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'''''Contributors''''' was the final part of ''[[Burning with Optimism's Flames (anthology)|Burning with Optimism's Flames]]'', comprising of fictional, in-universe biographies of the authors of the anthology. | '''''Contributors''''' was the final part of ''[[Burning with Optimism's Flames (anthology)|Burning with Optimism's Flames]]'', comprising of fictional, in-universe biographies of the authors of the anthology. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
=== Elizabeth Evershed === | === Elizabeth Evershed === | ||
[[Elizabeth Evershed (Contributors)|Elizabeth Evershed]] spends her time [[time travel|travelling]] between the [[16th century]] [[Paris]], [[21st century]] [[London]], and the [[25th century]]. When she's not travelling or writing, she lectures at [[Scott College]], [[Antarctica]]. | [[Elizabeth Evershed (Contributors)|Elizabeth Evershed]] spends her time [[time travel|travelling]] between the [[16th century]] [[Paris]], [[21st century]] [[London]], and the [[25th century]]. When she's not travelling or writing, she lectures at [[Scott College]], [[Antarctica]]. | ||
=== Alan Taylor === | === Alan Taylor === | ||
[[Alan Taylor (Contributors)|Alan Taylor]] has done a lot in his life, travelling across the globe and meeting many celebrities. | [[Alan Taylor (Contributors)|Alan Taylor]] has done a lot in his life, travelling across the globe and meeting many celebrities. | ||
=== Cate Gardner === | === Cate Gardner === | ||
[[Cate Gardner (Contributors)|Cate Gardner]] is an author who lives with her pet [[raven]] [[Time (Contributors)|Time]]. One of her [[Fan (Contributors)|readers]] fell into a local river while clutching [[Theatre of Curious Acts|her novella]], who then froze and was preserved as a [[ice sculpture]] at her local [[gallery]]. | [[Cate Gardner (Contributors)|Cate Gardner]] is an author who lives with her pet [[raven]] [[Time (Contributors)|Time]]. One of her [[Fan (Contributors)|readers]] fell into a local river while clutching [[Theatre of Curious Acts|her novella]], who then froze and was preserved as a [[ice sculpture]] at her local [[gallery]]. | ||
=== Daniel Ribot === | === Daniel Ribot === | ||
[[Daniel Ribot (Contributors)|Daniel Ribot]] has recently written a [[Soviet]] [[vampire]]-hunting [[novel]]. | [[Daniel Ribot (Contributors)|Daniel Ribot]] has recently written a [[Soviet]] [[vampire]]-hunting [[novel]]. | ||
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=== Kelly Hale === | === Kelly Hale === | ||
[[Kelly Hale (Contributors)|Kelly Hale]] lives in [[Stumptown]], where she manages a [[The Pitiful Princess|gentlemen's club]], but has an ambition to write for [[Faction Paradox in popular culture and mythology|Faction Paradox]] as her full-time career. | [[Kelly Hale (Contributors)|Kelly Hale]] lives in [[Stumptown]], where she manages a [[The Pitiful Princess|gentlemen's club]], but has an ambition to write for [[Faction Paradox in popular culture and mythology|Faction Paradox]] as her full-time career. | ||
=== Stephen Marley === | === Stephen Marley === | ||
[[Stephen Marley (Contributors)|Stephen Marley]] came it existence fully formed from the head of [[Zeus]] in [[Walsall]] in [[1813]]. He was one of the founders of the [[Rapscallion Club]], but after he was found to be connected to the [[Scarlet Bloomers]] in [[1851]] he was transported to [[Van Diemen's Land]]. Years later, he became an inventor, and he moved to [[New York]] in [[1921]]. There is no photographic evidence of him, and the rumours that he wrote ''[[All the Fun of the Fear]]'' is apparently false as it appears a thirteen year old girl [[Gladys Trubshaw]] wrote it. | [[Stephen Marley (Contributors)|Stephen Marley]] came it existence fully formed from the head of [[Zeus]] in [[Walsall]] in [[1813]]. He was one of the founders of the [[Rapscallion Club]], but after he was found to be connected to the [[Scarlet Bloomers]] in [[1851]] he was transported to [[Van Diemen's Land]]. Years later, he became an inventor, and he moved to [[New York]] in [[1921]]. There is no photographic evidence of him, and the rumours that he wrote ''[[All the Fun of the Fear]]'' is apparently false as it appears a thirteen year old girl [[Gladys Trubshaw]] wrote it. | ||
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=== Helen Angove === | === Helen Angove === | ||
[[Helen Angove (Contributors)|Helen Angove]] went through several careers including an [[electrical engineer]], and [[pricing analyst]], and a [[priest]] in the [[Church of England]]. She lives with [[Helen Angove's family|her family]] in [[California]], and now pursues a career in writing which many do not consider viable. Many believe Helen to be a [[Jane Austen]] fanatic, however Helen is actually the reincarnation of [[Fanny Knight]], Austen's [[niece]]. | [[Helen Angove (Contributors)|Helen Angove]] went through several careers including an [[electrical engineer]], and [[pricing analyst]], and a [[priest]] in the [[Church of England]]. She lives with [[Helen Angove's family|her family]] in [[California]], and now pursues a career in writing which many do not consider viable. Many believe Helen to be a [[Jane Austen]] fanatic, however Helen is actually the reincarnation of [[Fanny Knight]], Austen's [[niece]]. | ||
=== James Worrad === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Juliet Kemp === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Simon Bucher-Jones === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Jonathan Dennis === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== 'Aditya Bidikar' === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Sarah Hadley === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Philip Purser-Hallard === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Jay Eales === | |||
[[Jay Eales (Contributors)|Jay Eales]] used to be a stage [[magician]], [[sales representative]] for the [[Airzone Corporation]], as well as writing [[comic strips|comics]], a [[mangaka]], [[journalist]]. He fought four [[The Doctor|Doctor Whos]] and in past lives, he had been [[Duncan (Contributors)|Duncan the Shining]], a [[god]] of the [[Protoverse]], as well as a "saggy-[[arse]]d [[Cyberman]]". According on perhaps-not-so-reputable source, he had been the cause of the cancellation of ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]'' in [[1989]] after he fiendishly edited a [[charity]] fanthology, ''[[Walking in Eternity]]'' in [[2000]]. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Jane Austen]] | * [[Jane Austen]] | ||
* [[Fanny Knight]] | * [[Fanny Knight]] | ||
* [[James Worrad]] | |||
* [[Juliet Kemp (Contributors)|Juliet Kemp]] | |||
* [[Simon Bucher-Jones (Contributors)|Simon Bucher-Jones]] | |||
* [[Jonathan Dennis (Contributors)|Jonathan Dennis]] | |||
* '[[Aditya Bidikar (Contributors)|Aditya Bidikar]]' | |||
* [[Sarah Hadley (Contributors)|Sarah Hadley]] | |||
* [[Philip Purser-Hallard (Contributors)|Philip Purser-Hallard]] | * [[Philip Purser-Hallard (Contributors)|Philip Purser-Hallard]] | ||
* [[Jay Eales (Contributors)|Jay Eales]] | |||
* [[David Mitchell|Mitchell]] | |||
* [[Robert Webb|Webb]] | |||
* [[Tim Bisley]] | |||
* [[Daisy Steiner]] | |||
* [[Kurt Wagner|Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner]] | |||
* [[Alan Moore]] | |||
* [[Al Davison]] | |||
* [[Duncan (Contributors)|Duncan the Shining]] | |||
* [[American correspondent (Contributors)|American correspondent]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* Elizabeth lectures focus around [[Elizabethan Factionalism]]. | * Elizabeth lectures focus around [[Elizabethan Factionalism]]. | ||
* She founded the college's [[penguin]] exchange program, [[Books for Birds]]. Several members include [[Marcel Proust]] and [[Anatole France]]. | * She founded the college's [[penguin]] exchange program, [[Books for Birds]]. Several members include [[Marcel Proust]] and [[Anatole France]]. | ||
=== Alan Taylor === | === Alan Taylor === | ||
* Alan has swum with [[dolphin]]s. | * Alan has swum with [[dolphin]]s. | ||
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* Alan has met [[Scarlett Johansson]]. | * Alan has met [[Scarlett Johansson]]. | ||
* He can make [[lasagne]]. | * He can make [[lasagne]]. | ||
=== Cate Gardner === | === Cate Gardner === | ||
* Cate lives in [[Cate Gardner's flat|a flat]] above a [[costume shop]]. | * Cate lives in [[Cate Gardner's flat|a flat]] above a [[costume shop]]. | ||
* She wrote a novella, ''[[Theatre of Curious Acts]]'', whose fans sent Cate [[Barbed Wire Hearts]]. | * She wrote a novella, ''[[Theatre of Curious Acts]]'', whose fans sent Cate [[Barbed Wire Hearts]]. | ||
=== Daniel Ribot === | === Daniel Ribot === | ||
* Daniel is a construct of [[wetwear]], [[Mexican]] [[wrestling mask]]s, [[New Zealand]] [[Paua]] shells, [[Catalan caganer]]s, and [[mud]]. | * Daniel is a construct of [[wetwear]], [[Mexican]] [[wrestling mask]]s, [[New Zealand]] [[Paua]] shells, [[Catalan caganer]]s, and [[mud]]. | ||
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* His novel is published by [[Omnium Gatherum Press]]. | * His novel is published by [[Omnium Gatherum Press]]. | ||
* Daniel is a member of [[The Speculators]] writing group. | * Daniel is a member of [[The Speculators]] writing group. | ||
=== Kelly Hale === | === Kelly Hale === | ||
* Stumptown's streets are paved with [[espresso]] [[coffee|beans]], and the [[rubbish]] [[recycle]]s itself. | * Stumptown's streets are paved with [[espresso]] [[coffee|beans]], and the [[rubbish]] [[recycle]]s itself. | ||
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=== Helen Angove === | === Helen Angove === | ||
* Helen began her career as an [[electrical engineer]] on the south coast of [[England]]. | * Helen began her career as an [[electrical engineer]] on the south coast of [[England]]. | ||
=== James Worrad === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Juliet Kemp === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Simon Bucher-Jones === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Jonathan Dennis === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== 'Aditya Bidikar' === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Sarah Hadley === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Philip Purser-Hallard === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Jay Eales === | |||
* As a magician, Jay rivalled [[David Mitchell|Mitchell]] and [[Robert Webb|Webb]]. | |||
* Jay once ate dinner with [[Tim Bisley]] and [[Daisy Steiner]]. | |||
* He fought four Doctor Whos with help from [[Kurt Wagner|Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner]]. | |||
* Jay was once a [[head]] in a [[jar]], but he recovered. | |||
* He co-wrote comics with [[Alan Moore]] and [[Al Davison]]. He also wrote comics for ''[[American Splendor]]''. | |||
* The claim that Jay was responsible for the cancellation of ''Doctor Who'' in 1989 was from an [[American correspondent (Contributors)|American correspondent]]. | |||
* Jay had been shortlisted for the [[British Fantasy Award]] twice. He is also the recipient of the [[Adamtine Badge for Extreme Clever-Cloggery]]. | |||
* He works for [[MiniNust]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* ''to be added'' | * ''to be added'' | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
Jay later attended [[Brenda Soobie]]'s party in [[Las Vegas]] with [[Lawrence Burton (Party Fears Two)|Lawrence]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Party Fears Two (short story)|Party Fears Two]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Contributors was the final part of Burning with Optimism's Flames, comprising of fictional, in-universe biographies of the authors of the anthology.
Summary
Elizabeth Evershed
Elizabeth Evershed spends her time travelling between the 16th century Paris, 21st century London, and the 25th century. When she's not travelling or writing, she lectures at Scott College, Antarctica.
Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor has done a lot in his life, travelling across the globe and meeting many celebrities.
Cate Gardner
Cate Gardner is an author who lives with her pet raven Time. One of her readers fell into a local river while clutching her novella, who then froze and was preserved as a ice sculpture at her local gallery.
Daniel Ribot
Daniel Ribot has recently written a Soviet vampire-hunting novel.
Kelly Hale
Kelly Hale lives in Stumptown, where she manages a gentlemen's club, but has an ambition to write for Faction Paradox as her full-time career.
Stephen Marley
Stephen Marley came it existence fully formed from the head of Zeus in Walsall in 1813. He was one of the founders of the Rapscallion Club, but after he was found to be connected to the Scarlet Bloomers in 1851 he was transported to Van Diemen's Land. Years later, he became an inventor, and he moved to New York in 1921. There is no photographic evidence of him, and the rumours that he wrote All the Fun of the Fear is apparently false as it appears a thirteen year old girl Gladys Trubshaw wrote it.
Helen Angove
Helen Angove went through several careers including an electrical engineer, and pricing analyst, and a priest in the Church of England. She lives with her family in California, and now pursues a career in writing which many do not consider viable. Many believe Helen to be a Jane Austen fanatic, however Helen is actually the reincarnation of Fanny Knight, Austen's niece.
James Worrad
to be added
Juliet Kemp
to be added
Simon Bucher-Jones
to be added
Jonathan Dennis
to be added
'Aditya Bidikar'
to be added
Sarah Hadley
to be added
Philip Purser-Hallard
to be added
Jay Eales
Jay Eales used to be a stage magician, sales representative for the Airzone Corporation, as well as writing comics, a mangaka, journalist. He fought four Doctor Whos and in past lives, he had been Duncan the Shining, a god of the Protoverse, as well as a "saggy-arsed Cyberman". According on perhaps-not-so-reputable source, he had been the cause of the cancellation of Doctor Who in 1989 after he fiendishly edited a charity fanthology, Walking in Eternity in 2000.
Characters
- Elizabeth Evershed
- Alan Taylor
- Alan Taylor's grandmother
- Cate Gardner
- Time
- Fan
- Daniel Ribot
- Kelly Hale
- Stephen Marley
- Gladys Trubshaw
- Helen Angove
- Helen Angove's family
- Jane Austen
- Fanny Knight
- James Worrad
- Juliet Kemp
- Simon Bucher-Jones
- Jonathan Dennis
- 'Aditya Bidikar'
- Sarah Hadley
- Philip Purser-Hallard
- Jay Eales
- Mitchell
- Webb
- Tim Bisley
- Daisy Steiner
- Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner
- Alan Moore
- Al Davison
- Duncan the Shining
- American correspondent
References
Elizabeth Evershed
- Elizabeth claims to be a descendant of Walter Raleigh and the last person to discover America.
- She's just finished her first novel, and her story The Socratic Problem was published in Obverse Quarterly's Tales of the City.
- Elizabeth lectures focus around Elizabethan Factionalism.
- She founded the college's penguin exchange program, Books for Birds. Several members include Marcel Proust and Anatole France.
Alan Taylor
- Alan has swum with dolphins.
- He has presented awards at a football stadium in Vietnam.
- Millionaires have tried to marry him, and celebrities have tried to preposition him.
- He works in an office.
- He has drunk Cuba Libres in Havana, and cocktails in Hong Kong Harbour.
- Alan has met Scarlett Johansson.
- He can make lasagne.
Cate Gardner
- Cate lives in a flat above a costume shop.
- She wrote a novella, Theatre of Curious Acts, whose fans sent Cate Barbed Wire Hearts.
Daniel Ribot
- Daniel is a construct of wetwear, Mexican wrestling masks, New Zealand Paua shells, Catalan caganers, and mud.
- Frog Island is in Leicester.
- His novel is published by Omnium Gatherum Press.
- Daniel is a member of The Speculators writing group.
Kelly Hale
- Stumptown's streets are paved with espresso beans, and the rubbish recycles itself.
- The gentlemen's club Kelly works in is called The Pitiful Princess.
- She makes artisanal breads from bones, and creates skin care products from locally sourced virgin's blood.
- She co-authored a TV tie-in novel from Doctor Who, Erasing Sherlock, a play, several short stories, and a novella.
- Erasing Sherlock is available on Amazon Kindle.
Stephen Marley
- Stephen died in 1967.
- The Rapscallion Club is located in Upper Gadding in Dorset.
- He invented the steam-powered wristwatch and the backward-flying rocket.
- Stephen lived in a log cabin on Madison Avenue.
- In 1954, the Madame Sosostris Circle of Higher Being claimed to have taken an ectoplasmic photograph of Stephen's animal soul.
- Gladys is a schoolgirl who lives in Grimsby.
Helen Angove
- Helen began her career as an electrical engineer on the south coast of England.
James Worrad
to be added
Juliet Kemp
to be added
Simon Bucher-Jones
to be added
Jonathan Dennis
to be added
'Aditya Bidikar'
to be added
Sarah Hadley
to be added
Philip Purser-Hallard
to be added
Jay Eales
- As a magician, Jay rivalled Mitchell and Webb.
- Jay once ate dinner with Tim Bisley and Daisy Steiner.
- He fought four Doctor Whos with help from Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner.
- Jay was once a head in a jar, but he recovered.
- He co-wrote comics with Alan Moore and Al Davison. He also wrote comics for American Splendor.
- The claim that Jay was responsible for the cancellation of Doctor Who in 1989 was from an American correspondent.
- Jay had been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award twice. He is also the recipient of the Adamtine Badge for Extreme Clever-Cloggery.
- He works for MiniNust.
Notes
- to be added
Continuity
Jay later attended Brenda Soobie's party in Las Vegas with Lawrence. (PROSE: Party Fears Two)
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