Aristide Twain

	Writer, editor, illustrator
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	2020-present
	The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids
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Aristide Twain is a French writer, editor and illustrator for multiple Doctor Who spin-off series for Arcbeatle Press and BBV Productions, including Faction Paradox and P.R.O.B.E., as well as contributing to several standalone anthologies and novels.

Twain is also the co-creator of The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids; he wrote and illustrated the short story Resurrection of the Author ^[+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Author (short story)"] and edited Auteur's Abecedarium ^[+]Loading...["Auteur's Abecedarium (short story)"], both of which were crossovers with the Doctor Who universe.

In particular, Twain also wrote the Faction Paradox audio drama Sabbath and the King ^[+]Loading...["Sabbath and the King (audio story)"] in addition to penning and directing a concurrently-released prequel webcast ^[+]Loading...{"noital":"1","1":"Overture to 'Sabbath and the King' (webcast)","2":"prequel webcast"}.

Twain was credited with the initial concept for the P.R.O.B.E. webcast Shadows of Doubt ^[+]Loading...["Shadows of Doubt (webcast)"] and gave permission for the Retconning Crocodiles to be mentioned in the Cyberon story A Worthy Successor ^[+]Loading...["A Worthy Successor (short story)"].

For the 2023 reboot of the Faction Paradox website, he provided additional entries for The Spiral Politic Database.

He also wrote the short story A Better World and The Last Secret of the Emperor, which were released as part of The Fan Gallery onto the official Doctor Who: Lockdown! website in 2020, and provided an illustration for the charity anthology Twice Upon A Time Scope.

He edited Arcbeatle Press' 2023 winter anthology The Book of the Snowstorm, in addition to contributing several stories and the framing narrative for it.

He illustrated the story The Jack Who Stole Christmas, by Cornelius Blanc, in charity anthology Twice Upon a Time Scope.

Credits

Writer

The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids crossovers with the DWU

• Resurrection of the Author

Faction Paradox

• Sabbath and the King
• Overture to 'Sabbath and the King' (also as director)

The Spiral Politic Database

• Cousin Justine
• Cousin Eliza
• Godfather Morlock
• Sabbath Dei
• Lilith
• The War King
• The Great Houses
• The Enemy
• Faction Paradox

P.R.O.B.E.

• Out of the Box (in Out of the Shadows)

Horrors of Arcbeatle

• The Cactus and the Corpse
• Samhain Miracles (with Henry Walker)

The Book of the Snowstorm

• The Book of the Snowstorm framing narrative
• Previously On... The Multiverse (with Peter Guy, Lena Mactíre and James Wylder)
• The Two Auteurs
• Love & War
• The God Who Came For Christmas
• Our Finest Gifts We Bring (Vignettes #1, #10, #15, #19, #22, and #25)

Unproduced stories

• The Diplomat
• Helix

Outside In Regenerates

• The First Doctor Who Story There Ever Was (non-fiction essay)

Editor

The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids

• Auteur's Abecedarium

Coloth

• The Book of the Snowstorm

The Cheshire House

• A World of Pure Unimagination
• The First Metamorphosis

more to be added

Faction Paradox

• The Peace: A Lost Primer

Other

• And Today, You
• The Man in Grey's Christmas Carol

Cover artist or illustrator

The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids

• Resurrection of the Author
• Auteur and the Homeworld

Erimem

• My mate, Erimem

Novelisations in Time & Space

• Cybergeddon
• The Airzone Solution

Other

• The Man in Grey's Christmas Carol
• A World of Pure Unimagination

External links

• Official website
• Official Twitter account
• Official Tumblr blog
• Aristide Twain at the Jenny Everywhere Wiki

Internal links

• Tardis Wiki user page