(Superhero) Tough and immune to pain, Penny is the “tank” for her team of teenage superheroes. Yet a concussion from a slip on the ice threatens to derail her completely. (4,136 words; Time: 13m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"Eggshells," by Ziggy Schutz [bio] (edited by Tricia Reeks and Kyle Anderson), appeared in Behind the Mask, published on May 16, 2017 by Meerkat Press.
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Pro: It makes Penny’s struggle to recover from her head injury real and poignant. The complications from her extreme reticence are interesting--to the point where she came out of the closet but almost no one noticed.
Con: It’s hard to see how the “tank” could be this fragile.
Nothing in the story requires the speculative element. She could just as easily have been a champion runner with an injury.
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Con: It’s hard to see how the “tank” could be this fragile.
Nothing in the story requires the speculative element. She could just as easily have been a champion runner with an injury.
Other Reviews: Search Web, GoodReads.com
Ziggy Schutz Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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