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The ever-expanding Twinmaker family tree

The ever-expanding Twinmaker family tree 

There are well over 30 bonus stories set in the Twinmaker universe. Because I like to keep track (and have a thing for lists), here’s a list of which secondary characters appear where and how they connect to Clair and Jesse. Links lead to stories where available; details of the others can be found on […]

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“Die with a T”

“Die with a T” 

D-mat is the ultimate way to lose weight, right? One minute you’re there, the next you’re not. Did you hear the one about the girl who wanted to lose weight? I mean, lots of weight, really badly. Being skinny was everything to her. She’d spend hours in front of the mirror, wondering what she could […]

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“The Hole”

“The Hole” 

Trigger warning: suicide. (Some would argue that every d-mat story is triggering . . .) People commit suicide using d-mat all the time. Or at least, they try to. In theory it should be easy: just step into a booth and send yourself nowhere. But what does “nowhere” mean? Data doesn’t vanish just because it […]

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Mad March

Mad March 

This is the quickest possible post to apologise for being a bit slow on the posting front. It’s Mad March here in Adelaide, which means that everything that can possibly here must happen at the same time. Specifically for me Adelaide Writers’ Week (I’m on the advisory committee), WOMADelaide and the Unsound Festival. They’re keeping […]

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