Tall Tales

Tall Tales
Product information
Type	Independent Stories & Linked Stories
Publication information
Content
Content	Drama War Stories Political Intrigue Mercenary ----
Era	Star League Era Succession Wars Era Clan Invasion Era Jihad Era Dark Age Era
Series	2

Description

Tall Tales is a collection of stand-alone & loosely linked stories written by BattleTech Fan Author, JA Baker/Starbug.

These stories are based in the Alternate Universes of the BattleTech universe. Tall Tales is usually written where characters tell various unusual tales they lived or heard, each with it's own unique themes.

Originally written among the Tall Tales series is trilogy of linked short stories set in the, which centers around JA Baker's mercenary band lead by woman known only as Joker, her team named Deadman's Hand. The story originally started off as as short stories but was additional stories were made into a series Forum posts of much longer/lengthier stories of Joker and her Mercenary Company.

He has published his collection of short stories on SpaceBattles.com under the collective name Creepypasta Anthology

Differences in Canon

Various. Each entry's theme can vary from story to story.

Author's Description

• As told by the Author -

"''Tall Tales is the collective name for stuff I've written that consists of some stories that are at least somewhat interconnected, but they're supposed to be the kind of stories you hear people swap at a bar when it's so late it's almost early. As such, at the same time, they both share and don't share continuity.''"

—{{{2}}}

Individual Short Stories

• A Light In The Darkness
• A Slowboat to NoWhere
• All The Empty Places
• Are you Watching Closely?
• Atomic Annie
• Bad Moon Rising
• Be Careful What You Wish For
• Beyond The Beyond
• Beyond the Seas
• Bound By Blood
• ...Certain Point of View
• Dawson's Lament
• Dead Worlds
• Deus Ex Machina
• Divine Intervention
• Down At The Crossroads
• Fair Fight
• Follow The Money
• Forbidden History
• Forty Shillings On The Drum
• Free Fire
• Genius Loci
• Hall of Mirrors
• Hold Until Relieved
• Hunting Party
• Incubus
• Jonah
• Last Stand
• Leap of Faith
• Legacy
• Lucky No.7
• Mad Jack
• Moriamur Et In Media Arma Ruamus
• No Fate
• Nuzhat al-mushtāq fi'khtirāq al-āfāq
• Off the Edge of the Map
• Roland, The Headless Hunchback Pilot
• Run Silent, Run Deep
• Sealed Cargo
• Ships of the Night
• The Far Shore
• The Honour Of The Regiment
• The House Always Wins
• The Improbable Life, And Possible Death, Of Alexandra Stephanie Hayes
• The Karken Wakes
• The Last Spartan
• The Long Road
• The Lost And The Damned
• The Man of Black
• The Most Dangerous Game
• The Truth
• The Wreck of the Charlotte Cameron
• To Hold The Infinity In The Palm Of Your Hand
• To Reach the Unreachable Star
• Ultima Ratio Regum
• Urban Legend
• Uroboros
• Upon A Pale Horse

Joker-verse Stories

The Jokerverse is JA Baker's own Alternate Universe which centers around the Mercenary Band, Joker and Dead Man's Hand. A specialize mercenary unit under taking missions deemed impossible. This universe also shares aspects/characters from Cannonshop's Ngoverse AU.

• Who Goes There? Anthology - Origin of woman known as Joker (original 3 short stories)

• Your Ignorance Is Bliss - A short story, featuring someone telling a story of Joker and Dead Man's Hand.

• Two Redheads Walk Into A Bar - A short story, featuring person who has some interest in Joker.

• Dead Man's Hand: The Kowloon Job - Hired by eccentric Duchess for special retrieval job.

• Dead Man's Hand: Second Star to the Right - Joke on her own, on special mission while on the run from her...Mom?

• Dead Man's Hand: A Taste Of Ashes - Hand on garrison duty, finding time for fun and unfortunate events to come

• Dead Man's Hand: Family Values - Trying find safe haven, while Joke tries cope with aftermath of the previous job

• Dead Man's Hand: Audentes Fortuna Juvat (Short Story) - Operation Bird Dog

• Dead Man's Hand: What Price Glory? - Hired by the Second Star League to assist ground drops on Port Authur.

Articles related to Tall Tales

• Dead Man's Hand (Mercenary Command)

Wiki Notes

Since having been given permission to published / archives his works. I have collected as many of his stories he wrote that I could find.

On August 24th, 2022 JA Baker / Starbug pasted away, his final story (known) was Ultima Ratio Regum.

Links

• Original Bg.Battletech Forums Thread where the stories came from.
• Alternate site for his stories under the collective name, Creepypasta Anthology on SpaceBattles.com's forums.