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Marshall Ryan Maresca Collection
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Manuscripts

1/1: The Crown of Druthal [unpublished Maradaine novel], typescript draft chapters with handwritten edits, and reader comments. February 2005

1/2: "Jump the Black" (2013), typescript draft with suggested track changes, 2012

1/3: "Jump the Black" (2013), typescript draft with suggested track changes, 2012

1/4: "Jump the Black" (2013), typescript draft with handwritten comments, and email containing reviewer comments, November 2012

1/5: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft, with handwritten reader comments, cover page - page 113, with query letter, synopsis, and critique questionnaire, 2014?

1/6: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, pages 114 - 260 and end pages, 2014?

1/7: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript partial draft, pages 87 - 166, undated

1/8: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript partial draft with handwritten comments, pages 167 - 260 and supplementary material, undated

1/9: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten suggestions, pages 1- 138, undated

1/10: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten suggestions, pages 139 - 260, undated

1/11: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, cover page - page 148, 2014?

1/12: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, pages 149 - 260, with end pages and synopsis, 2014?

1/13: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten comments, chapters 1 - 11, 2014?

1/14: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript draft with handwritten comments, chapters 12 - 28, 2014?

1/15: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), typescript partial draft with handwritten edits, undated

1/16: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), partial proofs, cover page - page 179, 2014

1/17: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, cover page - page 133, with handwritten comments, undated

1/18: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, pages 134 - 216, with handwritten comments, undated

1/19: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, cover page -page 100, undated

1/20: A Murder of Mages (2015, under old title The Mage Murders), typescript rough draft, pages 101 - 216, with handwritten comments, undated

1/21: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial page proofs with handwritten edits, 2015

1/22: A Murder of Mages (2015), page proofs, 2015

1/23: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016, under old title The Elements of Aventil), typescript draft with handwritten edits, cover page - page 167, undated

1/24: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016, under old title The Elements of Aventil), typescript draft with handwritten edits, page 168 - 390, and extra page 197, undated

1/25: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016), proofs with handwritten edits, cover - page 199, October 2015

1/26: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016), proofs with handwritten edits, page 200 - 389, October 2015

1/27: The Imposters of Aventil (2017), typescript partial draft with handwritten edits, and ploy synopsis, 2015

1/28: The Imposters of Aventil (2017), typescript pages with handwritten edits, pages 4 - 29, undated

1/29: The Imposters of Aventil (2017), proof pages, July 2017

1/30: The Holver Alley Crew (2017, under old title The Holver Alley Crew: The Fire Gig), typescript partial second draft with handwritten edits, cover page - page 64, undated

1/31: The Holver Alley Crew (2017), typescript [lacking pages 1 - 64], undated

1/32: The Holver Alley Crew (2017), partial page proofs, 2016

1/33: The Way of the Shield (2018), typescript draft with handwritten edits, cover page - page 197, undated

1/34: *The Way of the Shield (2018), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 198 - 340, undated

Manuscripts

2/1: The Way of the Shield (2018), partial page proofs with handwritten edits, 2018

2/2: Shield of the People (2019), typescript draft notes, 2018

2/3: Shield of the People (2019), typescript draft of prologue, March 2018

2/4: Shield of the People (2019), typescript draft 'work copy' with handwritten comments, undated

2/5: Shield of the People (2019), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

2/6: Shield of the People (2019), partial typescript draft, pages 212 - 243, undated

2/7: Shield of the People (2019), typescript draft pages with handwritten edits, pages 244 - 290, undated

2/8: Shield of the People (2019), typescript draft pages with handwritten edits, March 2018

2/9: Shield of the People (2019), partial page proofs with handwritten edits, 2019

2/10: Shield of the People (2019), proofs, May 2019

2/11: A Parliament of Bodies (2019), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 2 - 173, undated

2/12: A Parliament of Bodies (2019), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 174 - 322, undated

2/13: A Parliament of Bodies (2019), typescript partial draft with handwritten edits, undated

2/14: A Parliament of Bodies (2019), partial proofs, October 2018

2/15: A Parliament of Bodies (2019), proof pages with handwritten edits, October 2018

2/16: The Fenmere Job (2020), typescript editing draft with handwritten edits, cover page - page 199, undated

2/17: The Fenmere Job (2020), typescript editing draft with handwritten edits, pages 200 - 384, undated

2/18: The Fenmere Job (2020), typescript draft 'work copy' with handwritten edits, 2018?

2/19: The Fenmere Job (2020), proofs with handwritten edits, November 2019

2/20: The People of the City (2020), typescript draft with handwritten edits, cover - page 193, undated

2/21: The People of the City (2020), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 194 - 346, undated, with inserts, January 2020

2/22: The People of the City (2020), typescript partial draft with handwritten edits, undated

2/23: The People of the City (2020), typescript partial draft, undated

2/24: The People of the City (2020), typescript draft, undated

2/25: The People of the City (2020), proofs with handwritten edits, 2020

2/26: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), notes and summary, 2020

2/27: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

2/28: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), typescript pages with handwritten edits, pages 190 - 199, undated

2/29: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

2/30: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), partial typescript draft, undated

2/31: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), synopsis with handwritten edits, undated

2/32: Adopted Daughters of the Mocassa (unpublished), story proposal, 2019

2/33: Banshee (unpublished), typescript partial working draft with handwritten edits, undated

2/34: Mageship Decarion (unpublished), typescript draft of chapter 9, with handwritten edits, undated

2/35: The Mysterious Mystical Murders of Yin Mara (unpublished), story proposal, 2019

2/36: The Mysterious Mystical Murders of Yin Mara (unpublished), synopsis and partial transcript, 2019

2/37: The Mysterious Mystical Murders of Yin Mara (unpublished), partial typescript rough draft with handwritten edits, 2017

2/38: The Mysterious Mystical Murders of Yin Mara (unpublished), typescript partial draft, undated

2/39: "The Withered Boy" (unpublished), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

2/40: "The Withered Boy" (unpublished), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

Manuscripts

4/1: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

4/2: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

4/3: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

4/4: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with track changes and editorial comments, undated

4/5: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, undated

4/6: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, undated

4/7: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten reader comments, undated

4/8: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten reader comments [reader Stina Leicht], undated

4/9: A Murder of Mages (2015), typescript draft of pages 1 - 2 with handwritten reader comments [reader Anne Sowards], undated

4/10: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with added reader comments, undated

4/11: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft of pages 49 - 69, undated

4/12: A Murder of Mages (2015), partial typescript draft with handwritten comments, undated

4/13: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016), typescript draft with handwritten edits, title page - page 153, undated

4/14: The Alchemy of Chaos (2016), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 154 - 395, undated

4/15: The Holver Alley Crew (2017), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

4/16: The Way of the Shield (2018), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

4/17: The Way of the Shield (2018), partial typescript with handwritten edits, undated

4/18: The Way of the Shield (2018), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated (I)

4/19: The Way of the Shield (2018), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated (II)

4/20: The Way of the Shield (2018), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated (III)

4/21: The Way of the Shield (2018), proof pages, July 2018

4/22: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), typescript draft with handwritten edits, title page - page 146, undated

4/23: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 147 - 273, undated

4/24: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), typescript pages with handwritten reader comments, undated

4/25: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), partial typescript, undated

4/26: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), proofs with handwitten edits, front matter - page 107, November 2020

4/27: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 107 - 206, November 2020

4/28: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), proofs with handwritten edits, pages 207 - 355, November 2020

4/29: Druthalian Shorts (unpublished), partial typescript pages, October 2020

4/30: Entropy (short play), typescript, undated (3 copies)

4/31: Mageship Dzembani (unpublished), typescript pages with handwritten edits, January 2017

4/32: The Mystical Murders of Yin Mara (unpublished), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

4/33: An Unsettled Duty (unpublished), typescript draft with handwritten edits, title page - page 102, undated

4/34: A Unsettled Duty (unpublished), typescript draft with handwritten edits, pages 103 - 212, undated

4/35: An Unsettled Duty (unpublished), partial typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

Marshall Ryan Maresca Collection

  • TxAM-CRS C000486
  • Collection
  • 2005 - 2020

This collection consists of manuscripts and working files from Texas fantasy and science fiction writer Marshall Ryan Maresca, most well-known for his ongoing Maradaine series, which contains several sub-series of novels, all set in and around the fantastical city of Maradaine. Materials in the collections include drafts in various stages of many of his works, as well as proofs and working notes.

Maresca, Marshall Ryan

Other Materials

4/49: ArmadilloCon materials, 2010 - 2011

4/50: The Prey of Gods (Nicky Drayden, 2017), typescript synopsis with handwritten edits, undated

4/51: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), online reviews, 2015?

4/52: Partial transcript of interview with Maresca, with handwritten edits, 2020

Working Files

2/41: A Parliament of Bodies (2019), notes and scraps, undated

2/42: Shield of the People (2019), draft notes, 2017

2/43: Shield of the People (2019), plot outline, undated

2/44: Shield of the People (2019), section synopses with handwritten comments, 2017

2/45: The People of the City (2020), drafting workbook with handwritten edits, undated

2/46: The People of the City (2020), notes and outlines with handwritten edits, undated

2/47: Adopted Daughters of the Morassa (unpublished), outline, graphics, and notes, 2019

2/48: The Mysterious Mystical Murders of Yin Mara (2022), notes, March 2016

2/49: "2373", worldbuilding notes, September 2012

2/50: Assorted notes, undated

2/51: Current projects sketchbook, 2012, 2016

2/52: Future Maradaine novels, notes, undated

2/53: Future project file, September 2018

Working Files

4/36: The Thorn of Dentonhill (2015), reader critiques, 2010, undated

4/37: The Holver Alley Crew (2017), background/worldbuilding materials, outlines, and reader critiques, undated

4/38: The Velocity of Revolution (2021), editing workbook, 2020?

4/39: Heart of Xonaca (unpublished Druthal novel), background/worldbuilding materials, 2007, undated

4/40: Triple Cross (unpublished comic story), chapter outlines and character list, undated

4/41: An Unsettled Duty (unpublished), story bible and sourcebook, undated

4/42: U.S.S. Banshee (unpublished), background/worldbuilding materials, 2008, undated

4/43: Maradaine Constabulary, dramatis personae, with handwritten notes, undated

4/44: Maradaine background/worldbuilding files, 2008, undated

4/45: Maradaine background/worldbuilding files, 2008, undated

4/46: Maradaine background/worldbuilding files, undated

4/47: Maradaine maps, undated

4/48: Maradaine 'saga bible' and outline notebook, 2017, undated

Working Files

3/1: Geography of Maradaine documents, undated

3/2: 'Heroes of Maradaine Full Plan', September 2018

3/3: Maradaine Elite novels, notecards, undated

3/4: Maradaine history timelines, January 2018

3/5: Maradaine novels, 2012, undated

3/6: Maradaine novels outline notebook, undated

3/7: Maradaine novels, style sheet, 2019?

3/8: Maradaine novels and novellas, 2010, 2012, undated

3/9: Secondary projects scratchbook, September 2018