a mighty Power, which is as darkness,

Is rising out of Earth, and from the sky

Is showered like night, and from within the air

Bursts, like eclipse which had been gathered up

Into the pores of sunlight; the bright visions,

Wherein the singing Spirits rode and shone,

Gleam like pale meteors through a watery night.

Shelly, Prometheus Unbound 510-516

That dark planet head, spinning beyond

The rim of the night mirror’s range, huge

And cold, on the pillow’s dark side.

from The Night Mirror, by John Hollander 1971

A collection of texts for the roleplaying game Eclipse Phase , by me, Anders Sandberg. Many were first posted on the Eclipse Phase Forum and discussed there. They are creative commons like the game.