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{{Infobox | |series = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories | ||
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|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Vosta Dankasta|Vosta]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jim Sangster | ||
| | |anthology = Life During Wartime (anthology) | ||
| | |release date = 13 October 2003 | ||
|next | |prev = Paths Not Taken (short story) | ||
|next = Fluid Prejudice (short story) | |||
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'''''Every Picture Tells a Story''''' was a [[2003 (releases)|2003]] short story written by [[Jim Sangster]] and released in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' anthology ''[[Life During Wartime (anthology)|Life During Wartime]]''. | |||
== Summary == | |||
''To be added'' | |||
== Plot == | |||
[[Vosta Dankasta]] has been hacking into the [[Fifth Axis]]' surveillance loop. He gathers together a group of academics, including Benny, to tell them of his progress. | |||
Axis guards arrive and remove Vosta, holding the rest at gunpoint. They are eventually set free, but they don't see Vosta until three days later. He has been tortured, but he didn't tell them anything and he has a cheerful attitude. | |||
He tells Benny that he convinced the Axis to burn a valuable, "lost" painting from [[19th century]] Earth by telling them it was a fake. He gloats that he is safe from anything the Axis could do to him. | |||
Vosta dies of a rare disease that he had before the Axis arrived. They couldn't defeat him because he knew the Axis couldn't take away his death. | |||
Benny realises she will soon have to take a stand against the Axis. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Vosta Dankasta]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | * The painting burned by the Axis is [[Yeames]]' ''[[And When Did You Last See Your Father?]]'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield short stories]] | [[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in | [[Category:Life During Wartime short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2602]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:20, 21 March 2024
Every Picture Tells a Story was a 2003 short story written by Jim Sangster and released in the Bernice Summerfield anthology Life During Wartime.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
To be added
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Vosta Dankasta has been hacking into the Fifth Axis' surveillance loop. He gathers together a group of academics, including Benny, to tell them of his progress.
Axis guards arrive and remove Vosta, holding the rest at gunpoint. They are eventually set free, but they don't see Vosta until three days later. He has been tortured, but he didn't tell them anything and he has a cheerful attitude.
He tells Benny that he convinced the Axis to burn a valuable, "lost" painting from 19th century Earth by telling them it was a fake. He gloats that he is safe from anything the Axis could do to him.
Vosta dies of a rare disease that he had before the Axis arrived. They couldn't defeat him because he knew the Axis couldn't take away his death.
Benny realises she will soon have to take a stand against the Axis.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The painting burned by the Axis is Yeames' And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
