Scrooge (Our Finest Gifts We Bring)
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The Archon President of the 507th Homeworld was known as Scrooge of House Macbadger. He wore a top hat, glasses, and a suit, rather than the traditional ceremonial robes of the Lords of the Morning Star, as "by all account [sic]" House Macbadger was unique to this homeworld.
It was rumoured that Scrooge was not his true name, but the only alternative which had been found was Aristide Twain, which was deemed "proposterous". It was also rumoured, by the "circle of the innermost Archons", that Scrooge was in fact a metafictional agent of the Adversary; not here yesterday and, if they were lucky, not to be here tomorrow. (PROSE: Our Finest Gifts We Bring [+]Loading...["Our Finest Gifts We Bring (short story)"])
A. Twain wrote The Cactus and the Corpse, which was published in 2023 by Arcbeatle Press in Horrors of Arcbeatle. Olivia Kagg Waldermein cited it several times in her essay Love & War: A Meta-Historical Investigation of the Dawn of the Cosmic Revolution. (PROSE: Love & War [+]Loading...["Love & War (short story)"]) Maritsa would find this story in the Plume Coteries' Library while looking for something to read, but, as it contained material about her, she knew that it wasn't a good idea to read it. (PROSE: The Cactus and the Corpse [+]Loading...["The Cactus and the Corpse (short story)"]) Waldermein, in the selfsame essay, also referred any of her readers wishing to learn more of the Space Lords of Fractallax to Twain's works postdating 2024. A further one of Twain's works cited by Waldermein was The God Who Came For Christmas, again published by Arcbeatle Press in 2023, but this time in The Book of the Snowstorm. Waldermein cited it with regards to an old Brittonic war god. (PROSE: Love & War [+]Loading...["Love & War (short story)"]) Aristide Twain was further credited with The Noodle Man Cometh, Noodle Man - Realms of Noodles, Noodle Man: Book of the Noodle, Genesis of the Noodle, Resurrection of the Noodle, Antidisestablishmentarianism of the Noodle, Noodlion Noodledox the Noodle Noodle Noodle, Noodle Man Book One: Dawn the Griddle, Noodle Man Book Two: Out of the Batter, Noodle Man Book Three: We Had To Split This One For Length, Noodle Man Book Four: mmm noodles mmm, 10,000 Noodles. (PROSE: Noodle the First [+]Loading...["Noodle the First (short story)"])
Behind the scenes
In the real world, Aristide Twain was the co-creator of The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids. He also 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)"], as well as being involved with the Faction Paradox and P.R.O.B.E. series.
