The Tears of Laughter was a 2006 Bernice Summerfield short story written by David N Smith and released in the anthology Collected Works.
Summary[]
Anton tracks down his former lover Bev Tarrant, now the director of the Braxiatel Collection, to sell her a book previously banned by the Fifth Axis... The Tears of Laughter.
Characters[]
Worldbuilding[]
Species[]
- Anton believes one of the Braxiatel Collection's students to have tentacles.
- Boudicca is a Killoran.
- Anton is familiar with the Yesodi.
Objects[]
- The Fifth Axis banned The Tears of Laughter.
- Anton got through the Braxiatel Collection security with a fake Plasti-Disc.
- The statue of Irving Braxiatel in the arrivals terminal of the Braxiatel Collection was one of Boudicca's creations.
Organisations[]
- Primeiros was a group of "feuding gangs and wannabe warlords". Anton's name cropped up on a Primeiros account suspected of laundering cash through the art world.
- Galactopol was a space police force.
- Anton previously worked for the Fifth Axis plundering artwork from the worlds they invaded.
- Anton is expected to serve time on one of Galactopol's lunar penal colonies.
Notes[]
to be added
Continuity[]
- The Braxiatel Collection is also known as KS-159. (PROSE: Lua error in Module:Cite_source at line 420: attempt to index a nil value.)
- Anton and Bev are ex-lovers. (AUDIO: The Judas Gift [+]Nick Wallace, Bernice Summerfield: Single Releases (Big Finish Productions, 2007).)
- Bev claims that she "happened" to the Fifth Axis . Anton notices her scar. (PROSE: Misplaced Spring [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)