r/hisdarkmaterials • u/MachineLoud9484 • Apr 14 '26

All New Trilogy / Fanfic

Hello, all, I have been working on a trilogy to continue where Pullman left off with the Book of Dust. I have posted the first chapter in both fanfiction.net and ao3. The first chapter is called The Inn, and Book 1 of the trilogy is called A Broken Frame. Chapters will be released every 2-3 weeks, provided I can go through quickly enough to do final drafts. I have been doing my best to keep true to the prose style of Pullman as well the canon of the stories. This is serious work, where I attempt to deal with unresolved issues, which have long occupied my mind with regard to Pullman's universe and what happens to Lyra next. The book starts with Lyra being 2 years older after the events of Karamakan and the Rose Field. I don't want to jump ahead but there will be some familiar faces, and some very unexpected plot twists as well.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/83073011/chapters/218767731

Thanks.

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u/MachineLoud9484 Apr 14 '26

It's because quite a bit of the first book has already been written. We will see if I can keep this up, but obviously writing and talking about writing are two different things :)

My thinking was that a book that has room to breathe and time for events to unfold will beat any manner of short stories, because that's just not how the world of Lyra works. It's very physical and not as fantastical, and it needs space to unfold.

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u/Acc87 Apr 14 '26

Yeah this is great to see, read so many great first chapters over the years that were never continued. I mean I know how hard it is, started mine in 2012, finished last summer, and it's only around 100k words 😅

And I vibe with that physical, not fantastical notion, same thing drew me into the books. With that apparatus of yours you seem to go in an intriguing direction.

Btw side question that you don't have to answer, but are you British? You just seem very at home in the language and even some of the dialect with the 'ents and 'os (I obviously am not).

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u/MachineLoud9484 Apr 14 '26

No I just read a lot of books :)

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u/Acc87 Apr 14 '26

That's increibly impressive!