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The Official Index to the Martian Universe

Julian Darius — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:37:48 +0000

This document is intended as an index to the Martian Universe, listing all stories in their recommended reading order. Please note that the descriptions below contain spoilers. The following is a work-in-progress. The original version… [more]

Martian Lit Publishes its 30th Comic

Julian Darius — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 03:02:39 +0000

Martian Lit has published its 30th comic: Kimot Ren #5! Our comics line began in 2014, almost six years ago. In that time we’ve published 30 standard issues: Martian Comics #1-19 Kimot Ren #1-5 Necropolitan… [more]

Martian Lit Releases Laura Madeline Wiseman’s American Galactic

Julian Darius — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:47:28 +0000

American Galactic" title="Martian Lit Releases Laura Madeline Wiseman’s American Galactic" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit is proud to announce the release of its first book of poetry: American Galactic, by Laura Madeline Wiseman Opening with an epigraph from Charles Simic, “Lots of people around here have been taken for… [more]

Martian Lit Releases Nathaniel Tower’s Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands

Julian Darius — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:18:17 +0000

Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" title="Martian Lit Releases Nathaniel Tower’s Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit is proud to announce the publication of Nathaniel Tower’s Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands, a collection of absurd and literary short stories examining the surreal experiences of married life. The book has already received considerable… [more]

Martian Comics #1 Cover

Julian Darius — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:02:41 +0000

Martian Comics #1 Cover" title="Martian Comics #1 Cover" style="float:left;" />Here’s Darick Robertson’s beautiful cover for Martian Comics #1 — Martian Lit’s ambitious first comic book, coming in 2014. The comic is written by Julian Darius and Kevin Thurman, with interior art by Sergio Tarquini.… [more]

Praise for CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals

Julian Darius — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:13:58 +0000

Dead Animals" title="Praise for CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals" style="float:left;" />CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals, a short story collection published by Martian Lit, is winning tremendous praise as an innovative literary offering that is at once realistic and mind-bendingly troubling. J.J. Anderson, author of Trailer Park… [more]

Martian Lit Releases CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals

Julian Darius — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:30:43 +0000

Dead Animals" title="Martian Lit Releases CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit is proud to announce the publication of CS DeWildt’s Dead Animals, a collection of short stories and flash. The book doesn’t pull its punches, and it focuses on damaged and damaging characters. But… [more]

We’ll Take a Lover in the Afterlife

Julian Darius — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:00:18 +0000

Dreamed on 15 Jan 2013. I was at my parents’ house, helping them move electronics around the living room. Everything we moved had other things behind it, flattened cardboard boxes propped up against the wall,… [more]

Watching People Burn Trailer Released

Julian Darius — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:38:49 +0000

Watching People Burn Trailer Released" title="Watching People Burn Trailer Released" style="float:left;" />Martian Lit has released its first video, a trailer for Julian Darius’s Watching People Burn. The book is an original, illustrated, historical screenplay. It reads quickly. It’s gotten rave reviews. And it’s cheap — currently… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 10

Julian Darius — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:00:37 +0000

In the holofeed wall above the phony flickering fireplace, the fifteen-year-old Mira Mira sat in the defendant’s chair, listening to testimony against her. Yelena thought her neon blue skin undercut the way her lawyers had… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 9

Julian Darius — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:15 +0000

A dozen colored spotlights, gaudy and grandiose, caressed Yelena Moulin. Glitter rained down upon her, caught like sparkling dust as it descended through the colored layers of light. The rest of the room was lit… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 8

Julian Darius — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:00:06 +0000

The hardest thing about spending days underwater was keeping the mind busy. The only light came from the distant hallway, dimly lit with no one present, reflected through the pool room’s double glass door. In… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 7

Julian Darius — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:00:19 +0000

“My therapist says it all goes back to her. She was very doting, in a lot of ways. I was her wonderful, genius son. But she could turn on you in an instant. Criticize viciously.… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 6

Julian Darius — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:28 +0000

In the early hours of the morning, before the sun had risen against the snow and the mountains outside the living room’s glass wall, Yelena knocked on Mr. Pollard’s door. Veronique answered, clad as always… [more]

The Many Lives of Yelena Moulin, Chapter 5

Julian Darius — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:51 +0000

Yelena felt the latex surface of the couch beneath her. This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t have any weight. She knew full well she had no skin or nerves to feel through. She reached out… [more]