World of Tethys

D. C. Barletta is a writer, software developer, and unapologetic science geek who loves living at the intersection of code, creatures, and story. With a background in biological research and a deep interest in how life evolves under pressure, he builds fantasy worlds where ecosystems feel lived-in, and where rivers, roots, and bond-creatures shape the fate of cities hanging on by their fingertips.

His ongoing World of Tethys saga follows exiles, wranglers, and root-listeners clinging to a cliffside civilization above a dangerous prehistoric sea. Short stories in the World of Tethys: Signals collection explore key fracture points in that world—exiles on impossible ledges, boy-and-raptor origin stories, and the quiet machinery of a city that believes it can take whatever it needs.

When he’s not drafting or narrating, Barletta can be found tinkering with software, sketching maps, or turning real science—evolution, ecology, and weird animal behavior—into stories that feel just a little too plausible.