We’ve started the launch of OF GODS AND GLOBES III and today’s first story features a billionaire. Tell me in the comments if you ever had a bad result from a bad fantasy.
Chris Edward’s Death in Venus
…is the second in the anthology. It’s about a bad fantasy gone wrong. Here’s how it starts:
Madame Eichenfluss arrived at the orbital with her customary lack of fuss. One of the attendants at the gate recognised her and commented favourably upon her latest novel, but aside from that minor social entanglement she managed to slip onto the station gratifyingly unnoticed. Or perhaps not unnoticed, but the Morningstar received many wealthy visitors and consequently enforced rather draconian rules regarding press and privacy.
The orbital itself seemed pleasant, a little ornate and behind the times, but well-tended and clean. Generous “windows” (clearly electronic screens, but designed to give the fiction of a few centimetres of glass between one and the void) gave a handsome view of the planet below, glowing with reflected sunlight. It was a striking vista, and one that she spent several minutes admiring before continuing her stroll. None of the staff seemed inclined to pay the slightest attention to the screens — perhaps they had seen it often enough for it to lose its magic.
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And tell us in the comments: what happened when your bad fantasy went wrong?
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