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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 16 March 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on March 16, 2014 by epbeaumont

Today as always I wear the mask of state, and the armor with its leads to my life-support and data machinery. The AIs feed me information from the world and keep this body from overrunning me. Yes, there are days … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 9 March 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on March 9, 2014 by epbeaumont

From the perspective of centuries, past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, and things have thus far worked out in my favor. I have had good advisers over the centuries, and Iric Desnaray yr Astok reminds me of … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 2 March 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on March 1, 2014 by epbeaumont

I ask Iric Desnaray yr Astok about the Ship’s Avatar, both to indulge my curiosity and to see how he will react. He shrugs. “Oh, the Ships are run by AIs,” he says, “and they can’t go down into atmosphere … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 23 February 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on February 22, 2014 by epbeaumont

The sea is bright tonight, under the Greater Moon. Somewhere on the shores of the Inland Sea, the Sarronny grubbers are dancing and the cadets watching them in fascination. The Great Council are considering the evidence our agents have submitted … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 16 February 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on February 15, 2014 by epbeaumont

I had no first love, not in the sense of archaic ballads. There is what is called physical love, and I have had plenty of that, by way of natural reward for the Astok physiognomy. My parents called me avatar … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 8 February 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by epbeaumont

I have finished the correspondence with Iric Desnaray. He has his instructions and can be trusted to handle the matter independently. The full complement of the passengers is complete, and I am amused that Lady Luck has seen fit to … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 1 February 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on February 1, 2014 by epbeaumont

I am Temn yr Astok, and at this late date it does not matter who my parents were, or who sponsored their marriage. I am the Astok great-clan, pure and simple, except for a few rivalrous upstarts. There are days … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 26 January 2014 (Vampire Variations Redux)

Posted on January 25, 2014 by epbeaumont

Terence has a new inamorata.  I’ve told him time after time that this never works out. She’s not one of us. She would not have met him had she not worked in a laboratory, bicycling through the humid night to … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 19 January 2014 (Inside the Jump)

Posted on January 18, 2014 by epbeaumont

“I found an incinerator for the worst of the lethal stuff Temn gave me,” Hernan said. “Taryn definitely approved of that, not only for discretion but the public safety, and said I wouldn’t do too badly on the Outposts.” “Which … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 12 January 2014 (Inside the Jump)

Posted on January 11, 2014 by epbeaumont

“Well, that’s an unusual tale of first meeting,” Martisset said, smiling in spite of herself. “One doesn’t usually disrobe down to the underthings before exchanging names.” “There was quite a lot of arsenal to unpack,” Hernan said, “and of course … Continue reading →

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