The world is a big place, bigger than most of us ever get to be – even with all the scares you know that it’s going to outlive you. Never did I think that I would actually watch it end, high in the sky and far from the carnage, but still able to see how [...]
Dr. Robinson watched the girl on the monitor, pounding on the door demanding to be let out. She was a superhero, known to most as ‘Glimmer Girl’, as though that meant something – trapped in the bottom end of their satellite she was helpless as a kitten. It was almost funny seeing such a powerful [...]
I struggled in the back of a van, trying to get my costume on. It was lucky I’d brought it along – you never know when there might be an emergency, like going on your first date, and finding out that a bunch of nukes could wipe out your country any minute. If that weren’t [...]
You ever hear one of those arguments between fanboys – ‘who would win in a fight between (insert whoever and whatever here)?’ It doesn’t matter who it is – Jet Li or Van Damme, Mike Tyson or George Foreman, Hulk Hogan or the Easter Bunny, when you’re a superhero you hear that kind of talk [...]
Even before it started I knew it was a dream. How could it not be? My house and the school auditorium were the same place, and my usual barista, Gloria, was doing tai chi in front of the Taj Mahal. Searching the crowd I saw my Mom and Dad, dressed in overalls and top hats, [...]
Ever have one of those moments where your world is turned upside down and nothing makes sense? This was one of them. I shook my head hoping that maybe I was just seeing things, but the street was still crawling with… with…! There were hundreds of them – wearing clothes and walking around like they [...]
A lot of things had changed since my coming out, especially at school. Walking down the hall between classes wasn’t the nightmare it used to be – instead it was now just a fever dream where the beatings and threats had been traded for stares and whispers. That was a step up, right? Sometimes I [...]
Her morbid curiosity had gotten the best of her – the larger than life world of superheroes had snatched another victim. “I’ve never met a real secret agent before,” Tanya mused. “Unless I have and you didn’t tell me.” Tanya Truman, my best friend, the ever curious puppy dog when she had her guard down, [...]
“Come on… where is it?” Justin, that was to say Jason, searched the room to no avail. Even after pulling out drawers, emptying the wardrobe and upturning the bed he couldn’t find what he was looking for. Crap, he cursed. Why then? Right when Kaira needed him most what could have been the key to [...]
Hours ago (relatively speaking): In every world it was exactly the same. “You’re not going to believe this,” I told them, and for the most part I was right. My word was considered dubious in the Commonwealth States of America, the vast imperial homeland of the New Monarchy, just like it was in the Soviet [...]