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Torn World by multiple parties

A science fantasy shared world. 

Torn World offers a unique shared world platform with flavors of science fiction, high fantasy, slipstream, steampunk and alternate realities.  Two widely disparate cultures are poised to meet – a close-knit, peaceful, unicorn-herding people, and a sprawling, expansionist, pre-industrial Empire that uses time technology in a near-magic fashion. 

Created by Ellen Million, multiple authors and artists have used the setting to create a growing collection of short stories, poetry, artwork and more, exploring some of the unique temporal physics of the world, as well as the strange creatures, unexpected cultures and fascinating characters.

You’ll never look at unicorns the same way again . . . 


An ongoing series, with new episodes weekdays

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Editor: Linda Schoales
April 10, 2010

A collection of short stories, art and poetry. The stories I looked were well-written.

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Tearing Up the World

Member: Ysabetwordsmith
April 14, 2010

Torn World is a science fantasy shared world, blending motifs from science fiction and fantasy genres.  Out of the Ancient civilization with its advanced temporal technology came the Upheaval, which shattered the world into many shards in which time flowed at different speeds.  The modern world is slowly healing and rejoining its shards.  Torn World provides a space for writers [more . . .]

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A World to Explore

Member: Wyld_Dandelyon
May 5, 2011

I speculate that Torn World started with a vision of the survivors of a terrible disaster (The Upheaval) living in an arctic wilderness with the help of huge, mischievous unicorns, and wondering what it would be like when their descendants meet—and clash with—a vast empire that uses steam and time technologies.  The Empire is ruled by scientists, themselves descendants [more . . .]

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