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{{Infobox Other Short Story
|range          = Collected Works (anthology)
 
|number in range = #2
|story name = The Tears of Laughter
|main character  = [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]]
|series = [[Big Finish]] - [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield Series|Bernice Summerfield Series]]
|featuring      = [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boo]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Hass]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]]
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|enemy          =
|featuring =  
|setting        = The [[Braxiatel Collection]]
|writer = [[David N. Smith]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publication = [[Collected Works]]
|editor          = [[Nick Wallace]]
|previous story = [[Work in Progress]]
|writer          = David N. Smith
|next story = [[Perspectives: Tribal Reservations]]
|anthology      = Collected Works (anthology){{!}}Collected Works
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|format          = Short story
|release date    = September 2006
|series          = ''[[Collected Works (anthology)|Collected Works]]''
|prev            = Work in Progress (short story)
|next           = Perspectives: Tribal Reservations (short story)
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'''''The Tears of Laughter''''' was a [[2006 (releases)|2006]] ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short story written by [[David N Smith]] and released in the anthology ''[[Collected Works (anthology)|Collected Works]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
[[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|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 (book)|The Tears of Laughter]].


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]]
* [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boudicca]]
* [[Bev Tarrant]]
* [[Bev Tarrant]]
* [[Hass]]
* [[Adrian Wall]]
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Species ===
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] believes one of the [[Braxiatel Collection]]'s students to have [[tentacle]]s.
* [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boudicca]] is a [[Killoran]].
* Anton is familiar with the [[Yesodi]].


== References ==
=== Objects ===
''to be added''
* The [[Fifth Axis]] banned [[The Tears of Laughter (book)|The Tears of Laughter]].
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] got through the [[Braxiatel Collection]] security with a fake [[Plasti-Disc]].
* The [[Irving Braxiatel statue|statue]] of [[Irving Braxiatel]] in the arrivals terminal of the Braxiatel Collection was one of [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boudicca]]'s creations.
 
=== Organisations ===
* [[Primeiros]] was a group of "feuding gangs and wannabe warlords". [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|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 ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The [[Braxiatel Collection]] is also known as [[KS-159]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Theatre of War (novel)}})
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] and [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]] are ex-lovers. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Judas Gift (audio story)}})
* Bev claims that she "happened" to the [[Fifth Axis]]. Anton notices her scar. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Misplaced Spring (short story)}})


== Timeline ==
* This story takes place after: [[BFBS]]: ''[[Work in Progress]]''
* This story takes place before: [[BFBS]] ''[[Perspectives: Tribal Reservations]]''
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield short stories]]
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]]
[[Category:Collected Works short stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 27th century]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 27th century]]
[[Category:Short stories set on the Braxiatel Collection]]

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The Tears of Laughter was a 2006 Bernice Summerfield short story written by David N Smith and released in the anthology Collected Works.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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