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  1. Public Bookmark 55

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    Set three years after the reversal of the Sudden Oblivion (what they called the year humanity ceased to exist), Carol Sturka had finished the Wycaro series and released her new book, Starfall, a fictional story about a hive mind taking over an entire space colony. Carol's still getting used to her astounding success when she comes back into her life.

    Zosia stood near the corner of the street, Starfall in hand, wearing a soft, pale yellow shirt and jeans—more casual than Carol ever remembered seeing her. Her dark hair fell just above her shoulders, slightly shorter than before, and her brown eyes seemed to light up as Carol met her gaze. She appeared to be trying, and failing, to contain her smile. It grew as Carol walked toward her, which she didn’t realize she was doing until she was so close it was unbearable. There was nothing to do but embrace her, which Carol did without thinking, the reality of it sinking in only when Zosia’s voice—soft, unmistakable—reached her.

    “Hi, Carol.”

    She remembered.
    She was here.

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    20 Feb 2026

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    Carol and Zosia Meet before the joining AU

    Carol is in Berlin for a writing residency, she becomes friends with a group of her residency mates who introduce her to Zosia, a young ex-pat who lives with more confidence than Carol has even been able to muster.

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    18 Feb 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    Carol dabbles with gender confusion and what it means. Zosia uses 8 billion brains to try to help.

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    17 Feb 2026

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    “I didn’t keep most of the memories. Other people’s memories. I get flashes of big things, births, deaths. Except about you.”

    Carol feels the confusion slip onto her face. Nervousness creeps up her spine again. “Me?”

    “I know everything that anybody has ever thought about you, Carol. Every memory. Every feeling. Helen. Your ex-girlfriends. Your dentist. It’s like I have a Carol encyclopedia in my head.”

    Carol had thought that she was done experiencing fresh horrors. What a nightmare it is to realize that she is not. “Oh, god.” She says.

    “Oh, god,” Zosia agrees.

    After they manage to break Zosia free of the hive, Zosia and Carol try to navigate the field of landmines that is their relationship.

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    07 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 20

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    Siuan wakes with her cheek pressed against familiar cold stone, her body sprawled in a way that should leave her back aching, but her only sensation is awareness.

    Cold stone against her cheek, against her bare arms. Cold air. Cold silence surrounding her. It is her, twenty-two empty seats, and that cloying silence.

    She knows where she is. She can guess why she is here.

    She can’t bear to think about it, not yet.

    After her death, a Dreamer wakes in Tel'aran'rhiod.

    Or, a post-finale fix-it that follows the path laid out by the books, except where it won't.

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    14 May 2025