Life During Wartime (anthology)

Life During Wartime was the third Bernice Summerfield prose anthology published by Big Finish Productions. Throughout its 25 stories it tells the story of the Braxiatel Collection's occupation by the Fifth Axis and leads into the next audio story Death and the Daleks. This was the last Bernice Summerfield anthology to be edited by Benny's creator Paul Cornell.
== Publisher's summary ==
The Braxiatel Collection has been occupied by the Fifth Axis. This shouldn't have happened: Brax picked this place to be safe, and surely he knows the history of time and space?
Bernice and her friends find themselves living under a military government. Bev joins the resistance. Adrian is thrown into a prison camp for aliens. Jason finds a comfortable little niche for himself in the new administration. Bernice's half-human son, Peter, is now under threat every minute of every day.
Bernice finds herself caught in the middle of the occupation, her old friends, and her desperate need to protect her child.
25 brand-new short stories all about Benny and her extended “family”: Jason, her ex-husband and all-round git; Irving Braxiatel, enigmatic owner of The Braxiatel Collection, a planetoid which houses a fantastic art and artefact gallery; Bev Tarrant, art thief and adventerurer; Adrian Wall, the Killoran architect and builder and father of Peter, Benny's son. These are the tales of how they, and the others that surround them, cope under a military occupation. How they face life during wartime...
== Stories ==
Title 	Author 	Featuring
The Fall 	Paul Cornell 	Jason, Adrian, Bev, Ms Jones, Crofton
Careless Talk 	Justin Richards 	Braxiatel, Jason, Bev, Ms Jones, Crofton, Joseph, Vosta, Oliver
The Birthday Party 	Simon Guerrier 	Mushtaq, Luke
Five Dimensional Thinking 	Nick Wallace 	Braxiatel, Bev, Mushtaq
Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy...	Rob Shearman 	
Lockdown Conversations: 1 	Paul Cornell 	Jason, Bev, Vosta, Wolsey
The Price of Everything 	Gregg Smith 	Braxiatel, Jason, Joseph, Mushtaq
Hit 	John Binns 	
The Garden of Whispers 	Martin Day 	Ms Jones, Mushtaq, Bernard
Lockdown Conversations: 2 	Paul Cornell 	Adrian
The Crystal Flower 	Cavan Scott, Mark Wright 	Crofton, Spang
Midrash 	Ian Mond 	Braxiatel, Jason, Bev, Crofton, Joseph, Mushtaq
Fear of Corners 	Mark Stevens 	Braxiatel, Bev, Joseph
The Traitors 	Jonathan Morris 	Mushtaq
Paths Not Taken 	Rupert Booth, Barry Williams	Braxiatel, Bev, Joseph
Every Picture Tells a Story 	Jim Sangster 	Vosta
Fluid Prejudice 	Paul Ebbs 	Braxiatel, Joseph, Mushtaq
Suffer the Children 	Dave Stone 	Jason, Mushtaq
Drinking with the Enemy 	Jonathan Blum 	Jason, Ms Jones, Bernard
Lockdown Conversations: 3 	Paul Cornell 	Peter
Passing Storms 	Peter Anghelides 	Braxiatel, Bev, Mushtaq, Peter
Speaking Out 	Simon Guerrier 	Mushtaq, Luke
The Peter Principle 	Kate Orman 	Crofton, Mushtaq, Bernard, Spang
Lockdown Conversations: 4 	Paul Cornell 	Braxiatel, Jason, Adrian, Bev, Ms Jones, Crofton, Mushtaq, Bernard, Peter, Isaac
A Bell Ringing in an Empty Sky 	Jim Mortimore 	
== Notes ==
to be added
== External links ==
Category:Bernice Summerfield anthologies
Category:2003 anthologies