bedlam boundary - 24.38
Chapter sails the open seas of interstellar space, singing solar whalesong to the great grey grazers in the void.
https://katalepsis.net/2024/12/06/bedlam-boundary-24-38/
This week's password is: submergence
Epub version of the chapter is also attached below!
Aaaaaaaaaand - that's it!!! Really! Yes! Dear readers, we are actually, seriously, finally here, at the very last chapter of arc 24. Bedlam Boundary crashes to an end at long, long, long last. The end of the dream, the end of the rescue mission, the end of this arc which I have now been writing since January of this year - it is here! This is it. I'm completely serious. I hope you enjoy it! It's a long time coming.
But! This is not the end of Katalepsis Book One, not quite (which is probably obvious!) As I have mentioned previously, there's still a short epilogue to come; you might want to take a peek at the Table of Contents page for a hint or two. We're not done just yet.
And! I have an incredible piece of art from over on the discord, shared with me this very day, in an act of perfect timing. Neon Teuthis Katalepsis, The End of Bedlam Boundary, is an edit/modification of a rather famous movie poster, made by the very talented Galactic. What a glorious way to end off this arc! Thank you so much!
As I said, this is not yet the end of Book One. I (and Heather) will be back here next week, for the start of the ... mopping up? We'll see you then!
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Thanks for the chap^H^H^H^HENTIRE ARC!
You're so very welcome!!! And thank you, for enjoying it so much!
1,498 pages later
It's been a very long arc, indeed! It's ... finally done, gosh.
I'm not going to lie I was looking forward to a closure more than I was a cliffhanger.
Ah! I do apologise. I knew I had to do the cliffhanger, structured in this way, but I was plagued by the desire to write both this chapter and the first 1-2 of the epilogue all at once, to spare readers the cliffhanger inherent in this arc's ending. That was unfortunately too much to finish all at once. I can promise closure across the epilogue though, it's time for falling action, as it were!
It's actually happening!
And then next week, "Psych! Just kidding, here is chapter 39! What, you actually thought this arc would end? Hahaha! Fools! It will never end! NEVER!!!"
thanks for the chapter!
You're so very welcome! Really glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
oh boy, here we go again.
Second dive! There she goes! She's a lot more experienced this time, though.