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A Reminder Guide to Lesser-known James H. Schmitz Stories by PencilMarathon
Fandoms: James H. Schmitz library
14 Jun 2026
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The titles of James H. Schmitz short stories and novellas are often oblique and can suit several of his stories, so it's difficult to find the right one to revisit that inspiration you remember having, or that factoid you want to look up for your own story.
The intent of these descriptions is not to recap a story, but to help determine which one it was.
This does not include many of the novels, Agent of Vega, Telzey, Trigger, or Nile stories because they tend to be easy to identify.
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Notes On How Sapphire & Steel Is Written--An Aid for Writers by PencilMarathon
Fandoms: Sapphire & Steel (TV)
08 Dec 2025
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The show's style. Character notes. Speculations. What was happening in the stories.
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The Dursleys have no choice to take six-year-old Harry with them on vacation to the seaside. He decides he wants to be a sailor and runs away to sea.
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After Gauda Prime, nearly everyone thinks Blake is dead. Federation troopers think he's a zombie. Blake thinks he's dying. They're all wrong.
Blake is something else entirely.
But above all else, Blake is a rebel, and he won't forget his Cause. He won't forget his purpose.
(There is major character death, but I don't think it warrants a warning, as it is offscreen acknowledgment -oh, X is/was dead and our heroes are just as alive at the end as they were at the beginning.)
Bookmarked by PencilMarathon
21 Sep 2025
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An unusual post-Gauda Prime story.
A reader unacquainted with Blake's 7 may enjoy the story, but probably won't get particularly invested in the characters.
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A steel factory robot starts predicting the results of horse races, with perfect accuracy. With Alfred Lanning flapping wildly, Susan Calvin investigates.
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02 Apr 2026
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(Bookmarked because can't be invited to a collection.)
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Jonas invites Daniel to join an excavation on Kelowna
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Bookmarked by PencilMarathon
04 Jan 2026
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(Bookmarked because can't be invited to a collection.)
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Four-year-old Luna has been able to see lights her whole life- and when both of her parents die in an explosive magical accident, she decides to grab on to one of the lights and follow it.
Meanwhile, Regulus Black has never really thought of himself as the parental sort- he's hardly interacted with a child in his life, much less raised one. But when two magically inexplicable orphans show up and somehow resurrect him- well, what else was he supposed to do? Not immediately adopt them? Yeah, right.
(Features little Luna and Harry adopting each other as siblings and Regulus being in way, way over his head)
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Bookmarked by PencilMarathon
11 Nov 2024
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A wholesome horror story.