Shell

The Shell universe is the home universe of the Jokka.

Theme
Gender, Identity and Loss Among Aliens

Author's Comments
The Jokka are aliens with three sexes—female, male and neuter—who also have a chance to turn from one sex to another at two separate puberties. Recent climate changes have been harsh on them, and the breeding sexes are particularly prone to strokes and other forms of stress-related disability. These stories deal with gender, identity and loss and are not light reading. They were among my first published pieces. If you want to travel to a completely different world and be immersed—there are no humans in these stories—try these. The list below is chronological by the world's timeline.

Shell Universe Characters

 * Dlane
 * Ekanoi
 * Kediil
 * Keshul
 * Thenet

Shell Universe Fiction
(arranged chronologically)

Kediil's Age: From Nomads to Settlers

 * Freedom, Spiced and Drunk
 * New Stories
 * A Trifold Spiral Knot

Ekanoi's Age: The Founding of the Cities

 * Money for Sorrow, Made Joy
 * Unspeakable
 * Unknowable
 * Anadi Dolls
 * His Neuter Face
 * The Smell of Intelligence

Thenet's Age: The Dwindling

 * Fire in the Void
 * The Worth of a Shell
 * Stone Moon, Silk Scarves
 * Pearl in the Void (currently unpublished)

Other

 * Clays Beneath the Skies

Shell Universe Unpublished Works/Projects

 * Pearl in the Void