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Between a Rock & Interstellar Space - ONC 2023

Reads 329
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Parts 13
Time 1h 47m

Reads 329
Votes 61
Parts 13
Time 1h 47m

A dystopian space novella created for the ONC Open Novella Contest 2023, the story is set in the rock-bound space surrounding the Terran solar system at the edge of interstellar space. The story's origin is set in the 21st Century at the death of Wilhelm (Bill), the last living male member of a North American old-money family the De Schmittenveres. And it climaxes at the peak of the corporate conglomerate era and charts the impact of Bill's death on the solar system as the future corrupt business system model implodes to reveal a secret about the space-bound employees which defies imagination.All Rights Reserved

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The Ring of Acies cover

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The Ring of Acies

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