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Narrative snippets intended as bridging and exposition related to the on-line role-playing going on at the time. Characters used with permission of their creators.
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Captain Alysha Forrest meets Ashley Browning for the first time. Paradox created by M. C. A. Hogarth and used with permission. Story is not necessarily canonical.
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According to Jymn Magon, co-creator of the series, Rebecca Cunningham wasn’t originally intended to be quite as bitchy as she ended up getting written. She was also supposed to be a very lonely widow and a bit of a romantic. And, yes, I had a bit of a crush on her. Talespin is the intellectual property of the Walt Disney Company.
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This outline inspired a couple of other folks. Dave White came up with Talespin Again, set a dozen years later, when the older characters are in their forties or fifties, Kit Cloudkicker is in his early twenties, and Molly Cunningham is eighteen, neatly avoiding the problem of finding new voices to play the children’s roles. Waverly Pierre considered writing some short fan stories to explore alternate futures for the characters, which led to Carrie Prim and the Prim family’s hotel. Incidentally, Jymn Magon, co-creator of the series, commented that describing Molly Cunningham as “Becky Junior” is spot-on. Talespin is the intellectual property of the Walt Disney Company.
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Though fantasy isn’t normally my cup of tea, it was hard to resist an atypical pen-and-paper game setting. Instead of the usual medieval European template, inspiration was drawn from northern Europe during the Bronze Age—though with entirely fictitious geography. Furred peoples share the world with humans, elves, and dwarves.
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Janet was created for a lamentably short-lived on-line role-playing setting and was designed with malice aforethought to forge through life with an attitude bigger than she is. Manse Wyrd created by Kim Liu and used with permission.
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The idea of playing in a Champions game centering on a group of supervillains rather than superheroes was intriguing enough to inspire the Lab Mice. The basic concept was to create a “character” that could be in more than one place at a time. Other influences included the character of Hilda from the parody comic Tank Vixens, Masamune Shirow’s Appleseed, and the general notion of omnipresent identical minions. Originally they were to be clothed and accoutered in matte white, but I was persuaded to use satin-finish black instead.
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A range of seemingly unrelated thoughts and ideas came together in “Collateral Damage”, which turned out well enough to please both Maggie Hogarth and me. “The Visit” is a mood and character piece set after Laelkii Takara has retired from Fleet service to put out her own shingle and bring up a passel of kids. Maggie rated it “slick” and offered strong encouragement to finish it. Paradox created by M. C. A. Hogarth and used with permission. Stories are not necessarily canonical.
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Within the limits of short stories, these try to provide enough background on the world and characters to make them meaningful to an unfamiliar reader. The creator adopted the first, and may have adopted both, as canonical. Fourth World created by Charlie Luce Jr. and used with permission.
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Several letters of comment noted this story’s relevance to real-world issues. However, the intent was to explore the fictional world of the characters; any other interpretations are in the eye of the beholder. Originally published in Yarf! issue twenty-five. Empires created by Chris Grant and used with permission.
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Story originally published in Yarf! issue seventeen. Illustrations inked by Susan Van Camp.
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These stories were said to deserve the “awww award” (as in “awww, isn’t that sweet”). Originally published in The Boudoir issue two. The Prim family and friends created by Waverly Pierre III and used with permission.
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A less explicit version of “Awakening” appeared in Yarf! issue forty-six. It was originally scheduled for issue forty-one, but was deferred until after the publication in issue forty-three of Gerald Perkins’ story “Pretty Lady,” which takes place concurrently with the last chapter of The Ace of Spaces in issue forty. Characters used with permission of their creators.
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This sex fantasy is unabashedly male-biased, a bit over the top, and certainly the rudest on the site. Still, at least one female reader cited it as a favorite, saying it exudes a sense of fun. Tigerstripe Amazons created by Mark Parker and used with permission.
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It seems many if not most Star Trek fans sooner or later write “Ensign Nancy” stories—wish-fulfillment self-insertion erotic fantasies. More than two decades after it was written, this one now inspires winces, but other folks seem to enjoy it, so here it is. Star Trek is the intellectual property of Paramount Studios.
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