The Tears of Laughter (short story)

The Tears of Laughter was a 2006 Bernice Summerfield short story written by David N Smith and released in the anthology Collected Works.
== Summary ==
Anton tracks down his former lover Bev Tarrant, now the director of the Braxiatel Collection, to sell her a book previously banned by the Fifth Axis... The Tears of Laughter.
== Characters ==
* Anton
* Boudicca
* Bev Tarrant
* Hass
* Adrian Wall
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Species ===
* Anton believes one of the Braxiatel Collection's students to have tentacles.
* Boudicca is a Killoran.
* Anton is familiar with the Yesodi.
=== Objects ===
* The Fifth Axis banned The Tears of Laughter.
* Anton got through the Braxiatel Collection security with a fake Plasti-Disc.
* The statue of Irving Braxiatel in the arrivals terminal of the Braxiatel Collection was one of Boudicca's creations.
=== Organisations ===
* Primeiros was a group of "feuding gangs and wannabe warlords". Anton's name cropped up on a Primeiros account suspected of laundering cash through the art world.
* Galactopol was a space police force.
* Anton previously worked for the Fifth Axis plundering artwork from the worlds they invaded.
* Anton is expected to serve time on one of Galactopol's lunar penal colonies.
== Notes ==
to be added
== Continuity ==
* The Braxiatel Collection is also known as KS-159. (PROSE: )
* Anton and Bev are ex-lovers. (AUDIO: )
* Bev claims that she "happened" to the Fifth Axis . Anton notices her scar. (PROSE: )
Category:Bernice Summerfield sources
Category:Collected Works short stories
Category:Stories set in the 27th century
Category:Short stories set on the Braxiatel Collection