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The Angels put the Well of Souls on freeze when they arrive – in fact, that is their primary purpose. But before the Well of Souls is taken offline, their chief architect has already managed to produce the first mathematically singular world (mathematical and mental equivalent of a black hole? – A vacuum bubble [...]

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This world, this reality, is the Dance Hall of the gods.  It once was the setting of a great dance, a Grand Ball filled with beauty and grace, and it may yet be again.  For now, most of the gods have retired to their own private rooms – none can leave the palace, but in [...]

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1:
- Prologue 1
- Prologue 2

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Chapter 2

Chapter 2:
- Snow Crash
- The Ascension of Souls

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Chapter 3

Chapter 3
- A Snow Battle
- The Beetle Flips

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Chapter 4

Chapter 4:
- Introduction of the Pirates
- The Pirates Integrate

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Chapter 5

Chapter 5:
- The Quest for Wealth

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Chapter 6

Chapter 6:
- Incognito
- A Hero’s Welcome
- The Deal

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Chapter 7

Chapter 7:
- The Advent of Red
- Another Deal

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Chapter 8

Chapter 8:
- A Narrow Shave at the Spaceport
- Red Realizes Their Mistake
- A Change of Clothes

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Chapter 9

Chapter 9:
- Cormick Enters the Cantina; A New Career is Discussed

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Chapter 10:
- The First Client is Skilled at Seduction

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Chapter 11

Chapter 11:
- Kurtie Feels Miffed
- The Advent of the Squishies

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Light shimmered in the otherwise darkness. It was the seed of life … and the harbinger of stagnation.
In that first Day – when a Day was an epoch, not counted by the frenzied heartbeats of the creatures of matter – a star meant a Mind, a Name, a Warrior, a Lover and a Beloved. [...]

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The Monks

The monks the story follows are of a semi-buddhist order that believe everything must be done with beauty. Nature takes it’s time producing what it does because each item is produced with arete, with beauty.
However, this is Man’s nature, not all of Life’s. Non-Ohidan life they call “artifacts”, as opposed to “creatures”, because [...]

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As of 06-July-2006, still just an outline.
Scene 1: Cormick and Bhumi in the dungeon

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Blackbie personnel, including most prominently Kurtie Brook, reporter and erstwhile lover of Cormick.

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Another bit of design illustration, this time with spaceships as the theme.
The links here go to the much larger versions posted on DeviantArt (the same description is posted there).
Private Ships

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I started drawing the fashion in Snow almost as soon as I started writing it, so, like the early drafts of the story, much of it has changed dramatically.
First off, a general overview of fashion circa 1999 or so:

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Cormick Greene
Byrie Harold
Roger Jasper
Damwick Gunder

Gayahtri Spivak
Laurie jeMora
“Fly” Nomit Undiri

Mayor: Susan Young
Betty Nishigi
Sub-Mayor: Pas Tassfalon

TR Captain: Hunda Ti
TR Agent: Muhalla A’Sadi

Squishie General: Caba Gaba

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I. A Diamond in Snow

Gaia and the Brutes crash land on Chandier after being shot down by the Turnbull Red retrieval squad. They try to find a new ride off-planet. Meanwhile, Cormick etal gain the spotlight from a battle with Squishies. Gaia picks up COrmick at the Cantina, and Hires his group for [...]

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