“Room and Board” is a short story published in the collection Small Victories in 2020. Tanner is in need of a place to live. A dormitory full of rambunctious students are in need of a resident advisor.
Warning[]
This story contains blasphemy, profanity, falsified dormitory records, municipal safety code violations, PTSD, casual disregard for traditional Western family values, and alien drug mushrooms of questionable sentience in a refrigerator.
Synopsis[]
A series of slice-of-life vignettes on how Tanner found himself in the position of a dormitory resident advisor, and his first week as such.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Tanner Malone
- Jackie, student counselor
- Wen, a resident advisor
- Arthur, a geology student and collector of radioactive rocks
- Chet, a student and fan of alien mushrooms
- Dan, a student
- Jason, a student
- Jeffrey, a student
- Joyce, a student
- Lisa, a student and owner of Reggie, an alien snake[1]
- Phoebe, a student
- Rhea, a student
- Robbie, a student and a rugby player[1]
- Samantha, a student
- Siraj, a student
- Trevor, a student
- Lieutenant Commander Li, Union Fleet Intelligence
- Lieutenant Rodriguez, Union Fleet Intelligence
- Hannah (mentioned only)
- Prince Khalil (mentioned only)
- Anton Brekhov (mentioned only)
Locations & organizations[]
- Fremantle University
Continuity[]
“Room and Board” is set after Last Man Out, in November 2280.
Publication history[]
“Room and Board” was first published on Elliott Kay’s Patreon in April 2020. It was re-published in Small Victories in July 2020.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Soft Targets