tomash” Drewniak.


''Marsh'' is a new novel in the Post-Self universe, following [[Reed]] and the rest of his cocladists, fellow instances forked from the original uploaded mind of [[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]], as they strive to discover what has happened and where Marsh has gone, rendering them unmoored, five unconnected instances with no root to connect them.
== Contents ==


What happened? A [[crash]]? Where has time gone? Where have those billions of minds gone? And why is [[Earth]] being so cagey?
* ''Marsh''
** "[[Feeds]]" by Samantha Yule Fireheart, Madison Rye Progress, Caela Argent, Andréa C. Mason, and J.S. Hawthorne
** "[[Nasturtiums]]" by Madison Rye Progress
** "[[Columbines]]" by Samantha Yule Fireheart
* "[[Game Night]]" by Michael Miele
* "[[Home from the Game]]" by Caela Argent
* "[[The Party at the End of the World]]" by Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak
* "[[A Well-Trained Eye]]" by Andréa C Mason
* "[[Toward Eternity]]" by Thomas "Faux" Steele
* "[[Prophecies]]" by Madison Rye Progress
* "[[Journal of Diago Pereira]]" by Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield and Sarah Bloden
* "[[Millwright]]" by Andréa C Mason
* "[[Sentences]]" by Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 16:54, 24 November 2025

Marsh
Multiple
Source: Iris Jay
Format Anthology
Authors
Character Reed of the Marsh clade
Years 2399, 2401
Canonicity Canon
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See also: Synopsis

Marsh is a novel in the Post-Self setting written by Madison Rye Progress with contributions from Samantha Yule Fireheart, plus an anthology of short stories from several others. It was funded by a Kickstarter campaign running throughout January, 2024.

Back copy

New Year’s Eve, 2399, and Lagrange is celebrating centuries of relative peace. Life has been, by and large, good for those who chose to upload their consciousnesses. They mark milestones, fall in and out of love, dwell in peace. They fork, copying themselves for specific tasks or to go live separate lives. Memories pile up as they carry on.

And then everything grinds to a halt.

One year, one month, and eleven days have gone missing…and so has one percent of the population of Lagrange. 23 billion souls lost.

Marsh is a new novel in the Post-Self universe, following Reed and the rest of his cocladists, fellow instances forked from the original uploaded mind of Marsh, as they strive to discover what has happened and where Marsh has gone, rendering them unmoored: five unconnected instances with no root to connect them.

Includes stories by Samantha Yule Fireheart, Michael Miele, Caela Argent, Andréa C Mason, JS Hawthorne, Thomas “Faux” Steele, Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield, Sarah Bloden, and Krzysztof “Tomash” Drewniak.

Contents

External links

Canon works
Books The Post-Self Cycle Qoheleth and "Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story" • ToledotNevi'imMitzvot and "Selected Letters"
Stories of Restoration MarshIdumeaKaddishApril May Yet Come
Motes PlayedUnintended Tendencies
Short stories In Clade Sufficiently AdvancedGenre CladeAprès un rêveSupport Group for Anomalies in ForkingCowboyTrue Love Lies Within and WithoutThe Big OShe Who Haunts the StormEarthboundCascade Failure
In Marsh' Game NightHome From the GameThe Party at the End of the WorldA Well-Trained EyeToward EternityPropheciesJournal of Diago PereiraMillwrightSentences
AssignmentCoffee LeakDreams for BreakfastFever DreamsFor Old Times NewHuesMeeting of OneOpportunity Paralysis The PartyTo — in the days after her deathReadingRegret of PotentialScanShared MomentWrigglings Toward