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It came from Jonathan Laidlow

It came from Jonathan Laidlow @burtkenobi

Jonathan Laidlow’s story “The Astronaut Tier” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 26 October 2018.

October 2018

“The Astronaut Tier” began life as a story called “Flailing”, written for a challenge on the sffworld forums in 2015 with the theme of “surprises in desolate places”. I remember I immediately had the image of a blighted Britain, but it took a little longer to find the main theme of…

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The Astronaut Tier - Jonathan Laidlow

New story! The Astronaut Tier - Jonathan Laidlow

Farren opened the door to the bailiffs and let them in. They pushed into the apartment wordlessly, and began to itemise her former life, ticking boxes on clipboards while they opened drawers and rifled shelves. The last to enter was a wiry middle-aged woman who, with a kind smile, invited Farren to sign, thus demonstrating her understanding that her possessions were now the property of Ares II’s…

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A question for Jonathan Laidlow

A question for Jonathan Laidlow @burtkenobi

Q: What’s a typical writing day like for you?

A: This is the dream of the typical writing day: I rise late and drink good strong coffee while looking back through the previous day’s draft. I then spend the day adding new words to my latest story and they’re all perfect.

The reality is somewhat different. I try to read the previous day’s draft either over a hurried coffee or on my commute to the…

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About Jonathan Laidlow @burtkenobi Jonathan Laidlow grew up in the northwest of England, near the Sellafield nuclear power plant, which regularly leaked.

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October 2018

Metaphorosis TOC - October 2018 - with stories from @RobotLeBlanc, Michael Gardner, @GregoryAKane, @burtkenobi, and art from @plesaoana

Table of Contents

Reproduction in a Closed Loop — Andrew M LeBlanc

Nana Naoko’s Garden — Michael Gardner

Twins — Gregory Kane

The Astronaut Tier — Jonathan Laidlow

Cover art by Oana Popescu.

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