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Scoot's avatar

Thank you so much! Your comments are always both encouraging and specific and i really appreciate it!

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T. D. Wolf's avatar

Seconded. I would buy this book.

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Dr. Timothy X Merritt's avatar

Thanks for the background ambiance. Great addition to the story!

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The Crazy Cat Lady Writes's avatar

WOW. ❤️

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Cole Noble's avatar

Fantastic story!! Loved the split narratives

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Redd Oscar's avatar

Great choice on the ambience, really enhanced the read. Enjoyed the split narrative and the hint at hyperspace horrors, would love to know what had happened aboard the HEARKEN, or should I say HRAKKN.

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Scoot's avatar

It only just occurred to me how much of a nightmare they must have experienced. Definitely some dark sci-fi hidden in there....

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

Hrakkn. That rang familiar and I went looking and I KNEW IT. OH MY GOODNESS.

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Sara Dietz's avatar

wait dangit do i need to go back to SBE for this reference?

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Scoot's avatar

lol no! This isn't referenced in Sandbox Earth--it's referenced in my old story "Chess" that I published in highschool, and in the worldbuilding/timeline notes I published where you asked if we will ever get the story of the lost colony!

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Sara Dietz's avatar

ooooooh okay thanksssss

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

The "Get out and push!" line was hilarious. The reveal at the end, the ambience, oh man oh man oh man. This was fantastic.

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Skeptic Fail's avatar

Sheer horror.

What amazes me is how the emotional punch of terror comes so strongly over the written a span of time. Nightmare material...and the music in my head was the Homeworld soundtrack :D

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Scoot's avatar

Definitely homeworld inspiration in here! Really happy it packed a punch!

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Sujan Sundareswaran's avatar

Heh, love this! This is Love-Death-and-Robots worthy!—have you seen those?

Definitely want to know what happened next—are there more bits of lore connected to Sandbox Earth?

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Scoot's avatar

Thank you so much, Sujan! If you click the “sandbox earth” link at the top, under the image, it will take you to the tag i started using to collect all my in-universe stories. Some of it is lore, some of it is sidequests, all of it was fun for me to write.

I have not seen Love Death and Robots but i am aware of it! Ive been intrigued more than once, ill have to look into it more closely!!

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Sujan Sundareswaran's avatar

Will do—will finish them off one by one.

And yes, you should, there’s even a couple of lost-spaceship stories, in Season 1, I think.

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L.L. Ford's avatar

Oh my goodness, this was so worth the wait 🔥

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