Vera Brittain, "Sic Transit"

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Victoria Janssen


Sic Transit

—V.R., died of wounds, 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, June 9th, 1917
I am so tired.
The dying sun incarnadines the West,
And every window with its gold is fired,
And all I loved the best
Is gone, and every good that I desired
Passes away, an idle hopeless quest;
Even the Highest whereto I aspired
Has vanished with the rest.
I am so tired.
London, June 1917
–Vera Brittain

About Victoria Janssen

Victoria Janssen [she, her] currently writes cozy space opera for Kalikoi. The novella series A Place of Refuge begins with Finding Refuge: Telepathic warrior Talia Avi, genius engineer Miki Boudreaux, and augmented soldier Faigin Balfour fought the fascist Federated Colonies for ten years, following the charismatic dissenter Jon Churchill. Then Jon disappeared, Talia was thought dead, and Miki and Faigin struggled to take Jon’s place and stay alive. When the FC is unexpectedly upended, Talia is reunited with her friends and they are given sanctuary on the enigmatic planet Refuge. The trio of former guerillas strive to recover from lifetimes of trauma, build new lives on a planet with endless horizons, and forge tender new connections with each other.
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2 Responses to Vera Brittain, "Sic Transit"

  1. Kate Pearce says:
    March 30, 2009 at 3:21 am

    I loved reading Vera Brittain’s books-so poignant and so sad…I actually got to meet her daughter once, Shirley Williams who is a politician-she was wonderful

  2. Victoria Janssen says:
    March 30, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    WOW. How nifty!

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