Unbound proofs with handwritten corrections and copyedits, autographed by Gibson, January 2007

Handwritten and handcolored map of "The Lost Chasms", undated

This collection contains materials relating to the life and career of Texas-based science fiction and fantasy writer Jessica Reisman. Materials include typescript drafts for many of her published and unpublished stories, as well as drafts and notes from stories written before her professional career began. Other items in the collection include spec scripts and screenplays written by Reisman, academic writing from her undergraduate days, and assorted other materials.

Other Materials

1-1/56: Academic writing, typescripts, 1990-1991

1-1/57: Academic writing, typescripts, undated

1-1/58: Before The Rain (1992), M.A. degree writing requirement at UT-Austin, May 1992

1-1/59: Clarion West materials, 1995

1-1/60: Copies of published work, 1999-2000, 2007, undated

1-1/61: The Intergalactic Nemesis/Return of the Intergalactic Nemesis performances, 2000-2001

1-1/62: Postcard from Reisman's desk, undated (inscription from January 2024)

1-1/63: Publicity cards for Substrate Phantoms (2017), 2017

1-1/64: Publicity display for The Z Radiant (2004), 2004?

Manuscripts:

1-1/1: "Rain Brujah" (1988), typescript draft, undated

1-1/2: "Raney's Hounds" (1999), typescript later draft [under old title "Hellfire"], with notes and background materials, undated

1-1/3: "The Arcana of Maps" (2000), typescript draft, undated

1-1/4: "Two Hearts in Zamora" (2006), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated; notes, undated; submission invitation, 2006?; and copies of Robert E. Howard stories, undated

1-1/5: "Flowertongue" (2011), typescript with handwritten beta reader comments, 2000?

1-1/6: "Flowertongue" (2011), typescript with handwritten beta reader comments, 2000?

1-1/7: "Flowertongue" (2011), notes and feedback, February 2000, undated

1-1/8: "Flowertongue"(2011), background materials, 1998, undated

1-1/9: "A Thousand Wings of Luck" (2011), typescript draft [under old title "The House of Ren"] with handwritten notes, undated

1-1/10: "A Thousand Wings of Luck" (2011), typescript draft [under old title "Luck of the House"] with handwritten beta reader comments, undated

1-1/11: "Before The Rain" (2019), typescript draft, undated

1-1/12: "An Irdish Tale" (2019), typescript draft [3700 words] with handwritten beta reader comments, undated

1-1/13: "An Irdish Tale" (2019), typescript draft [4200 words] with handwritten beta reader comments, undated

1-1/14: "An Irdish Tale" (2019), notes and beta reader comments, undated

1-1/15: "The Angle of Incidence" (undated), typescript drafts with handwritten beta reader comments, undated; and notes, undated

1-1/16: "The Ballad of Spitfire Rye" (undated), typescript with handwritten edits, undated

1-1/17: "By A Salt Green Sea" (undated), typescript drafts with handwritten edits by beta readers, undated

1-1/18: "By A Salt Green Sea" (undated), typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

1-1/19: "By A Salt Green Sea" (undated), partial typescript draft with notes, undated

1-1/20: "By A Salt Green Sea" (undated), notes and reviewer notes, September 2005, undated

1-1/21: The Eye of Drynsariel (unpublished, 1984), typescript draft and handcolored map, 1984

1-1/22: "The Fawn of Divinity" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/23: "A Feather's Weight", typescript draft and handwritten notes, undated

1-1/24: "Into The Day" (undated) , typescript draft, undated; and typescript draft with handwritten edits, undated

1-1/25: "Luck By Any Other Name" (undated), typescript draft with handwritten beta reader comments, undated; and notes from beta reader, undated

1-1/26: "Nixy" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/27: "Propagating the Rose" (undated), typescript first drafts with handwritten beta reader comments, undated

1-1/28: "Propagating the Rose" (undated), handwritten beta reader comments, undated; and notes, undated

1-1/29: "Stone Moons" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/30: "Tulanicus" (undated), typescript drafts [under various titles], undated; typescript drafts with handwritten edits, undated; and notes, undated

1-1/31: "While Making Feet" (undated), typescript drafts with handwritten beta reader comments, undated

1-1/32: "While Making Feet" (undated), handwritten beta reader comments, undated

1-1/33: "Who Last Through Dream Did Pass" (undated), typescript early version, undated

1-1/34: Early story drafts and fragments, undated

1-1/35: Graduate School: "Blue-green" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/36: Graduate School: "Carnival" (undated), typescript draft with handwritten edits and reviewer comments, undated

1-1/37: Graduate School: "Other Lodgers" (undated), typescript draft with handwritten reviewer comments, undated

1-1/38: Graduate School: "Racer X" (undated), typescript first draft, March 1992; and typescript first draft with handwritten reviewer comments, March 1992

1-1/39: Graduate School: "Seeding the Stone with Blood" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/40: Screenplays: "The Other Day" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/41: Screenplays: "Sleepy" (undated), typescript draft, undated; and typescript draft, October-November 1992

1-1/42: Scripts: The Intergalactic Nemesis (radio play, 1996), typescripts of episodes, including "The Robot's Gift" and "Death on Zygon" by Reisman, 1996?

1-1/43: Spec Scripts: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Alchemy", typescripts and additional story premises, September 1998

1-1/44: Spec Scripts: The Sentinel: "Homing Instincts", typescripts and additional story premises, 1998

1-1/45: Undergraduate: "A Story of Bone" (undated), manuscript draft, undated

1-1/46: Undergraduate: Various fiction exercises, typescript drafts, October 1987, undated

1-1/47: Undergraduate and Before: "The Blue Whsitle" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/48: Undergraduate and Before: "The Faun of Divinity" (1985), typescript draft, 1985

1-1/49: Undergraduate and Before: "Grendel Tea" (1989), typescript draft, undated; and published story in Portland Review of the Arts, 1989

1-1/50: Undergraduate and Before: "Sage" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/51: Undergraduate and Before: "Tigers Aren't Afraid of Water" (undated), typescript draft, undated

1-1/52: Undergraduate and Before: "Trickster's Tea" (1990), typescript draft, undated

1-1/53: Various notes, undated

1-1/54: Various notes, undated

1-1/55: Various poems, typescript and handwritten drafts, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, undated