The Big Reading List of Indie Published Portal Fiction

Portals in sci-fi and fantasy

One of the oldest and most beloved tropes in science fiction and fantasy is the portal story. It goes like this:

Hero discovers a portal to a new world and steps through it. Sometimes the stepping through is an accident, other times a choice. Either way, when they land on the other side they’re in a strange new world, and they must face an increasingly difficult circumstances to adjust to their new way of life, or fight like hell to get back home.

No matter...