tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26669399749620022282024-03-19T12:53:13.087+00:00Space OperaA story of the far future set to the music and sounds of Black Tempest.Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-6774952497421461562012-03-23T22:14:00.002+00:002012-03-23T22:15:18.241+00:00Alien Interlude 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Alien Interlude 3 - The Clargons</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> for further Black Tempest experiences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Illustration by <a href="http://s903.photobucket.com/albums/ac232/machineryelf/?action=view&current=drawings001.jpg%20" target="_blank">John Cooper</a></span><br />
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<div style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;"><b>END OF ACT ONE</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span></span> </span></div></div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-49523125239674265632012-03-16T22:07:00.000+00:002012-03-16T22:07:05.175+00:00Chapter 3 Part 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The huge mothership blinked into existance at the hyperspace emergence point three parsecs out from the local star system...</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click here for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellbloor2/" target="_blank">Russell Bloor's Fickr Stream</a></span></div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-45984403233272106372012-03-09T22:14:00.000+00:002012-03-09T22:14:43.452+00:00Chapter 3 Part 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Which Way Out - Russell Bloor</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Locked in a virtual environment, I realised that my only hope was to build a surge of orgone energy which would flash-erase the servers' security drives...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click here for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellbloor2/" target="_blank">Russell Bloor's Fickr Stream</a></span></div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-30977988971779721882012-03-02T21:25:00.000+00:002012-03-02T21:25:42.119+00:00Chapter 3 Part 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRFCzVKn8ZJeZqSChG61ZXZMHoFx_B4TkDm8rg8KbbFeoe3TMEhmweUk8__Z5dqR0DgIQQSSKGlkw4Bp_g09NBSM7XWxW5HA1MEBEFS4X4_2yh9Pqs2UXKkgFY_UF7pKqDNTTu2vd7Dtx/s1600/BeachVoices.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRFCzVKn8ZJeZqSChG61ZXZMHoFx_B4TkDm8rg8KbbFeoe3TMEhmweUk8__Z5dqR0DgIQQSSKGlkw4Bp_g09NBSM7XWxW5HA1MEBEFS4X4_2yh9Pqs2UXKkgFY_UF7pKqDNTTu2vd7Dtx/s640/BeachVoices.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I came to on what appeared to be an endless beach. Stones and shingle streched from horizon to horizon, a vermilion sea smashing noisily against the shore...</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visit <a href="http://www.handofdave.com/" target="_blank">http://www.handofdave.com/</a> for more information on David Longey, who provided the illustration.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-45266872586945509722012-02-24T18:52:00.000+00:002012-02-24T18:52:42.582+00:00Alien Interlude 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Zumanids communicate by a combination of biofluorescence and telepathy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Illustration by <a href="http://s903.photobucket.com/albums/ac232/machineryelf/?action=view&current=drawings001.jpg%20" target="_blank">John Cooper</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-16847567794607548282012-02-17T19:09:00.001+00:002012-02-17T19:10:08.526+00:00Chapter 2 Part 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I bit deeply into the greasy Zhang crab burger. Not what I would have chosen as my first meal in seventeen days, but it tasted like a fishy, plastic, stringy taste of heaven. Maybe heaven wouldn't be such a good place...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.</div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click here for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellbloor2/" target="_blank">Russell Bloor's Fickr Stream</a></span><br />
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</div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-58900269698645282352012-02-10T21:07:00.000+00:002012-02-10T21:07:10.480+00:00Chapter 2 Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIpoRC7Yc5jMFu-gDnGMbU5bdcnTo3lQUo4h9StVV_oXQJc2evgrW3WtD0RoUkdEQDIXKU2ZerasdRk_gQbEe6AXU-gr5PtS7CLEU5ds23ZntlUFxbFl_bmwXGJi5WrOZ7RfO_AkrCMBN/s1600/Zone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIpoRC7Yc5jMFu-gDnGMbU5bdcnTo3lQUo4h9StVV_oXQJc2evgrW3WtD0RoUkdEQDIXKU2ZerasdRk_gQbEe6AXU-gr5PtS7CLEU5ds23ZntlUFxbFl_bmwXGJi5WrOZ7RfO_AkrCMBN/s640/Zone.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Zone by Russell Bloor</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was about two hours after she had docked with the Dataface that she first noticed something was different... </span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.<br />
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</div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-91116426144146134562012-02-03T21:10:00.003+00:002012-02-03T22:12:30.685+00:00Chapter 2 Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJUf6phxn_BU1WV4l1pl6rv_HAit6Xa_S4HZemytwYDMN4VgsKIpy4Rr_JUpVVh9LQGo6-yeRr87W4tc16wZkB1MOBVN7iJ5d7D_IdeBMN_NUTGTvOL-OnQ0JPXKg2mHCdj6YgeZ_RhBS/s1600/Sixth_Iteration.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJUf6phxn_BU1WV4l1pl6rv_HAit6Xa_S4HZemytwYDMN4VgsKIpy4Rr_JUpVVh9LQGo6-yeRr87W4tc16wZkB1MOBVN7iJ5d7D_IdeBMN_NUTGTvOL-OnQ0JPXKg2mHCdj6YgeZ_RhBS/s640/Sixth_Iteration.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sixth Iteration by David Longey</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Long ago she'd lost count of her incarnations.Every now and then she'd go through a sparse memory flush in order to simplify her world view. Living into your second millenium took a little nerve, and a little judicious editing...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.<br />
Visit <a href="http://www.handofdave.com/" target="_blank">http://www.handofdave.com/</a> for more information on David Longey, who provided the illustration.Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-15267002239359399632012-01-27T21:42:00.000+00:002012-01-27T21:42:15.835+00:00Alien Interlude 1<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> for further Black Tempest experiences.</span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At least some of the pain in my head had faded by the time I landed the starfighter on the jungle world...</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click here for<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellbloor2/" target="_blank"> Russell Bloor's Flikr Stream.</a></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="220" src="http://www.box.com/embed/h7i9q2siet3ydu6.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="466" wmode="opaque"></embed>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-23089919823092911032012-01-14T17:01:00.000+00:002012-01-14T17:01:14.605+00:00Chapter 1 Part 2<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPYNiU2J6wM07DH-Vu8_A5AvRJG7K92P3ka0qzP4Z2jrNwl4UYOE8pfOhfwZi8O2ragPNGEI2ZPQFrONJQWRYq7WDslDtj40ZRmfEUNJwKL5eQh1HcMT2FKa4OwGcBRqjXZxHyo_lWi6Y/s1600/Helmsman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPYNiU2J6wM07DH-Vu8_A5AvRJG7K92P3ka0qzP4Z2jrNwl4UYOE8pfOhfwZi8O2ragPNGEI2ZPQFrONJQWRYq7WDslDtj40ZRmfEUNJwKL5eQh1HcMT2FKa4OwGcBRqjXZxHyo_lWi6Y/s640/Helmsman.jpg" width="459" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Helmsman by David Longey</span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From the edge of the system it looked like an average moon, a small grey sphere of lifeless rock. It was only under higher magnification, or under different spectra that it became clear this was not a natural object...</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visit <a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</a> for further Black Tempest experiences.<br />
Visit <a href="http://www.handofdave.com/" target="_blank">http://www.handofdave.com/</a> for more information on David Longey, who provided the illustration.<br />
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Thanks to Rocket Recordings for the following article on Space Opera:<br />
<a href="http://rocketrecordings.blogspot.com/2012/01/black-tempest-launches-space-opera.html" target="_blank">Rocket Recordings Blog - Space Opera Article</a></div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2666939974962002228.post-33097051998123604162012-01-07T21:27:00.015+00:002012-01-12T09:24:17.969+00:00Chapter 1 Part 1<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Trans Sister by </span><a href="http://www.handofdave.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">David Longey</span></a></td></tr>
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My eyes open, and again focus on the face of the nurse before me. Beautiful and flawless, but betrayed as human-adjusted by the faint green glow of her skin, and the multi-facets of her purple eyes...</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/</span></a><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> for further Black Tempest experiences.</span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.handofdave.com/"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">http://www.handofdave.com/</span></a><span style="color: #eeeeee;"> for more information on David Longey, who provided the illustration.</span></div>Stephen Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729764145236581211noreply@blogger.com2