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• A Stranger from Out of Town by SinDemon

  Fandoms: Doctor Who  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  08 Feb 2026

  Tags

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  • Original Male Human Character(s)
  • Original Non-Binary Character
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • space western
  • Far Future
  • Human colony planet
  • Desert Planet
  • Ghost Town
  • Failed society
  • Mythology References
  • Flashbacks
  • Morbid
  • Existential Angst
  • Superstition
  • Consumerism
  • Old Age
  • Character Death
  • Terminal Illnesses
  • Abandonment
  • Loneliness
  • Isolation
  • There's always a twist at the end
  • Author's first time doing tags

  Summary

  A short story of a man who's lived a long life and seen a lot of change. Bron was born and raised in the little town of Seddarn on the desert planet Frontier. He had a happy childhood, loved, lost, and grew old. One by one, everyone left him, one way or another. And now, he's dying. But who was the strange woman in white who seemed to presage his death?

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Nomad

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,446

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  5

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  22