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4/15/25 The Complete Planet Hoppers Collection is now available for download in The Archives. This was the continuity-stitching series that ran on the Wizards of the Coast website from 2003-2004, and 2008, and includes an unpublished (unfinished) short. An audio interview with the main writer for the series, Corey Herndon, can be found on Spotify here. Special thanks to Brennan (Quinlan Vos) for putting this all together!

Reminder: The pre-sale for the deluxe limited 3rd edition of Supernatural Encounters closes on 4/20.

4/13/25 Deluxe Redux

Because so many of you reached out to me expressing dismay at having missed the deluxe edition of Supernatural Encounters, I've contacted my printer who agreed to print a small batch for stragglers. Pre-orders will be open till April 20th. This edition is limited and will not be made available again unless there is a future LegendsCon.

You can find all the details on the pre-order for the deluxe editions on this page.

Please note that a standard edition is in the works for June with details TBD. Additional books from the tier sets will not be available at that time.

3/19/25 Light in the Darkness

Maxine Morrell, Arthur Lowery, Joanna Lowery, Joe Bongiorno, Samantha H.G., Alex Bernardi, Corey Carter, Marcel Ryan

Samantha H.G. Joanna Lowery, Arthur Lowery, Maxine Morrell, Alex Bernardi, me, Corey Carter, Marcel's wife, Marcel Ryan

Me, Rich Handley, Arthur Lowery, Corey Carter, Marcel Ryan, Samantha H.G., Maxine Morrell, Joanna Lowery

Had an amazing time over the weekend with some fellow EU friends, authors, and spouses!

SE News: Just a quick update, as it's still a busy time over here after hosting all of those fantastic people you see in the pictures above--but I wanted to announce that 3rd ed, deluxe limited edition Supernatural Encounters (SE) books are here and will be ready to go out next week! If you missed this one, stay tuned in April for the standard editions, which will be similar in content, but won't include the signed Nick Joseph plate, the illustrated endpapers, the bookmark, the leatherette covers, etc. I'll also endeavor to put a PDF up on the site that includes the final 3rd ed. text and maps.

In the meantime, be sure to download the latest Expanded Supernatural Encounters (ESE) stories, the excellent A Gleam of Silver in the Dark, by Luke Van Horn, and the fantastic bonus story, Aria's Storm, by Kelcy Van Horn!

2/15/25 New Animation!

AC Bagel's newest animated audiobook adaptation of Supernatural Encounters has dropped, and it's even more beautiful than the prior episodes. In the first half of Chapter 24, prepare to delve into one of the most expansive and conceptually rich chapters yet, as we witness the Architects’ bold attempts to reshape reality itself. This chapter explores the creation of the Earthworlds, crafted to lure humanity and serve as Tilotny’s grand stage for her ultimate plan of domination and supposed salvation. Check it out here!

2/14/25 Site Update

After considerable consideration, The Force Unleashed has been moved back into Infinities where I had placed it years earlier back in 2014 (I've gone back and forth with this a few times). Given the one-time popularity of this game, this may seem needlessly controversial, but there's just no reconciling two crucial plot aspects of the story (in the game and novel) with A New Hope, the Star Wars Radio Drama, and the Empire #5-6: Princess... Warrior.

The climax of TFU has Bail Organa caught by Palpatine and Vader onboard the Death Star while it's under construction. Bail Organa flees and becomes a wanted terrorist. This flies in the face of his daughter being a prominent member of the Senate and creates a contradiction with her secret role in the Rebellion. Had her father been a known terrorist and Rebel, and given all the watchful eyes that would have been upon her, neither Bail nor the Alliance would have given her the crucial mission of retrieving the Death Star plans from the Rebels who captured it.

Similarly, in the second episode of the Star Wars Radio Drama and fifth and sixth issues of the series Star Wars: Empire, Lord Tion, a commodore in the Imperial Navy, visits Bail Organa in his home on Alderaan for dinner to see if he can secure a marriage alliance with Leia. This takes place right before Leia is sent to retrieve the Death Star plans.

These are irreconcilable contradictions (and not the only ones in this story) created by the designers of The Force Unleashed who not only failed to take into account the continuity of the EU but of the films themselves.

2/2/25 Five Days Left!

Pre-sales for the Deluxe, Limited 3rd Edition of Supernatural Encounters is closing in five days! But for those on a budget, we've got you covered! Standard editions will be made available some time in April. Stay tuned for updates or drop me an email to join our Discord server.

Supernatural Music! If you're a fan of the heavy metal genre like I am, you'll be thrilled to know that Lord Vader has made several rocking compositions based on Supernatural Encounters and the EU! You can hear them all here!

1/23/25 Update Day!

For all of you Star Warriors who’ve been on this journey with us for years and all of you Starhoppers who are new to it, I’m thrilled to announce the pre-sale of the third (and final) edition of Supernatural Encounters, which will be available in a very limited edition deluxe hardcover two-volume set for pickup at LegendsCon II on March 15-16, 2025, at the University of Arlington in Texas. And for Discord members and fans of the site unable to attend, you’re not left out--this offer is extended to you as well:

All the details are here!

While I’d love to give you all a free copy, the costs of production and shipping are very high, and this crowdfunding effort will allow me to produce additional copies for fans at LCII and beyond.

To that end, there are three tiers that you can choose from, with the second and third including exclusive LCII printings of books from some of our fellow authors! Note, these are all being printed in small, limited quantities and offered on a first-come, first served basis (which means that payment will be required upon order). No refunds!

Check out the new covers and all the details at the link above. Be sure to read the fine print so that there’s no confusion, but don’t hesitate to reach out to me privately here if you have any questions or concerns.

1/21/25 Guide to the Celestial Spheres!

In our continuing Expanded Supernatural Encounters series, we have the second of several forthcoming Alien Guides ready for you to download!

Supernatural Encounters: Guide to the Celestial Spheres, by Corey Carter and illustrated by AC Bagel can be downloaded here!

As per the author: "In November of last year, I found myself in a bit of a bind. I was in a creative mood, absolutely champing at the bit to write something... but after a long day at work, my brain was fried and I didn't have it in me to tackle anything too difficult. So I challenged myself to whip up something (hopefully) interesting with the lore I know like the back of my hand. Then i shared it with the team. We all agreed that the concept had legs and so I've been burning the candle at both ends to put together a preview for you all.

With all that said, it's my delight to present to you the Supernatural Encounters Guide to the Celestial Spheres, a new sourcebook intended to cover the many planets - major and obscure - in SE. Along with providing an easily accessible summary of places with a lot of history (like the Earthworlds), the Guide sheds light on some overlooked places, provides additional lore, and is riddled with teasers and Easter eggs for upcoming projects (including but not limited to SE's 3rd edition).

Getting this ready in time was no mean feat but I didn't go it alone. I owe a profound debt of gratitude to Joe for his ceaseless patience with my endless, extremely niche questions; my fellow editors for providing an invaluable sounding board; the phenomenally talented AC Bagel, who, on short notice, turned my no doubt infuriatingly vague prompts into breathtaking new art for the Guide; and Kevin Beentjes, who lent his design expertise to turn my extremely basic, comparatively hideous Word doc into the visual masterpiece I present today. This Guide would be a whole lot shorter, uglier, and more boring without them moving mountains for me in a very narrow window and I couldn't be more grateful for everything they've done. I hope you all enjoy!

1/15/25 Guide to the Firstborn Races!

In our continuing Expanded Supernatural Encounters series, we have the first of several forthcoming Alien Guides ready for you to download!

Supernatural Encounters: Guide to the Firstborn Races,written by Kevin Beentjes and illustrated by Kevin Beentjes (and others) can be downloaded here!

As per the author: "I'm really excited to share with you the Supernatural Encounters: Guide to the Firstborn Races today! It is a self-contained guide covering all the 66 named Precursors we encounter in SE, but also serves a preview to the still very much in progress eventual guide that covers all the 1500+ species in SE. You'll find some things in this guide that foreshadow publications yet to come, either from the 3rd edition or other works in the Expanded Encounters. It was a great pleasure to work with others on this project, with Joe and Corey Carter helping me track down obscure sources, as well as with AC Bagel in our little colab to bring some of the unseen species to life." Check it our for free today!

1/8/25 Expanded Supernatural Encounters!

UPDATE DAY! Calling all Star Warriors and Starhoppers! I'm excited to announce Wish 13: Glimpses of Oblivion, an Expanded Supernatural Encounters installment written by our very own Samantha H.G.!!

Taking place in 46 ABY, Wish 13: Glimpses of Oblivion is illustrated by Katherine Graci, and is an incredible ride! You can find it here.

Sam managed to craft a skillful, scary, and wild space adventure with great characters that I absolutely adored, and which feels like the classic Weird Tales of old! As with Mark Elam's excellent Cthon and Devilworlds, and a few others that are yet being worked on that I've glimpsed, I consider these stories part of the SE family, and therefore part of my*canon. I hope that once you read it, it'll be part of yours as well!

I use that term deliberately because the Cosmic Wars era remains rich with storytelling potential, and many of you have taken up the mantle in expanding it further. For this reason, I've been working with Corey Carter to support fanmade and fan-led projects directly connected to Supernatural Encounters. Corey will chime in later to introduce and explain what we've dubbed Expanded Supernatural Encounters. I should also note that Wish 13 is but the first in a wave of announcements and previews that will be released throughout January, with further reveals prepared for LegendsCon II.

1/1/25 Party Like It's Cold Danda Sine!

Splendid Ap Throws a Party!

Cold Danda Sine says the party's over!

Special thanks to Jobaly for these and many more that you can find on the Discord server! Why don't you join us? Do you play well with others? Drop me a line!