The Tears of Laughter (short story)

The Tears of Laughter
Main character(s):	Anton
Featuring:	Boo, Bev, Hass, Adrian
Main setting:	The Braxiatel Collection
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Editor:	Nick Wallace
Writer:	David N. Smith
Release details
Part of:	Collected Works
Release date:	September 2006
Format:	Short story
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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

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Characters

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

Worldbuilding

Species

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

Objects

• The Fifth Axis banned The Tears of Laughter book.
• Anton got through the Braxiatel Collection security with a fake Plasti-Disc.

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 worked for the Fifth Axis plundering artwork from the worlds they invaded.

Locations

• Bev reads the latest reports from the Mimsphere.

Notes

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Continuity

• The Braxiatel Collection is also known as KS-159. (PROSE: Theatre of War ^[+]Loading...["Theatre of War (short story)"])
• 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.