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“My heart knows love as well as it knows pain, and I know that I am meant to carry both across the universe with me.”
This story is the audience-selected topic poll winner for September 2023 “Dissident Space Cultures.” It’s also an origin story for Kristoff Mikkel (aka Juice) from “The Misfits” series. If you haven't yet, you can check out the “Misfits Origins” playlist here: • Misfits Origins
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About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story to the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this, I have fun writing them, and most importantly, the audience enjoys!
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@TuringTalesTV Год назад

Kristoff's contemplation on his past, lost love, and the bittersweetness of memories resonates deeply. It's almost like a universal human experience, isn't it?

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, TT! Sure is on my end. 🥲

@dvd-r2268 Год назад

It is not for an instrument of God to be fearful. What a beautiful line. Another great story. Thank you

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, DVD! Glad you appreciated this one 😃🙏

@bewarethegreyghost Год назад

I'm a devout Catholic, and I can't overstate how much I appreciate your depiction of "Space Christians" almost all other science fiction uses it as an opportunity for a thinly veiled attack. It is quite refreshing to to be able to enjoy a science fiction story where space Amish are treated with a respectful gravitas, where lesser authors have used warmed over vitriol.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Grehghost! Far too many brilliant people have been religious for it to make sense to be anything but respectful of the near universal human instinct for religious thought. You can't listen to Bach, simultaneously call his work ingenious (rightly) and completely dismiss the reality that he would likely consider divine inspiration a large part of the process, if not the totality.

@maxjjackson 6 месяцев назад

Bach may well have believed that his musical talent was a God-given gift. That was a perfectly normal, reasonable, commonly accepted and widely held belief by the educated intelligensia of the time period he lived-in. He probably also believed that when married couples were not blessed with children - he had 8 or 9 - that was totally the wife's fault. Maybe he believed that witchcraft and slavery were totally normal things as well.

@johnnycampbell3422 Год назад

Thanks for more misfits. I have about completed all posted stories. Thank you very much for them.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Johnny! Rest assured, I haven't completed them all yet. More to follow...😃

@rlbf1967 Год назад

I think the most profound way a story can affect its reader is in finding they care for the characters. The Misfits series absolutely achieves this! Looking forward to learning more of our friends out there….

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Richard. There's definitely much more to explore. 😃🙏

@alantaylor353 Год назад

Thank you so much for everything you do.!

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Alan! My favorite part of writing is sharing new stories 😃

@kevindean6600 Год назад

I ardently look forward to each thursday. Also. What do u get when you cross a dyslexic, an agnostic and an insomniac?? Someone who stays up all night wondering if theres a dog!!!

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks for tuning in to this month's audience-selected story topic! This one is an origin story for Juice from "The Misfits." You can check out all the Misfits origin stories here: ru-vid.com/group/PLWl-Jc_I2wPB5Ac8AZvlVyCNBxaof6Nif

@tarajoyce3598 Год назад

Thank God it's Thursday! 🤗

@RoweLit Год назад

And another Misfits week! Cheers, Tara 😀

@tarajoyce3598 Год назад

@@RoweLit Thank you ♥

@jimivey6462 Год назад

Love your channel! Happy to give this video its first like.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Jim! Glad you're enjoying 😃

@osmia Год назад

Great writing! I was able to be sucked into their world and ignore mine. Thanks for the story

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Osmia! Glad you got a quick break from the real world 😃

@MrIzzyDizzy Год назад

Your well never runs dry. You touched many aspects of my own life and of someone's close to me. Possible near universal aspects of many peoples lives. . You're unbelievably amazing . from a vote to for that type of story and that story perfectly integrated with the Misfit saga is incredible. . Also the Canterbury Tales like structure of telling ones life story on a trip. ( or also Hyperion like ) was very engaging. I feel like you have more great stories on stand by, and/or you are just the most creative genius around or both. Either way I cant wait for the next one.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, MrIzzy! Appreciate such high praise 🙏 I only wish I had a few stories on reserve. That way I could spend some time catching up on some much needed housekeeping. I think I'm going to write another story instead, though 😀We'll see how that turns out next week this time!

@MrIzzyDizzy Год назад

Where are the maid bots already?! My house gets messy too , and i don't have the excuse of making great audiobooks! Can't wait for the next story. and remember its more efficient to leave the bed unmade!

@MrIzzyDizzy Год назад

Can i ASK P E ROWE?

@RoweLit Год назад

Good question, MrIzzy! "The Letters" is their shorthand way of referring to the "Lettered Systems," which are so called because many of them were mapped and named with Greek letters before anyone explored the region--Alpha-Orrigi and Kappa-363 are examples. Earth is far from the letters (and the region more broadly). The map that everyone has been asking me for would explain it ... Rowe gets napkin 😂

@MrIzzyDizzy Год назад

i get it now. thanks. And It makes sense that a lot of Astronomy would be common knowledge among spacefarers Are you an Astronomy enthusiast?

@hartleygarland906 Год назад

Thursday is my favorite day of the week. From that morning till the following Thursday I see your characters personalities play out in the individuals that are part of my life. I actually have a friend named Carolina that says things that Carolina D would say.

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Hartley! Can we get her a beat up old ship? 😀

@ananamu2248 9 месяцев назад

Thoughtful

@RoweLit 9 месяцев назад

Cheers, Ananamu 😃

@zivostepptyltd337 Месяц назад

Excellent story P. E. Rowe, Love the Misfits

@RoweLit Месяц назад

Cheers, Zivostep 😃🙏

@terranhealer Год назад

Wowzer 👿 now that is some great storytelling 🎉

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, SYNAPSEON! Appreciate the high praise 🙏😃

@MartinGugino Год назад

Made me cry. You write so well.

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Martin 🙏

@mrtodddelaroderie Год назад

PE that was a beautiful story. Thank you so much. I was a great way to interweave love and newfaith, pain and fledging faith, disaster and steadfast faith and finally acceptance and true faith. Thank you again my friend.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Todd! Glad you found it meaningful 🙏

@barrydysert2974 6 месяцев назад

Another wonderful taste of bitter sweet. You echo some of my own spiritual beliefs. This is not the first time You've done so !:-) 🙏💜⚡

@RoweLit 6 месяцев назад

These funny things the characters do and say, Barry 😃

@AudreyEmett 5 месяцев назад

Wonderful story! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!😊

@davidrains3918 3 месяца назад

Enjoyed this story very much! Keep’em coming!

@RoweLit 3 месяца назад

Thanks, David! I plan on it 😃

@CheekyMonkey1776 Год назад

What a wonderful story. I really enjoyed it. I’m the newest subscriber

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Cheeky Monkey! So glad you enjoyed! Welcome 😃

@matthewmonroe4252 4 месяца назад

Awesome writing, great story!! Enjoy it immensely, thanks!

@RoweLit 4 месяца назад

Thanks, Matthew! Glad to hear you enjoyed it 😃🙏

@m.j.johnsonbooks7856 Год назад

Thought provoking as always.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, MJ 😃

@kennyjoe7asa Год назад

I am sure that I am not the only one that can identify with this story.

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, KennyJoe 🙏 I know there are quite a few facets of this one that hit home for me as well.

@mht525 9 месяцев назад

Great content and subjects. 🤘✌️🇦🇺

@RoweLit 9 месяцев назад

Cheers, Mike! 😃✌

@sheilab1141 3 месяца назад

Beautiful! ❤

@RoweLit 3 месяца назад

Thanks, Sheila!

@joeaznorth Год назад

Mr. Rowe. Thank you for this. I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into writing and telling stories. I have been listening to you for the last six months. Thank you again, and greetings from northern Arizona.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Joe! And thanks for listening! 🙏

@alannickelson9565 4 месяца назад

I binged my way up to date on the Misfits, then turned to Origins and have relished the 'times before', up till this one. Christoph's story was already well foreshadowed from the main well enough to suit me. I'll confess that I was at least reluctant to open this box. I put it off. Until I didn't. I found I didn't want to skip over it either. I finally did, of course, open it. You gotta do that with boxes, either to see if there's really a cat in it or dig deep enough to find some hope.

@RoweLit 4 месяца назад

Hopefully there's a cat in the box 🙏😃 My thought at the start of each story. Thanks, Alan!

@DavidDube-wi4ey Год назад

One of my favs!!!!

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, David!

@dtl2081 5 месяцев назад

Excellent

@Just_Call_Me_Frank 9 месяцев назад

Keep going!!

@RoweLit 9 месяцев назад

Sure will! Thanks, Anthony 😃

@casard5235 Год назад

Well writ, thank you.

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Casard!

@mtdelmar1982 5 месяцев назад

Totally amazing writing

@RoweLit 5 месяцев назад

Cheers, Michael! Glad you think so 😃

@nickifiresnow1931 Год назад

I very much enjoyed this one and even got my partner to listen. One of the great appeals to space for me is bringing life to the galaxy and I loved that I could empathize with the two sides of the biological needs of spreading living fields vs unchecked biology running amuck. I was raised in a very unyielding religion only to find out it was false well into adulthood but there is still a soft spot for those attempting to live by a code greater than themselves. I tend to think even us nihilist atheists can still choose to give meaning to what we hold dear. Anyway, thanks I am really loving all your work PE Rowe.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Nicki! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying (and finding meaning) 😃

@zivostepptyltd337 Месяц назад

Hi @nickifiresnow1931, I do get sad every time I hear of people realizing the truth of religion and then write off God because of it, there is a huge difference between religion and believing in God (and I do mean God of the Bible and Jesus Christ), religion is a human product created by humans to manipulate, control and justify all sorts of actions, to put it in very simplified terms, believing in God is a person's choice or at least to be willing to seek the truth with a open and un-bias heart, when a person truly do that, God will find you, You do not need a religion to believe and trust in God. Regards Anton

@gwilliams4269 Год назад

Man.🤔.. awesome 😳....👏👏👏👏....✨✨🤝✨✨😉🕊️

@RoweLit Год назад

I admire your emoji game, G! Thanks! 👍👍💥💫💫😃

@mosjeffinately7822 Год назад

Excellent.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, MosJeff!

@kevindean6600 Год назад

That was a very sad and poignant. Thank you

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Ty 🙏

@mauricedamage425 Год назад

that was fantastic

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Maurice! Glad to hear you enjoyed it 😃

@sarcasmo57 Год назад

It was nice.

@RoweLit Год назад

Cheers, Sarcasmo!

@KeithCarmichaelInFL Год назад

I am having a problem trying to say exactly how much I find these stories more entertaining the second…. third…. fourth…. time.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Keith! I appreciate your supportive and thoughtful comments! Very glad you're enjoying 😃🙏

@danirizary6926 Год назад

I like the outro music

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Dan. 😃 Let Softy know: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UCYTCziTl-M.html

@VickiNikolaidis Год назад

💫🧑‍🌾💫🧑‍🌾💫

@RoweLit Год назад

😀🙏😀🙏😀

@QbicLT Год назад

❤

@RoweLit Год назад

😃🙏

@VisiblyPinkUnicorn Год назад

An alternative title could be "The Effects of Thirst on the Brain" 😁

@RoweLit Год назад

😅

@lisasnyder555 11 месяцев назад

Once again, I forgot this is fiction. I was getting ready to research the destruction of his people.😭

@RoweLit 11 месяцев назад

Thanks, Lisa! Fortunately, there's been some first-hand research done by the Misfits 😃 Kristoff's story is scattered in pieces throughout the series (especially in the first episode). There's more to come soon as well...

@MartinGugino Год назад

I am sure you would like an arms-length analytic comment, but that is hardly possible. Maybe after Rowe Writes.

@RoweLit Год назад

I have to get back to that series, Martin! If only I had the time. I have one I've been trying to find the time to edit for weeks! We'll get there eventually, but analytical comments are always welcome 😃

@AlGreenLightThroughGlass Год назад

Man did you write that in a week or do you have them stored up, either way remarkable.

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, GreenLight! I wish I did have a few in reserve sometimes 😃 I don't though, which means I do write these stories on a weekly basis.

@AlGreenLightThroughGlass Год назад

That's incredible - gotta say that story has it covered for the religious and non-religious points of view. @@RoweLit

@martinwyke Год назад

I'm a bit lost after this. I can't recall being told what happened to Teshini or who Kristoff is. Is he part of the Yankee Chaos crew?

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Martin! Kristoff is Juice. The first "Misfits" episode introduces his story.

@robertwesterfield3454 Год назад

And now we know what happened. Excluding the genetic bees. But what his story was…

@samuelpernelet2789 Год назад

Great story! It’s the first story I had lisen to. And i’m a bit lost between the different Playlist. Could someone recommand me an order. +1 sub

@RoweLit Год назад

Thanks, Samuel. Glad you enjoyed! The playlist with the most continuity is "The Misfits" playlist, which is serialized. Also closely related is the "Misfits Origins" playlist that tells the backstories of characters from the main story. "Tales From the West Battery War" is broader, and though they're interrelated, a lot of the stories are stand-alone. And now that I'm writing this, I'm realizing wow, there are a lot of stories on the channel now! Hope you enjoy some of them 😃

@mrtodddelaroderie Год назад

Is juice one of the 2 young males who left their dad and the mining settlement? They left because they chased the women in the ship that visited their planet?

@RoweLit Год назад

Negative. Those were the Sinha boys in "The Prospectors." Juice was born and raised on Charris quite a while after Damon Mines became a ghost world.

@markjames-k7w 8 месяцев назад

It's not that I'm not a romantic because I am I don't really like hearing about it so I know you can't please everybody😂

@RoweLit 8 месяцев назад

😃

@markjames-k7w 6 месяцев назад

😂

@RoweLit 6 месяцев назад

🙏

@africanelectron751 Год назад

I'm convinced I was unsubscribe by RU-vid

@RoweLit Год назад

Oh, no! Welcome back, AE 😃Glad you didn't forget about all these crazy space adventures!

@africanelectron751 11 месяцев назад

@@RoweLit can never forget about you bro next you will be on Netflix or something

@RoweLit 11 месяцев назад

Here's hoping! Thanks, AE 😃🙏

@RoweLit 11 месяцев назад

By the way, I checked, and this time last year, I had only 20 subscribers. Now only 1 year later it's 20 plus 4K. Your early encouragement really meant a lot to me to help me to keep going! Not stopping now 🚀💫😃