(Superhero) A collection of superhero stories focused on the (super)human condition. (78,222 words; Time: 4h:20m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Recommended
Showing posts with label Kyle Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kyle Anderson. Show all posts
Monday, June 12, 2017
Over an Embattled City, by Adam R. Shannon
(Superhero) Teenage Emma remembers when New York City was called “Hyde” and was filled with superheroes and villains, but no one else does. Now there’s just one superhero left, and she desperately needs to talk to him. (5,994 words; Time: 19m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Clever and Satisfying
The Beard of Truth, by Matt Mikalatos
(Superhero Humor) The narrator just developed a new superpower that forces people to tell him the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. (3,181 words; Time: 10m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Light, Funny, Satisfying
Torch Songs, by Keith Rosson
(Superhero) Hideous from chemical burns, a once-beautiful supervillain spends her days on display in a carnival. (5,230 words; Time: 17m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
The Smoke Means It's Working, by Sarah Pinsker
(Superhero Humor) Dora wants to be a superhero’s sidekick, and she thinks a job running a rescue robot at the scenes of supervillain attacks is a way to get her foot in the door. (3,679 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Birthright, by Stuart Suffel
(Mutant Superheroes) The “Darwin Bomb” that turned Sara’s mom into a superhero has affected Sara as well, but the anti-radiation therapy doesn’t seem to be working. (4,597 words; Time: 15m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Salt City Blue, by Chris Large
(Superhero) Tough businesswoman Helen Martin tangles with powerful-but-careless superhero Skyball and his beautiful-but-deadly nemesis, Crimson Reign. (6,045 words; Time: 20m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Eggshells, by Ziggy Schutz
(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
The Fall of the Jade Sword, by Stephanie Lai
(Steampunk Superhero) Mok-Seung, a young Chinese girl in Melbourne, admires the feats of “The Jade Sword,” an elusive superhero the oppressed Chinese minority believe is one of them. (3,682 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Quintessential Justice, by Patrick Flanagan
(Superhero Humor) Jaleesa manages QED (“The Quixotic Master of Q-Power!”), Uptonville’s only superhero. (4,695 words; Time: 15m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Madjack, by Nathan Crowder
(Superhero) Atlas’s superpower lets her project her emotions onto the audiences she sings for. When her father dies, she finally investigates his claims that he was really a space alien. (5,986 words; Time: 19m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Inheritance, by Michael Milne
(Superhero) Young Oliver needs to learn how to control his powers, but his superhero dad is always too busy saving the world to help him. (4,617 words; Time: 15m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Heartwarming and Bittersweet
Meeting Someone in the 22nd Century or Until the Gears Quit Turning, by Jennifer Pullen
(Near-Future SF) Greg loves Sandra at first sight. Even when she claims to be a cyborg, it doesn’t put him off. (4,456 words; Time: 14m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
As I Fall Asleep, by Aimee Ogden
(Superhero) Cerebrelle wakes up in her enemy’s lair, betrayed by her sidekick perhaps; if only she could remember. (3,001 words; Time: 10m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Pedestal, by Seanan McGuire
(Superhero) When she’s not being a superhero, Alice hides in the suburbs to get away from super villains and her fans. (5,460 words; Time: 18m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Amusing and Touching
Fool, by Keith Frady
(Superhero) Before he destroys the world, Dr. Entropy and his android army need to attend to a few last-minute details. (3,794 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Destroy the City with Me Tonight, by Kate Marshall
(Superhero) The disease that turns Cass into a superhero makes her almost invisible to ordinary people without her costume. (3,313 words; Time: 11m)
Rating: ★★★★★ Powerful, Sad, and Moving
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