Newer York Featured [Newer York, 527AS] The Case of the Kid in the Park, Part 1 The prompt for this story is courtesy my friend Quin Overland, although I suspect I've interpreted it differently than she intended! The main character is someone who will figure prominently in the novel I started as part of NaNoWriMo, and now I get to write a bit of backstory for her!
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 247AS] Somebody's ringin' the bell, part 4 A would-be rebel wakes up wondering if she's really ready to be violent. Is there another way to stop a greedy Earth from ruining what her people had built?
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 3AS] Have you ever seen the rain... Exiled to a marginally-habitable planet, thirty-one people come to terms with the reality of weather, and of their circumstances. There's a lot they were not quite prepared for.
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 4YJ] Sukkot on a Spaceship As the generation ship Dream of Spring settled into its long cruise, it was time to resume an ancient festival in a new setting.
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 215AS] No reason, just seems so pleasing 32 years before Earth rediscovers Newer York, how the Mayor met their spouse, complete with a dance number.
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 247AS] Somebody's ringin' the bell, part 2 As a historic meeting with visitors from Earth take place, a small group contemplates how to keep future visitors from Earth away.
Newer York Featured [Newer York 247AS] Somebody's ringin' the bell, part 1 After 550 years apart, the first meeting between Earthers and Newer Yorkers begins at last.
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 247AS] Who are you when you're at home? Newer York, AS247: As the ship from Earth comes coasting in, the Mayor of Newer York begins their day with their clan... #amwriting #amwritingscifi
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 462AS] Overheard in Newer York 3: Music A small interlude about how the meanings of words shift after cultures drift apart. Oh, and kissing.
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 247AS] Someone's knockin' on the door A connective interlude as the skipship Lewis and Clark docks for the first time at Newer York, ahead of the first meeting between Earthers and the Community in 550 years...
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 523AS] We all need a room of our own Newer York: After a long, emotionally taxing day, Anna 35 finally achieves her new quarters...
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 248AS] And now, the news... The headlines back on Earth at a time roughly equivalent to 248 After Starfall in the Newer York timeline...
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 410AS] Overheard in Newer York 2: Coffee A relatively new arrival from Earth learns some unexpected things about his new home.
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 523AS] And you know it don't come easy Another crisis. Another meeting. But there are more surprises in the room than outside it. #amwriting
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 523AS] I don't ask for much, I only want trust It was already a headache kind of day. Then she read her mail...
Newer York Featured [Newer York, 247AS] Planning for guests A day after the Earth ship Lewis and Clark made contact with Newer York, the leaders of the Community meet to decide what to do about it...
Newer York [Newer York, 3AS] Be it ever so humble... Two years after Starfall, the community that would become Newer York experienced a rebellion that led to the the death of their last Rebbe, and the exile of thirty-one of the rebels. This story explores their side of the argument, on the day they began their exile.
space opera Featured [Newer York, 523AS] I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning... A long interview later, Anna is assigned to quarters, and makes a friend along the way. Hey, a new life has to start somewhere...
space opera Featured [Newer York, 250AS] Overheard in Newer York 1: Antelope A snippet of conversation between two children living on a space station...
space opera [Newer York, 523AS] People are strange when you're a stranger... Faces. So many faces. So many different faces. That was the endless loop in Anna's head for probably the first fifteen minutes of her wait in the immigration queue.
space opera Featured [Newer York, 247AS] Won't you be my neighbor? Does it still qualify as a lost colony if nobody was looking for it?...
space opera Featured [Newer York, 153AS] Why is this shift-cycle different from other shift-cycles? A new community circling a new star would eventually have new traditions and even add new holidays, based on events relevant to their community...