Also be sure to check out the parodies page and the fan fiction page.

Graceland by Allen Steele

First appeared in: TALES OF RIVERWORLD, 1992
John Lennon, Sid Vicious, Keith Moon and Brian Jones are a supergroup on the Riverworld isle of Graceland where Elvis really is the King. But what happened to all our other musical greats?

Every Man a God by Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg

First appeared in: TALES OF RIVERWORLD, 1992
The story of Frederick Courtney Selous a contemporary of Richard Francis Burton, who, whilst tracking Burton so that they can explore the Riverworld together, is himself tracked by Caligula! And then they meet Beethoven.

Blandings on Riverworld by Phillip C. Jennings

First appeared in: TALES OF RIVERWORLD, 1992
The central figure is none other than P.G. Wodehouse, the great British humorist and his relationship with Maria Montessori, the famous educationist.

Two Thieves by Harry Turtledove

First appeared in: TALES OF RIVERWORLD, 1992
A Basileus (monarch) from New Constantinople and his brother looks to conquer much as he did on earth to protect his dynasty but realises his nation’s survival relies on an alliance with Mayor Richard J. Daley, Mayor of the downriver state of Shytown.

Fools Paradise by Ed Gorman

First appeared in: TALES OF RIVERWORLD, 1992
Edgar Allan Poe asks Dashiell Hammett (who was a Pinkerton agent before becoming a writer) to help him protect his beloved Lillian from an unknown assassin.

The Merry Men of Riverworld by John Gregory Betancourt

First appeared in: TALES OF RIVERWORLD, 1992
An actor who was to play Robin Hood just before he was killed on Earth joins forces with Abraham Lincoln to save Jules Verne’s utopia from the conquering armies of Al Capone.

Unfinished Business by Robert Weinberg

First appeared in: TALES OF RIVERWORLD, 1992
Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Socrates aim to refight the Alamo but the Riverworld throws some unexpected characters into their plans.

If the King Like not the Comedy by Jody Lynn Nye

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
William Shakespeare, Washington Irving and Aristophanes perform plays from a theatre boat that travels the great river. But what happens when they are unsuspectingly asked to perform Richard III to none other than the resurrected monarch himself?

Because It's There by Jerry Oltion

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Robert Peary again race Scott to the South Pole but who will win on this new world?

A Place of Miracles by Owl Goingback

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Tantake Iyotake (aka Sitting Bull) saves a young girl from the river and nurses her back to health. The gentle Medicine man discusses philosophy and religion with the girl before running into George Custer once again.

Diaghilev Plays Riverworld by Robert Sheckley

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Russia’s greatest ballet master plans to replay his evil conquest of the dancer Nijinsky and Pizarro’s conquistadors plan their evil re-conquest of the Incas. But this is the Riverworld.

Secret Crimes by Robert Sampson

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Allan Pinkerton, the legendary detective gets involved in intrigue between Cleopatra and Tiberius.

Hero's Coin by Brad Strickland

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Father Lupian and Brother Aelfstan are two monks who spent their lives on Earth as chroniclers, writing history as it happened. They begin doing the same on Riverworld but have they met the new messiah?

Human Spirit, Beetle Spirit by John Gregory Betancourt

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
A primitive tribe tries to come to terms with their resurrection and rejuvenation. Are they in the Spirit World? And what will they make of the other humans they meet on the Riverworld?

Nevermore by David Bischoff & Dean Wesley Smith

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Edgar Alan Poe finds a writers colony where Johan Gutenberg has set up a printing press. The first book they have produced is TARZAN RESURRECTED by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Already living in the writers colony are Robert Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Frederick Faust (aka Max Brand) and Lester Dent (aka Kenneth Robeson).

Old Soldiers by Lawrence Watt-Evans

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Germanicus Caesar controls a stretch of Riverworld and General George S. Patton is the head of his army. Both bemoan the sad fact that war is just not Hell anymore and so revive the gladiatorial arena.

Legends by Esther M. Friesner

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Medea’s legend precedes her, appalls her, dominates her and may save her from the vengeance of the children she murdered. But there are other legends loose on Riverworld.

Stephen Comes Into Courage by Rick Wilber

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Author Stephen Crane leads a band of travelling baseball players and ponders the enigma that gives him a steady supply of baseballs in his grail.

Riverworld Roulette by Robert Weinberg

First appeared in: QUEST TO RIVERWORLD, 1993
Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett travel with Socrates and the Spartan Lysander along the river. More a band of travelling entertainers than anything else until they encounter a nascent Nazi state. Their leader, Adolf Eichmann is intrigued by Bowie’s metal knife and the prospect of similarly arming his men.

Shades of Pemberly by Win Scott Eckert

First appeared in: Farmerphile 8, April 2007 (part 1)
First appeared in: Farmerphile 9, July 2007 (part 2)
Set in the 1920s, this short story is a standalone "prequel" to Phil's unfinished 1970s novel THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE. Phil's novel and the story make extensive use of the genealogies from TARZAN ALIVE and DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE, firmly setting both tales in the Wold Newton Universe.

A Kick in the Side by Christopher Paul Carey

First appeared in: Farmercon II Program, August 2007
In the second Opar novel, FLIGHT TO OPAR, one of Hadon's companions is lost during a great fire. Hinokly is presumed dead and never mentioned again. In this short story Chris tells us what in fact befell the scribe Hinokly after he left Hadon's side.