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About
Welcome to Rymellan Stories. If you enjoy reading lesbian fiction, sociological science fiction, or character-driven fiction, you've come to the right place.
Rymellan Stories follows the lives of two residents of the planet Rymel: Lesley Thompson and Mo Middleton. Lesley and Mo live according to the Rymellan Way, as all Rymellans do. The Way, as it’s usually called, is an umbrella term for two sets of articles that govern Rymellan life: the Chosen Tradition and Rymellan Law.
When we meet Lesley and Mo in The Dance, they’re on the cusp of adulthood, planning their futures. However, one decision they won’t make for themselves is whether they’ll have children. In accordance with the Chosen Tradition, the Chosen Council selects mates for Rymellans. Those with a match (a Chosen) are Joined and permitted to have children. Those without a match (Solitaries) can form relationships, but their relationships aren’t recognized by the state and they’re not permitted to reproduce. If a Rymellan is a Solitary, he or she receives a Solitary Notification from the Chosen Council on his or her eighteenth birthday.
Once Joined, Rymellans really do remain together until death do they part. Chosen Violations—violations of articles in the Chosen Tradition—are capital crimes. They generally involve acts that violate a Chosen bond. For Chosens, that would include what we call adultery, flirting with anyone other than one’s Chosen, and abandoning one’s Chosen. Solitaries must also respect Chosen bonds. Flirting with or sleeping with a Chosen would definitely land a Solitary at an execution site. Publicly doubting the Chosen Tradition, the Chosen Council, or a specific match are Chosen Violations that might be committed by any Rymellan.
On Rymel, homophobia doesn’t exist. Also, Rymellan reproductive technology enables women to have biological children together. The Chosen Council Joins men with women, women with women, and men with men. However, male/male Chosens do not reproduce. The Chosen Tradition dictates that children must be carried in a biological parent’s womb, and that wouldn’t be possible if both parents were male.
There is more to the Way and to Rymellan society than what is described here. The stories will provide further details as they’re required. A new story will be posted to the site approximately every three months.
All stories at Rymellan Stories were written by Sarah Ettritch.