Poor Man's Iliad is a 10,000 Dawns Anthology edited by James Wylder, along with associate editors Genevieve Clovis, Evan Forman, Michael Robertson, and Jo Smiley.
It featured stories from sixteen writers: Trevor Allen, Eric R. Asher, Simon Bucher-Jones, Kevin Burnard, Nathan P. Butler, Evan Forman, Nicholas Scott Kory, Kylie Leane, Colby McClung, Michael Robertson, Jo Smiley, Sarah E Southern, Jordan Stout, Tim Sutton, Elizabeth Tock, and James Wylder.
Illustrations were by: Olivia Hinkle, Rachel Johnson, James Lacroix, Raen Ngu, Emrys Seren, and Annie Zhu.
It's notable for being the first 10,000 Dawns book to feature writers who have worked in other established properties like Doctor Who, Star Wars, Faction Paradox, and Marble Hornets.
Contents[]
Part 1: Good Days and Bad Days
A Novel by James Wylder
Prologue: A Night
Ch 1 Zhang Han’s Bad Days
Ch 2 Cornelia Carthage's Good Shake
Ch 3 Human Requisitions
Ch 4 One Last Ride
Ch 5 Gully Guillotine’s Grand Tour
Ch 6 The Benefactor
Ch 7 Let’s Get Prepared!
Ch 8 A War Across the Stars
Ch 9 Two Asides
Ch 10 Violet Actions
Ch 11 The Brief Ballad of Sandy and Jenn
Ch 12 Watch it Burn
Ch 13 Aggressive Negotiations
Ch 14 Some Justice
Ch 15 Love and Liberation
Epilogue: A good Day
Part 2: Anthology
2 Prologue
by James Wylder
by James Wylder
by James Wylder
by Jo Smiley
6 Cleansed by Fire
by Trevor Allen
7 The Taste of Reality
by James Wylder
8 Memories
by Colby McClung
9 The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy
by Evan Forman
10 Mud Nostalgia
by Evan Forman
11 Clash
by Jordan Stout
12 Infiltrators
by Eric R. Asher
13 Red Comet, Dark Star
by Sarah E Southern
14 Unpleasant Realities
by Nathan P. Butler
15 The Sheepmen
by James Wylder
16 Traitors, Pirates, and Thieves: Part 1: Innocence Shattered
by Jo Smiley
17 Late Fees
by James Wylder
18 The Rat King
by Tim Sutton
19 Clueruburos
by Simon Bucher-Jones
20 January, 2464
by James Wylder
21 Io’s Calves
by James Wylder
22 The Ballad of Celeste Roth: Part 1: Escape From Earth
by Elizabeth Tock
23 The Vote
by James Wylder
24 The Shot Seen Round the World
by Kevin Burnard
25 A Small Gambit
by James Wylder
26 The Mercury Puzzle
by James Wylder
27 High Times at the Black Hole Restaurant and Bar
by James Wylder
28 Horizons Lost
by Kylie Leane
29 The Shipyard of Death
by Michael Robertson
30 Body Language
by (redacted)
31 For a Price
by Elizabeth Tock
32 Liberation Day
by Nicholas Scott Kory
33 The Three Sisters
by James Wylder
34 The Odyssey 2 (in 5D Technicolor!)
By Michael Robertson
35 PERFORMANCE ART
by James Wylder
36 The Ballad of Celeste Roth Part 2: Starshine and Comet Dust
by Elizabeth Tock
37 Election Day
by James Wylder
38 Cornelia Carthage Gets Scammed
by James Wylder
39 Stamp #6
by James Wylder
40 The Road to Hell is Paved with Legislation
by Nathan P. Butler
41 Shooting Stars Over Sunrise: Part 1: Sunrise
by James Wylder
42 All Those Important and Petty Gods
by James Wylder
43 Escape from Tarkanograd!
by James Wylder
44 Setting the Board
by James Wylder
Trivia[]
This book contains a partial Prime Universe Timeline as an appendix.