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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = Erimem Message in the Cards.jpg | |image = Erimem Message in the Cards.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Erimem (series)|Erimem]]'' | |series = ''[[Erimem (series)|Erimem]]'' | ||
|illustrator = | |illustrator = | ||
|number = | |number = | ||
|main character = [[Erimem]] and [[Andy Hansen]] | |main character = [[Erimem]] and [[Andy Hansen]] | ||
|setting = [[Christmas]] [[2017]] | |setting = [[Christmas]] [[2017]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Louise Blaine | ||
|publisher = Thebes Publishing | |publisher = Thebes Publishing | ||
|release date = | |release date = 18 December 2017 | ||
|format = Online short story | |format = Online short story | ||
|prev = The Three Faces of Helena (novel) | |||
|prev= The Three Faces of Helena (novel) | |next = Auld Acquaintance (short story) | ||
|next= Auld Acquaintance (short story) | |||
}} | }} | ||
''''' | '''''Message in the Cards''''' was a free short story published by [[Thebes Publishing]] for [[Christmas]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[Erimem]] and [[Andy Hansen]] talk while preparing for [[Christmas]]. Erimem says that she's been writing personalised cards to several of her friends: [[Tom Niven]], [[Adam Docherty]], | [[Erimem]] and [[Andy Hansen]] talk while preparing for [[Christmas]]. Erimem says that she's been writing personalised cards to several of her friends: [[Tom Niven]], [[Adam Docherty]], and [[Helena (The Last Pharaoh)|Helena]] and [[Ibrahim Hadmani]]. Andy tells Erimem that the messages within each of the cards aren't exactly appropriate for Christmas and convinces Erimem to rewrite them. | ||
and [[Helena (The Last Pharaoh)|Helena]] and [[Ibrahim Hadmani]]. Andy tells Erimem that the messages within each of the cards aren't exactly appropriate for Christmas and convinces Erimem to rewrite them. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Andy Hansen]] | * [[Andy Hansen]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Erimem likes [[Slade]] and [[Wham]]. | * Erimem likes [[Slade]] and [[Wham]]. | ||
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* Erimem mentions Andy's [[Olivia Parson|"girlfriend from three hundred years ago"]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Buccaneer (novel)|Buccaneer]]'', ''[[I Saw Three Ships (short story)|I Saw Three Ships]]'', et al) | * Erimem mentions Andy's [[Olivia Parson|"girlfriend from three hundred years ago"]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Buccaneer (novel)|Buccaneer]]'', ''[[I Saw Three Ships (short story)|I Saw Three Ships]]'', et al) | ||
* Erimem mentions that [[Cliff Richard]] "saved the world" last Christmas. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cliff Richard Saves the World (short story)|Cliff Richard Saves the World]]'') | * Erimem mentions that [[Cliff Richard]] "saved the world" last Christmas. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cliff Richard Saves the World (short story)|Cliff Richard Saves the World]]'') | ||
* Erimem's Christmas card depicts her wrapped in tinsel garland, which she was first introduced to and fascinated by two Christmases earlier. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[In Search of Doctor X (short story)|In Search of Doctor X]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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{{Erimem}}{{TitleSort}} | {{Erimem}}{{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:2017 short stories]] | [[Category:2017 short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set at Christmas]] | [[Category:Stories set at Christmas]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2017]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2017]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Web-based short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Erimem series short stories]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:44, 28 February 2024
Message in the Cards was a free short story published by Thebes Publishing for Christmas 2017.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Erimem and Andy Hansen talk while preparing for Christmas. Erimem says that she's been writing personalised cards to several of her friends: Tom Niven, Adam Docherty, and Helena and Ibrahim Hadmani. Andy tells Erimem that the messages within each of the cards aren't exactly appropriate for Christmas and convinces Erimem to rewrite them.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Included with the story is an apparent illustration of Erimem's card to Adam Docherty, although it is not said within the text of the story that Erimem has cards with pictures of herself on them.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Adam Docherty originates from PROSE: Buccaneer.
- Andy recalls Helena and Ibrahim Hadmani's wedding. (PROSE: The Three Faces of Helena)
- Erimem mentions Andy's "girlfriend from three hundred years ago". (PROSE: Buccaneer, I Saw Three Ships, et al)
- Erimem mentions that Cliff Richard "saved the world" last Christmas. (PROSE: Cliff Richard Saves the World)
- Erimem's Christmas card depicts her wrapped in tinsel garland, which she was first introduced to and fascinated by two Christmases earlier. (PROSE: In Search of Doctor X)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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