Thecharioteer Stories

Laurie's a junior Star Fleet pilot in the war against the Borg, he's crashed on one of the Hainish moons of the planet Winter, and he's pretty much buggered. Not in a good way either. Then he's picked up by Sandy Reid, Star Fleet Medical Officer, also not in a good way. Treated to some of the good meds, and dragged off to a Star Fleet queer party, he's having an eventful day, and war. Of course, in the meantime he's been presumed dead. So it's a bit of a surprise to his old school pash, Vulcan officer Ralph Lanyon, when he turns up onboard... Notes: Basically a Harlequinny novelette, a serialized woman's weekly magazine romance - with added Vulcans. I really feel that there ought to be a special warning for that. In addition to copious amounts of Star Trek and particularly Vulcans, you will also find a lot of Ursula le Guin's Hainish Federation/Cycle, a bit of Firefly and some Left Hand of Darkness. A little bit of Firefly in my life, a little bit of Ursula by my side... Because, this is important, ALL THE FUTURE SF WORLDS ALL TOGETHER ALL THE TIME. The warnings I have included are not strictly applicable but used due to discussion of the issues involved. In the course of research, I must note that I discovered that a villanelle is also known as a villanesque, which, huh, pretty wonderful huh? Titles that nearly happened: Schrodinger's Sweetheart, Perversely Romantic, and what the hey, Villanesque too. Maybe someday. Actual title from the Louis Armstrong song. All rights reserved.

Ralph wakes up in 1932, whole, seventeen years old and back at school. No-one else appears to have noticed. It's a once - twice? - in a lifetime opportunity. And he can probably tick a few items off his to-do list, while he's at it. All rights reserved.

It's the Election edition of Question Time. Ralph is on the podium: someone else is in the audience. Someone with an axe to grind. Notes: This got a bit more soap-boxy than I intended, and is also longer. It was supposed to be a drabble. All rights reserved.