Roger's personal history

Since I kept opening holes in Roger's life, and some events seemed like they should overlap or outright contradicted others, I've spent the last few hours rewriting certain little bits in all three stories, and trying to consolidate his history. The timeline presented below is based on that, and hopefully structures my stories a bit better without quite so many holes.

Note - you'll see "failed to recover chalice". It's not a typo, as I've decided that there is more story to tell, but mostly action. Roger will get back to Bargaintown, where a bounty-hunting group led by Ace (a character from the first story I ever wrote) will waylay Roger, and take the chalice, but not before Roger does some permanent damage to Ace or his infrastructure.

Roger Ray: Time for a New Story

Well, I finished up one (if that's what you can call it legitimately. It's not great as far as endings go.), and started a new one. What has become abundantly obvious to me is that my action sequences are the most polished bits, with the suspense--including the ending--needing the most work.

In any case, I think after this next Roger Ray story, I'll try to move into a different character/storyline/universe. Reading a collection of 2005 greatest scifi has me excited to try something different now.

Pictures that Inspired Roger Ray

Updated to use Issuu for the images. Pretty sure it's all Boris Vallejo.

Galaxy Map and Notes

Roger Ray

This is planned as a collection of short stories all about the character Roger Ray and his job as a relic hunter in a far off galaxy. There are many Earth analogues and it's not true science fiction. Classifying this set of stories involves the complex geometry of space, westerns, 1920's serial character, pulp fiction, and elements of fantasy. The elevator pitch is Indiana Jones meets Have Gun Will Travel in space, with a bit of Sam Spade thrown in for good measure.

Tentative title for the collection is "The Adventures of Roger Ray, Relic Hunter."