The Tears of Laughter (short story)

	Anton
	Boo, Bev, Hass, Adrian
	The Braxiatel Collection
	Big Finish Productions
	Nick Wallace
	David N. Smith
	Collected Works
	September 2006
	Short story
Collected Works
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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

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

• Anton
• Boudicca
• Bev Tarrant
• Hass
• Adrian Wall

Worldbuilding

Species

• Anton believes one of the Braxiatel Collection's students to have tentacles.
• Boudicca is a Killoran.
• Anton is familiar with the Yesodi.

Objects

• The Fifth Axis banned The Tears of Laughter.
• Anton got through the Braxiatel Collection security with a fake Plasti-Disc.
• The statue of Irving Braxiatel in the arrivals terminal of the Braxiatel Collection was one of Boudicca's creations.

Organisations

• 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

to be added

Continuity

• The Braxiatel Collection is also known as KS-159. (PROSE: Theatre of War ^[+]Loading...["Theatre of War (novel)"])
• Anton and Bev are ex-lovers. (AUDIO: The Judas Gift ^[+]Loading...["The Judas Gift (audio story)"])
• Bev claims that she "happened" to the Fifth Axis. Anton notices her scar. (PROSE: Misplaced Spring ^[+]Loading...["Misplaced Spring (short story)"])