The Turning-universe stories
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A barely twenty-year-old Sam heads off to Washington for a student journalism seminar, has an adventure, and starts to figure some things out. Pre-Josh. (Takes place in October and November 1983.)
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- Part 1 of The Turning-universe stories
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This story was inspired by the flashback scenes in "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen", and it stands as my own creative stab at explaining how Josh and Sam knew each other and the look on Josh's face when Sam said he was about to marry "Lisa" in 1997. First person, Sam's point of view. (Takes place from November 1985 to May 1986.)
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- Part 2 of The Turning-universe stories
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"Tell me, what is it that makes gay guys want to believe every other guy on the face of the planet is gay, too?" The Turning-universe take on what could have been behind Josh's strange interaction with Matt Skinner in "The Portland Trip." (Takes place in September 1991.)
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- Part 3 of The Turning-universe stories
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There is no way not to be excited
When what you have been disillusioned by raises its head
From its arms and seems to want to talk to you again.
You forget home and family
And set off on foot or in your automobile
And go to where you believe this form of reality
May dwell.
-- Kenneth Koch, from "Paradiso"
(Takes place from October to December 1997.)Series
- Part 4 of The Turning-universe stories
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The tumultuous months of the Bartlet campaign leading up to Election Day, and the fallout in Sam and Josh's relationship. (Takes place from September to November 1998.)
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- Part 5 of The Turning-universe stories
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In the middle of a war between India and Pakistan and a nasty deposition, Josh shows up at Sam's apartment. (Set in January 2000.)
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- Part 6 of The Turning-universe stories
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What happens in Sam's and Josh's lives after Josh gets shot. (Takes place from May to November 2000.)
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- Part 7 of The Turning-universe stories
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Josh and Sam realize that they don't know what the injury count is, yet. (Takes place in November and December 2000.)
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- Part 8 of The Turning-universe stories
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The events surrounding the Global Defense Council speech, as Josh saw them. (Takes place in January 2001.)
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- Part 9 of The Turning-universe stories
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Lisa, and Seth Gillette, in the aftermath of the disclosure of Sam's father's infidelity. (Takes place in February 2001.)
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- Part 10 of The Turning-universe stories
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Interlude for Two Voices and a Cast of Thousands by Jae Gecko (jaegecko)
Fandoms: The West Wing
13 Jul 2001
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Sam deals with finding out about the tanker that hit Delaware. (Takes place in April 2001.)
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- Part 11 of The Turning-universe stories
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The fallout from the MS scandal in Sam and Josh's relationship. (Takes place from May to November 2001.)
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- Part 12 of The Turning-universe stories
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The Turningverse take on Josh and Amy. (Takes place between December 2001 and May 2002.)
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- Part 13 of The Turning-universe stories
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A Turning-universe retelling of the events of the episode "100,000 Airplanes," replacing Sorkin's Lisa Sherborne with my Lisa Seppala, and dealing with all of the changes that necessarily follow from that. So technically it's an AU, but it follows canon in nearly every way, and when it doesn't, it parallels it. (Takes place in January 2002.)
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- Part 14 of The Turning-universe stories
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Sam's Congressional campaign, from the outside and the inside. (Takes place between November 2002 and March 2003.)
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- Part 15 of The Turning-universe stories
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A set of short pieces set in the Turningverse that cover the eighteen years post-"Winter Sun" that lead up to the final story, which will be called "Any Dream." Some are vignettes and some are short stories, but each is only one scene, and they're in chronological order. Ultimately, this will consist of a total of eighteen pieces covering a total of eighteen years, but it won't be one piece per year (what can I say; some years are more eventful than others!). (Takes place between August 2003 and March 2021.)
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- Part 16 of The Turning-universe stories