Contributors (short story)
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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.
Characters
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
Notes
- to be added
Continuity
- to be added
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