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Bebe sprinted back up the spaceway onto the Docking Ring. As the klaxons blared, Truck Stop Security officers converged on the ship, with David just behind.
"Go go go! Let's move!" bellowed Bebe, arm windmilling, directing them as they charged onto the ship.
Then Bebe waited with David.
Minutes later, the crew of the ship emerged from the spaceway in restraints and were escorted away by the officers.
Bebe spat on the deck.

#wss366 3/4

Bebe heard someone on the bridge initiate a call to Space Control requesting immediate departure. She calmly pulled out her device and made a quick adjustment. Her expression went flat.
"You wanna piece of Bebe?" she snarled. She launched herself at the man's head with a flying roundabout kick that broke his nose. He collapsed gushing blood. Then she leapt up, pulled the emergency release, and slapped the hatch control. Klaxons sounded, as the departure sequence had already begun.

#wss66 2/4

Bebe skipped along the Docking Ring of the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy when she heard a voice call out of a spaceway.
"Psst! Hey! Would you like some candy?"
Bebe skidded to a stop.
"Candy?"
"Yeah! I have a…" The man in the shadows consulted his device. "I have a lollipop for you."
"Ooh! Bebe *loves* lollipops!" She followed the man down the spaceway. Once they entered the #ship, he sealed the hatch and called out to a confederate, "Go! Now! Take us out!"

#wss366 1/4

I have commented on all my students' methods papers! (At least all the ones that are ready…) So now I think I will reward myself with a lazy Sunday-afternoon map.

#PennedPossibilities Did your SC fit in with the family they grew up with? If not, why?

In *Revin's Heart*, Lord Griphon Belthingstone fit in quite well, until someone tried to force his little sister. He challenged the man to a duel and, when he touched him, the man tried to end the duel at that. But Griphon sliced his nostril out of revenge to mark him. For losing his honor, by attacking a conquered man, his fiancee broke off their engagement. Griphon left in shame and joined the pirates.

#WordWeavers Who is your weirdest character?

Nobody who is anywhere near Donald-Trump weird. Or JD-Vance weird.

#WritersCoffeeClub Have you mixed genres in your work? Would you?

Heh. All of my writing tends to be weird cross-genre stuff. *It's Complicated* is a "rural fantasy." *Revin's Heart* is queer steampunky YA fantasy with strong romantic elements. *Better Angels* is fluffy military space opera.
*Lady Cecelia's Journey* is a sapphic romantasy road story.

subita vento… grandega foliaro ekfalas flanken / a sudden gust… a swarm of leaves falling sideways #hajko #haiku #esperanto #wss366

Lady Cecelia looked around the Botanical Garden deciding what to do next. Previously the baroness' prized #rose garden, it had suffered from neglect after her death, and almost all of the roses had perished. Cecelia had reclaimed most of the beds, but a few roses were unique varieties never described before. She had managed to save two.
She walked to the first and crouched down. With her #ruler and notebook, she took careful measurements and began a description: "Rosa Lady Faeth…"

#wss366

Sisi is the weapons master of the Better Angels, intimately familiar with the Mottusuchi Pinbeam, Corona-14 Plasma Rifle, Ublyudok Particle Beam, and other weapons used by the Better Angels. Read more about her in Better Angels: Tour de Force only at the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy. https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/ #books

"It's mine!" shouted Tutu.
"No! Mine!" shouted Nene.
"Angels! Angels!" said Sisi. "What's the problem?"
The Angels were pulling on the arms and legs of a doll trying to wrestle it out the grip of the other.
"Nene's trying to take my dolly!" said Tutu.
"No! This one's mine!" Nene said. "Tutu can have another."
"I know what's #fair," Sisi said. She went back & returned with a Mottusuchi pinbeam. "Let's cut the doll in half."
"The top half's mine!" Tutu shouted.
"No! I get the top half!"

#wss366

#WritersCoffeeClub Would you, could you write trauma?

I have written some pretty dark scenes. Some, I would argue, represent trauma. I've had enough life experiences with trauma that I think I can write it — at least from my own perspective. One part is just capturing the experience of trauma. But the the other is when, later, the traumatic experiences cause you to suddenly re-experience the stress at unexpected and inopportune moments, triggered by something innocuous: a sound or a smell.

Read more about Bebe in *Better Angels: Tour de Force* only at the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy! https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/

David was on the bridge of Angels' Wings cross-checking maintenance records. It was tedious work that required his full attention.
"David! David!" Bebe called, holding three balls in her hands.
David looked up. "What?"
"#Watch Bebe!"
Babe started juggling the balls.
"Very nice!" David said, clapping appreciatively.
Beaming, Bebe skipped out and David's eyes returned to the screen.
A minute later, Bebe returned, this time holding three knives in her hand.
"David! David! Watch Bebe!"

#wss366

Vance is utterly disingenuous. What a douchebag.

#WritersCoffeeClub What makes your WIP (or most recent work) stand out from the crowd?

I've been gratified to receive reviews that praise my worldbuilding and, especially, my characters as "unforgettable". https://stevendbrewer.com/fantastic-reviews-of-revins-heart/

My forthcoming book, *A Familiar Problem,* also has characters that I think readers will really love. Rory, a young man who's lost his mother, thought he was supposed to get a magical familiar. Instead, he is made into one. But, he discovers it might not be all bad…

"You could have let that demon take me and then you'd have been free of me," Tseluna said.
"But I don't want to be free of you," Rory mumbled. "Because I love you."
"What was that?" she said.
"I said you need to be more careful!" he said, knowing full well that she didn't need to hear him to know what he was thinking.
"What I think I need is to make sure to #train you enough so that you survive the tournament," she said, approaching. "But you did well, Rory. You did very well indeed."

#wss366

Read more about Mumu and the rest of the Better Angels in *Better Angel's: Tour de Force* at the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy. https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/ #books

Mumu got out a teapot & two cups from a box under her bed. She spread a blanket on the floor & set up her teddy bear on one side of the blanket.
"Would you care for some tea, Mr. Wiffles?" she asked. "You would? Here! Let me pour out!"
She pretended to pour a cup of tea & held it up to the bear's face. Just then, the door opened. She looked up with horror to see Zaza standing there.
"You #saw, didn't you?" Mumu said.
"I didn't see anything," Zaza said. "Certainly nothing I'd tell Bebe…"

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#WritersCoffeeClub What have you achieved in your writing this month?

I finished and submitted a short story, got two or three other stories resubmitted to other markets after they were rejected. I finished drafting *Lady Cecelia's Temptation*, the *omake* story for *Lady Cecelia's Journey*. And I wrote a couple of blog posts and participated with mastodon (I did my #wss366 and other writing prompts). Plus I continued to offer Straw Dog Writes.