The legend of Terse
If the legends were true then this had to be the place. The Midnight Forest without question loomed before him. The setting sun had only added to it’s already…
On the Scene, Ready for It
A battered pick-up ferried Doctor Wonder to the disaster in progress, driven by a pair of well intentioned citizens eager for their hero to arrive in a timely…
Even Heroes Get the Blues
A sparce wind flicked bobbing weeds this way and that. The field stretched in all directions, a sea of green and tawny brown. Solitary and still, a hulking…
I am Face!!!
I am face who am I? You ask cunningly yet I walk away Standing in the shadows I hide my scars you will never see me you will never know me you will know who I…
Chiaroscuro's Song
There, behold the hero bright, In his eyes, the failing light Lost amidst the darkness falling Small within prevailing night Who will aid him in his plight…
The Father of Wisdom
“Who are you?” The words echoed across the pale marble expanse, dancing across the buttresses and arches of the lofty cathedral. Standing at the end of the…
Café Revisions
I stared at the notebook, with all of its half thoughts scratched this way and that upon the page. The column of text before me felt oddly confrontational, as…
Sidekick
The Avenger and the purse-thief spiraled up the fire escape to the roof where they jumped gap after gap across the high-rises. Eventually the man dropped the…
Freefall
The cliff on the side of the mountain was large. Large enough that Jack had time to regret the decision to jump off. Large enough that adrenaline had time to…
Pass It On
The ground was smoldering around the edges of the burnt depression. Just moments ago there was several living breathing people there. Donovan slowly walked…
Disappearing Act
“Ugh! Why do I have to do this?” He exclaimed to the sky with his arms outstretched. “God damn it all.” A sob in the back of his throat swallowed the last word…
Avenger of the Gods
It was the night before last she was sent on her mission. She wasn’t an illusion, or a mirage, or a figment of some crazed man’s imagination. She was real…
The Rescue
Annah sat at her desk and wept. If there really was a god, why would they steal the only thing she had left in the world? She reached for the top drawer of the…
Heroes of the Age: Time for a Close-up
Maxi’s left hand, clad in a beautiful gauntlet of a strange red metal, trimmed with gold, reached up and lightly gripped the ruby pommel of one of the twin…
Heroes of the Age: Power Play
The Warlord held out his hands, as if submitting to Maxi. Seeing this, the Red Knight took a step forward. Unbeknownst to Maxi, Ash had been planning on this…
Heroes of the Age: Initial Confontation
Name: Unknown Code name: Ashen Warlord He loved reading the file on himself. His men has intercepted a resistance courier trying to send a petition for…
Rockway Beach
Mozart, Bach and Nachmanovitch swirled in the heights of the Rockway Volunteer Fire Department’s two-story garage. Bill shuffled his feet side-to-side skipping…
Before the Fight Sequence
He is sitting quietly up against an old oak tree lost in thoughts not meant for the world. The only sound is the wind which blows back his dark hair and…
Cancer
In the hospital, it had been bearable. Knowing that eventually, dad would sleep that restful, only-happens-one-time-ever sleep. But he got better. He came…
Paladin
He had to be here. He was the hero. His eyes were weary and only half opened, but they were fixed somewhere deeper than the collection of village cottages. It…