Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons

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  1. SLWalker

    SLWalker The OG Scotty Fangirl Premium Member

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    Okay. I've tried a million times to come up with a simple (or even a not so simple) way to explain this storyline and I've failed every time. I guess because there's just no way to stick it in any particular genre, or sum it up in any simple terms.

    So, this time I'll just go with stating the facts: The Arc of the Wolf is a series of stories, some short, some much longer, some not even written yet, some half-written and sitting on my hard drive, some even contributed by other authors, that spans well over a century in the lifetime of Montgomery Scott. Long before TOS, and long after it.

    I can guarantee that 1.) Nothing in it contradicts canon; in fact, part of the reason I've even written it is because I wanted to explain a whole lot of things I saw in canon that didn't make sense without further context. 2.) It's a pretty family friendly series -- some occasional cussing, more than you'd see on TV, but nothing gratuitous. The highest rated story is PG-13. 3.) It's written all out of order, and there are still a number of stories missing out of it, but the earlier pieces are pretty cohesive. Distant Horizons here is just the first 'set'.

    Not much more to be said about it, really. It takes a very close-to-the-ground, human-eye view of things. It's got a bit of everything; from joy to tragedy, from deep and intense to total comedy. All of it, though, is character driven. (And yes, it even has some art to go with it, but we'll get to that later.)

    Feedback is adored, but not required -- I'll be happy if you read it and it makes you think.

    Anyway, if anyone can come up with a better way of explaining it, someday you'll have to tell me. For now, on with the tale.
     
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    Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons - Best Smile
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  3. Nerys Ghemor

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    Re: Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons - Best Smile

    Awwww...poor thing! :(
     
  4. SLWalker

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    Re: Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons - Best Smile

    Well, it coulda likely been a lot worse. But thanks for the comment!
     
  5. Nerys Ghemor

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    Re: Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons - Best Smile

    Yeah, it could've--but since it's his memory, it's going to leave a mark on him.

    Anyway, you're welcome, and this seems like a good start! :)
     
  6. SLWalker

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    Re: Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons - Best Smile

    I sincerely hope that it lives up to the good start! I'm never sure how to post it -- writing order or chronological. Both have merits. But chronological kinda makes the most sense.
     
  7. SLWalker

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  8. Gibraltar

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    Just finished 'Best Smile.' It starts out, like young Scotty, as cute and precocious, but then takes a more troubling turn. He’s more comfortable tinkering with objects than interacting with people, something that will become a theme for him later in life.

    Nicely done. :)
     
  9. SLWalker

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    It is a bit of a theme for him. I never quite understood when fan authors, or even pro novelists, would turn him into some kind of social, open critter. I mean, it takes until ST:II to even find out that he has a nephew, and despite being friendly on the surface, he really does play his cards close.

    Thanks much for the comment! I am totally tripped out that you saw that. :hugegrin:
     
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  11. SLWalker

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    Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons - Junkyard Dogs, I.I.

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    Arc of the Wolf: Distant Horizons - Junkyard Dogs I.II.
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  13. SLWalker

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    This is really good!
     
  16. SLWalker

    SLWalker The OG Scotty Fangirl Premium Member

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    Thank you! And thanks for reading!
     
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  19. Gibraltar

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    Wait was nicely done... an improbable meeting of our crew decades before they would serve together. It was handled so well that it was perfectly believable. :) And very nice insights into the people they would later become.
     
  20. SLWalker

    SLWalker The OG Scotty Fangirl Premium Member

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    My friend Danie asked me to tackle a story along those lines, and that was what I had managed to come up with. It's probably not the strongest in the series, but I think it adds more than takes away from it.

    Thanks so much for the comment!