Original Content
These works exist wholly within the Schrodinger's Heroes project. These include fiction, scripts, poetry, music, and whatever else people devise. They belong to their respective creators, so the available rights may vary. Some pieces have been sponsored and those donors may have additional rights to them.
For alphabetical lists of content, see the original menu page.
For alphabetical lists of content, see the original menu page.
Stand-Alone Works
These are individual works that don't necessarily go together or have a clear chronological sequence. However, some of them relate to specific episodes or can otherwise be placed toward the beginning, middle, or end of Schrodinger's Heroes. They include fiction, poetry, and other creative offerings.
FICTION
Early Stories
"Kid in a Candy Shop" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the two-part pilot episode)
"Toasters" by Dreamwidth user primeideal (after the aired episode "Harnessing Power")
Middle Stories
"Learning to Fit In" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Why Pat's Not at Work"
"Attention to Detail" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Why Pat's Not at Work"
"Verbs Not Nouns" by Elizabeth Barrette Part 1 & Part 2 (after the unaired episode "Why Pat's Not at Work"
"Insulating Layers" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Last Woman Standing")
"Testing the Waters" by Elizabeth Barrette Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (after the unaired episodes
"The Red Hand" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "Skin Deep")
"One Plus One" by DW user dialecticdreamer Part 1, Part 2
"Escape Routes" by DW user dialecticdreamer Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Other Stories
"Ex Machina" by Dreamwidth user primeideal (AU outside the show)
POETRY
Theme Song: "Wanted Alive or Dead" by Elizabeth Barrette
Prequel Poems
"Quinn's Nursery" by Elizabeth Barrette
Early Poems
"Picking Up the Signals" by Elizabeth Barrette (before, during, and after the show)
"The Traction Factor" by Elizabeth Barrette (before the show and after the aired episodes)
"Come In, Please" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the two-part pilot)
"Return to Center" by Elizabeth Barrette (during the aired episode "Landing the Eagle")
"Pat's Place" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Treasured by Me" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Cycling through the Options" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"The Life of Breath" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Prank Calls" by Dreamwidth user thesilentpoet (after the aired episodes)
"Why Ash Loves Alex" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Building Where We Are" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Missing" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
Middle Poems
"Ad Astra Per Aspera" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"Defaced" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"By Any Stretch" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"Defragging the Wetdrive" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"New Beginnings" by Dreamwidth user thesilentpoet (between the unaired episodes "A Can of Worms" and "A Door in the Wind")
"Newton's Laws of Motion Sickness" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Door in the Wind")
"Applied Physicists, and Friends" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Door in the Wind")
"Forfeiture" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Door in the Wind")
"A Taste of Attraction" by Elizabeth Barrette (ending with the unaired episode "Is There an Echo in Here? Echo in Here?")
"Hypercube Roots" by Elizabeth Barrette (Monster House crossover; after the unaired episode "Is There an Echo in Here? Echo in Here?")
"Door Ajar" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Last Woman Standing")
"The Care and Feeding of Heroes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Cover Stories" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Schrodinger's Human" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Ohana" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Texas Foldem" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"For Life's Sake" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Catting Around" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Earning His Stripes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Like Cherries Harmonizing Pussycats" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"The Suspense Is Thrilling Me" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Waxahachie's One-Day Winter" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "A Thorn in the Foot")
"Chromatic Shrift" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "Skin Deep")
"Crosswise" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "Skin Deep")
"Why Ash Loves Quinn" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "The Fourth Wall")
"To Lose Yourself in the Service" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "The Fourth Wall")
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" by Dreamwidth user primeideal (after the unscreened episodes)
"Good Graces" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
"When You Have to Go There" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
"Warm Fuzzies" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
"Of Alchemy and Quantum Physics" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
Late Poems
"The Other Way Around" by Elizabeth Barrette
"Fraying Strings" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Stacking the Deck" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Week 3! Day 3!" by Stefanie Maclin aka Dreamwidth user thesilentpoet (after the napkin episodes)
"Equal and Opposite" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Sauce for the Gander" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"On With Their Work" by Dreamwidth user catsittingstill aka Catherine Faber (after the show)
"Waiting Hand and Foot" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"In Drab Silence" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"The Last Plane to Heaven" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Bedroom Eyes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Entanglement" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Like the Sun" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"The Door to Nowhere" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Games and Catastrophes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Los Despiertos" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Of Cats and Cosmic Strings" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Shiny Little Things" (crossover with Polychrome Heroics: Aquariana) by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Spontaneous Vacations" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Differently Abled Heroes" by Elizabeth Barrette
"Of Portals and Magic Potions" by Elizabeth Barrette
"The Dream Coat" by Elizabeth Barrette
Unsequenced Poems
"Electric Tesseract" by Elizabeth Barrette
OTHER CONTENT
"Lightbulb Joke" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the advance ad "Kay and Quinn in the Office")
"Make Them Do It" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Barrette's Private Ears" filk by DW user thnidu
"Army Moves in Ineffectually" by DW user dialecticdreamer
"String Theory" filk by DW user ari_the_dodecahedron
FICTION
Early Stories
"Kid in a Candy Shop" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the two-part pilot episode)
"Toasters" by Dreamwidth user primeideal (after the aired episode "Harnessing Power")
Middle Stories
"Learning to Fit In" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Why Pat's Not at Work"
"Attention to Detail" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Why Pat's Not at Work"
"Verbs Not Nouns" by Elizabeth Barrette Part 1 & Part 2 (after the unaired episode "Why Pat's Not at Work"
"Insulating Layers" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Last Woman Standing")
"Testing the Waters" by Elizabeth Barrette Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 (after the unaired episodes
"The Red Hand" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "Skin Deep")
"One Plus One" by DW user dialecticdreamer Part 1, Part 2
"Escape Routes" by DW user dialecticdreamer Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Other Stories
"Ex Machina" by Dreamwidth user primeideal (AU outside the show)
POETRY
Theme Song: "Wanted Alive or Dead" by Elizabeth Barrette
Prequel Poems
"Quinn's Nursery" by Elizabeth Barrette
Early Poems
"Picking Up the Signals" by Elizabeth Barrette (before, during, and after the show)
"The Traction Factor" by Elizabeth Barrette (before the show and after the aired episodes)
"Come In, Please" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the two-part pilot)
"Return to Center" by Elizabeth Barrette (during the aired episode "Landing the Eagle")
"Pat's Place" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Treasured by Me" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Cycling through the Options" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"The Life of Breath" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Prank Calls" by Dreamwidth user thesilentpoet (after the aired episodes)
"Why Ash Loves Alex" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Building Where We Are" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Missing" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
Middle Poems
"Ad Astra Per Aspera" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"Defaced" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"By Any Stretch" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"Defragging the Wetdrive" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Can of Worms")
"New Beginnings" by Dreamwidth user thesilentpoet (between the unaired episodes "A Can of Worms" and "A Door in the Wind")
"Newton's Laws of Motion Sickness" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Door in the Wind")
"Applied Physicists, and Friends" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Door in the Wind")
"Forfeiture" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "A Door in the Wind")
"A Taste of Attraction" by Elizabeth Barrette (ending with the unaired episode "Is There an Echo in Here? Echo in Here?")
"Hypercube Roots" by Elizabeth Barrette (Monster House crossover; after the unaired episode "Is There an Echo in Here? Echo in Here?")
"Door Ajar" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episode "Last Woman Standing")
"The Care and Feeding of Heroes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Cover Stories" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Schrodinger's Human" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Ohana" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Texas Foldem" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"For Life's Sake" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Catting Around" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Earning His Stripes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Like Cherries Harmonizing Pussycats" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"The Suspense Is Thrilling Me" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unaired episodes)
"Waxahachie's One-Day Winter" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "A Thorn in the Foot")
"Chromatic Shrift" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "Skin Deep")
"Crosswise" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "Skin Deep")
"Why Ash Loves Quinn" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "The Fourth Wall")
"To Lose Yourself in the Service" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episode "The Fourth Wall")
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" by Dreamwidth user primeideal (after the unscreened episodes)
"Good Graces" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
"When You Have to Go There" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
"Warm Fuzzies" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
"Of Alchemy and Quantum Physics" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the unscreened episodes)
Late Poems
"The Other Way Around" by Elizabeth Barrette
"Fraying Strings" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Stacking the Deck" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Week 3! Day 3!" by Stefanie Maclin aka Dreamwidth user thesilentpoet (after the napkin episodes)
"Equal and Opposite" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Sauce for the Gander" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"On With Their Work" by Dreamwidth user catsittingstill aka Catherine Faber (after the show)
"Waiting Hand and Foot" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"In Drab Silence" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"The Last Plane to Heaven" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Bedroom Eyes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Entanglement" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Like the Sun" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"The Door to Nowhere" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Games and Catastrophes" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Los Despiertos" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Of Cats and Cosmic Strings" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Shiny Little Things" (crossover with Polychrome Heroics: Aquariana) by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Spontaneous Vacations" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the napkin episodes)
"Differently Abled Heroes" by Elizabeth Barrette
"Of Portals and Magic Potions" by Elizabeth Barrette
"The Dream Coat" by Elizabeth Barrette
Unsequenced Poems
"Electric Tesseract" by Elizabeth Barrette
OTHER CONTENT
"Lightbulb Joke" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the advance ad "Kay and Quinn in the Office")
"Make Them Do It" by Elizabeth Barrette (after the aired episodes)
"Barrette's Private Ears" filk by DW user thnidu
"Army Moves in Ineffectually" by DW user dialecticdreamer
"String Theory" filk by DW user ari_the_dodecahedron
Series
These works go together in sets. Most of the pieces are poetry, but some are fiction or other formats. Entries are first listed alphabetically by series title. The author is listed at the top along with the series title. Under that, the installments are presented in their suggested reading order, which may be publication order or chronological order.
The Alpha Vector Series by Elizabeth Barrette
The Alpha Vector series by Elizabeth Barrette features a dimension that lies along the sexual orientation spectrum. There, almost everyone is asexual. Alex and Ash discover the place and enjoy exploring it. This series also ships Good!Schrodinger/Evil!Schrodinger, so when the cats tag along, they find it to their liking as well.
The Alpha Vector Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"The Alpha Vector"
"Hearts of Stone"
"Pawprints on the Heart"
"Alpha Bets"
The Alpha Vector Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"The Alpha Vector"
"Hearts of Stone"
"Pawprints on the Heart"
"Alpha Bets"
The Bloody Valentine Series by Primeideal
Dreamwidth user primeideal wrote these poems for the Bloody Valentine Challenge. They have a darker flair than most of the material in the Schrodinger's Heroes project.
The Bloody Valentine Series by primeideal
"Bottomed Out"
"Breakdown"
The Bloody Valentine Series by primeideal
"Bottomed Out"
"Breakdown"
The Don't Try This at Home Series by Elizabeth Barrette
Dreamwidth user dialecticdreamer commissioned these pieces about Chris dealing with his racist relatives. The characters in the picture TeJay and his girlfriend Emily, victims of Chris' nephew Eric. The tale starts with Eric and his friends bullying TeJay. When Eric feels guilty about what he has done, he turns to Chris for help, and Pat gets involved because he's the emotional expert of the team. Having adults to look up to is helpful for both Eric and TeJay.
The Don't Try This at Home Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"Sloppy and Wet"
"Don't Try This at Home"
"Moving Through the Water"
"With Your Heart Open"
"Mixer Bookmark"
"Believing What You Know Ain't So"
"Friends, Family, and Fireworks"
"When I've Chosen the Dark Side"
"A Faithful Friend and a Good Library"
"Touching Scenes"
"Strong and Fragile"
"Friendships Are Like Clothes”
"As a Model for Others"
"Wendy and the Lost Boys" by Dreamwidth user dialecticdreamer
The Don't Try This at Home Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"Sloppy and Wet"
"Don't Try This at Home"
"Moving Through the Water"
"With Your Heart Open"
"Mixer Bookmark"
"Believing What You Know Ain't So"
"Friends, Family, and Fireworks"
"When I've Chosen the Dark Side"
"A Faithful Friend and a Good Library"
"Touching Scenes"
"Strong and Fragile"
"Friendships Are Like Clothes”
"As a Model for Others"
"Wendy and the Lost Boys" by Dreamwidth user dialecticdreamer
The Inanimate Attractions Series by Elizabeth Barrette
This series begins with references to a dimension in which inanimate objects are sentient. A coffee table from this dimension takes up residence in Ash's room. Alex explores the idea of pretending to be a piece of furniture. And Pat's beloved car Scarlett turns out to be more than expected when she starts reaching out to him mentally.
The Inanimate Attractions Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"Getting a Room"
"How to Table the Topic of World Salvation"
"Scarlett Bond"
"Black and Blue in Waxahachie"
"Tourbillon"
See also "Studying Scarlett" in the Herolock series.
The Inanimate Attractions Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"Getting a Room"
"How to Table the Topic of World Salvation"
"Scarlett Bond"
"Black and Blue in Waxahachie"
"Tourbillon"
See also "Studying Scarlett" in the Herolock series.
The Karma Tribbles Series by Elizabeth Barrette
Karma tribbles are creatures charged with positive energy, and therefore attracted to negative energy. They cause bad luck to afflict nasty people, thereby balancing the energy in the cosmos. Nature abhors an imbalance about as much as a vacuum.
The Karma Tribbles Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"You Think You've Got Tribbles?"
"The Cat's Pajamas"
The Karma Tribbles Series by Elizabeth Barrette
"You Think You've Got Tribbles?"
"The Cat's Pajamas"
The Orange!verse Series by chanter_greenie
The Orange!verse by Dreamwidth user Chanter_greenie presents the first fiction series by someone other than Elizabeth Barrette. It takes place in a dimension where the politics of America has taken an extreme far-right turn. This has led to some rebellion, including a fascinating look at how freedom fighters use radio to spread the word. Some installments cross over to the Scarlet!verse. Usually I say "core" for the Scarlet!verse and "alter" for everything else, but that doesn't work when we've got two dimensions talking about each other. So we named them after the colors of Pat's beloved car, who is called Oranje or Scarlett depending on dimension. See a timeline and a character list.
The Orange!verse Series by chanter_greenie
"Adjacent Universe Splatter"
"Taking the Long Path"
"Tuning Up"
"Musical Gift"
"Dual Path Echo"
"Keeping A Logbook"
"Halo"
"Working the Bands"
"Essential Components"
"Jij Bent Zo"
"Handles and Callsigns" (in progress)
"Local Interference"
"Cat's in the Cradle"
"Thy Father And ..."
"Signal Strength"
"Jammed Transmissions"
"Meteor Scatter"
"Outbander"
"Open Carrier" Part 1 (in progress)
"Carrier Wave" (in progress)
"In the Clear"
"Lighted Display"
"Clandestine Stations"
"Legal ID"
"Modulation"
"Ragchew"
"The First Rule of Pirate Radio"
"QRM"
"Heaven Is Subjective"
"Trusted Voice"
"Parliament Hill's Reply"
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Notes:
Chanter_greenie has this to say about chronology:
"Musical Gift" and "Dual Path Echo" are character studies, but let's say they happen shortly before the end of "Jij Bent Zo." "In the Clear" references other events in story(s) I'm working on. Call it a little while after the end of "Cat's in the Cradle." So you know, there's at least one other piece brewing at the moment, called "Signal Strength," which starts immediately after "Jij Bent Zo" ends.
The Orange!verse Series by chanter_greenie
"Adjacent Universe Splatter"
"Taking the Long Path"
"Tuning Up"
"Musical Gift"
"Dual Path Echo"
"Keeping A Logbook"
"Halo"
"Working the Bands"
"Essential Components"
"Jij Bent Zo"
"Handles and Callsigns" (in progress)
"Local Interference"
"Cat's in the Cradle"
"Thy Father And ..."
"Signal Strength"
"Jammed Transmissions"
"Meteor Scatter"
"Outbander"
"Open Carrier" Part 1 (in progress)
"Carrier Wave" (in progress)
"In the Clear"
"Lighted Display"
"Clandestine Stations"
"Legal ID"
"Modulation"
"Ragchew"
"The First Rule of Pirate Radio"
"QRM"
"Heaven Is Subjective"
"Trusted Voice"
"Parliament Hill's Reply"
* * *
Notes:
Chanter_greenie has this to say about chronology:
"Musical Gift" and "Dual Path Echo" are character studies, but let's say they happen shortly before the end of "Jij Bent Zo." "In the Clear" references other events in story(s) I'm working on. Call it a little while after the end of "Cat's in the Cradle." So you know, there's at least one other piece brewing at the moment, called "Signal Strength," which starts immediately after "Jij Bent Zo" ends.