The There Goes the Galaxy "Yay, the trilogy is done!" Party

With Tryfling Matters, the final book in the There Goes the Galaxy story arc complete, I thought it would be nice to have some folks over who have been supportive throughout the process. So this past weekend, I had a little party to celebrate.

Since I live in a Victorian house and it would be too difficult to space-up all of my decor, I decided the theme would be a house tour for aliens, so they could see what the average Tryfling (Earthling) home was like. I made plaques, dressed as my character Rozz to docent, and some of the information about Earth was wrong because Rozz was trolling. :)

Anyway, come take a peek at the clever costumes my good people came up with!



Your tour guide... (Me as Rozz)...


No weapons please: leave them at the door (heh, like that was ever going to happen with my characters there!)...


Some food, slightly themed toward the books (though, honestly, do we REALLY want to eat the things Bertram has consumed during his travels?).




One of two punches, with and without rocket fuel, plus a pitcher of bacontinis (people who have read Tryfling Matters already will get the significance of that).


Then the local wildlife arrived, like this very clever Altairan Daisy...


Thankfully no one was eaten alive by the daisy. I don't have homeowner's insurance for that.



 An antennaed lifeform called an "Aunt."...


A species known as "Cousins"...


 ...One of whom dressed as the book covers!



The cover artist, Dave White, and his wife Dorothy...


Dave and Rozz...


A pair of Rollies-- not sure which Rollie is the clone. They had to work that out amongst themselves.


This Rollie brought his own Feegar High Impact Bourbon..


Always so resourceful.


My character Jane Manners (also from Tryfling Matters) arrived, having just busted out of Mawdank prison.



And the cutest toilet snail ever! (er, Aquaphilic House Gastropoid.)


Some spacey sweets folks actually didn't eat because they weren't sure they could! (They could!)



And some more Earthen food...


And here are closeups of the plaques around the house. Overall, I would say it was a stellar way to end the trilogy.