Contributors (short story)

Contributors was the final part of Burning with Optimism's Flames, comprising of fictional, in-universe biographies of the authors of the anthology.

Elizabeth Evershed
Elizabeth Evershed spends her time travelling between the 16th century Paris, 21st century London, and the 25th century. When she's not travelling or writing, she lectures at Scott College, Antarctica.

Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor has done a lot in his life, travelling across the globe and meeting many celebrities.

Cate Gardner
Cate Gardner is an author who lives with her pet raven Time. One of her readers fell into a local river while clutching her novella, who then froze and was preserved as a ice sculpture at her local gallery.

Daniel Ribot
Daniel Ribot has recently written the a Soviet vampire-hunting novel.

Kelly Hale
Kelly Hale lives in Stumptown, where she manages a gentlemen's club, but has an ambition to write for Faction Paradox as her full-time career.

Characters

 * Elizabeth Evershed
 * Alan Taylor
 * Alan Taylor's grandmother
 * Cate Gardner
 * Time
 * Fan
 * Daniel Ribot
 * Philip Purser-Hallard

Elizabeth Evershed

 * Elizabeth claims to be a descendant of Walter Raleigh and the last person to discover America.
 * She's just finished her first novel, and her story The Socratic Problem was published in Obverse Quarterly's Tales of the City.
 * Elizabeth lectures focus around Elizabethan Factionalism.
 * She founded the college's penguin exchange program, Books for Birds. Several members include Marcel Proust and Anatole France.

Alan Taylor

 * Alan has swum with dolphins.
 * He has presented awards at a football stadium in Vietnam.
 * Millionaires have tried to marry him, and celebrities have tried to preposition him.
 * He works in an office.
 * He has drunk Cuba Libres in Havana, and cocktails in Hong Kong Harbour.
 * Alan has met Scarlett Johansson.
 * He can make lasagne.

Cate Gardner

 * Cate lives in a flat above a costume shop.
 * She wrote a novella, Theatre of Curious Acts, whose fans sent Cate Barbed Wire Hearts.

Daniel Ribot

 * Daniel is a construct of wetwear, Mexican wrestling masks, New Zealand Paua shells, Catalan caganers, and mud.
 * Frog Island is in Leicester.
 * His novel is published by Omnium Gatherum Press.
 * Daniel is a member of The Speculators writing group.

Kelly Hale

 * Stumptown's streets are paved with espresso beans, and the rubbish recycles itself.
 * The gentlemen's club Kelly works in is called The Pitiful Princess.
 * She makes artisanal breads from bones, and creates skin care products from locally sourced virgin's blood.
 * She co-authored a TV tie-in novel from Doctor Who, Erasing Sherlock, a play, several short stories, and a novella.

Continuity

 * to be added