There are always possibilities.
A home for strange new histories, art and literature.
Tranquility Press is a curated webring and support site dedicated to providing fellow World building artists and authors a shared resource space by which to trade, collaborate and draw inspiration from different ideas within Science Fiction and Fantasy universes.
We are here to make Star Trek “real”. Our goal is to enrich the Trek Universe into a tangible, lived in world beyond the soundstage and screen.
Our ongoing mission.
Our goal with Tranquility Press is to provide fellow Trek world building artists and authors a shared resource space by which to trade, collaborate, and draw inspiration from different ideas for different niches within Star Trek’s universe.
Pulling from any and all sources of Trek’s Alpha, Beta, Kelvin, and written work-published canons, contributors can either submit their long-form projects to be hosted by a webring-style landing page, or submit one-shot works that can be classified as anything from theoretical political parties, maps, prospective galactic faction timelines, cultural suppositions, and more.
Considering the tumultuous, taxing nature of social media’s current landscape, we wanted to provide an online space dedicated to hosting fan works inspired from the historic, non-official Trek fansites and micropresses that came before us (the Central Institute of the Romulan Language, the Kim/Paris Collective, Spockanalia, the Rihannsu database, etc). We hope to, in the future, servce not just a hub for information and resources, but for current and fut ure fanworks.
Who are we?
Andy Poulastides
(he/him)
Andy hails from London UK and with a passion for Science fiction. A keen podcaster as host of the Great Derelict and a Director and Photographer by trade. Andy also has a keen interest in history, especially that of the Royal Navy through the 20th century and HMS Hood in particular. He lives in Surbiton with his wife Amber and cat Stefan.
Hovannes Mardikian
(they/he)
Hovannes "Hye" Mardikian (he/they) is a transmasc book designer and editor, as well as a veteran paginator and prepress consultant within the independent comics scene. While he will one day reapproach the xB-centric worldbuilding writings of "The Ohniaka III Project," in the meantime he also creates the page layouts and style guides for Tranquility Press's various
John Concagh
(he/they)
John is a Postgraduate Historian from London. While John’s academic research and training is focused on the 19th and 20th centuries, since 2020 he’s been an intrepid historian of the 23rd century as the creator of The Edge of Midnight Project, a ground-breaking attempt to chart the Federation-Klingon Cold War.
Eric V. Muirhead
(he/him)
Eric V. Muirhead is a military veteran, martial artist, and historian of Modern Germany and Japan. He is deeply committed to veteran’s issues and education. For Tranquility Press, he is the co-author of We Have Engaged the Borg: the Oral History of the Battle of Wolf 359 and author of Star Trek: Pershing.
Annie Muirhead
(she/her)
Annie has never recovered from the trauma of watching “Tears of the Prophets” by herself at age 11. As a Public Historian she has worked with trains, tractors, ghosts, sheep, and the occasional Human. She enjoys enforcing use of the Oxford comma at Tranquility Press.