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Katana: She Who Is Worthy
When Tatsu was a little girl growing up in Japan, her grandmother taught her how to wield a samurai sword. But the bushi queen begged her young charge to be careful. “You may hold my katana,” said Onna-bugeisha Yamashiro, “but … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel/DC, Published in 2017
Tagged Katana at Super Hero High, Lisa Yee
The Dark Night
At 19, Nora Hesper’s parents were gunned down in a dark alley. Flush with a large life insurance payout, she traveled to Nepal and studied the mystic arts in a mountainside monastery. Returning to the U.S., she hooked up with … Continue reading
Legends of the Zodiac
What’s the mightiest of all astrological signs? Is it Scorpio? Taurus? Leo? It’s hard to qualify such a thing. When you think about it, perhaps the most powerful sign is Pisces. After all, water covers over three-fourths of the Earth’s … Continue reading
Posted in Published in 2017
Tagged Andie Tong, Stan Lee, Stuart Moore, The Balance of Power, Zodiac Legacy
The Stranger Within
A Little More Human was a novel about a guy named Phil Snyder, Jr., who could read minds. During the week he worked as a lowly nursing assistant at a top-secret medical research facility. But on weekends, he slipped into … Continue reading
Posted in Published in 2017
Tagged A Little More Human, Fiona Maazel
Live Long and Prosper
Twenty-five years had passed since the debut of Sputnik Chick #1. And never once during that time did creator Debbie Reynolds Biondi ever consider giving “The Girl With No Past” an origin story. But it was finally time to put … Continue reading
Posted in Published in 2017
Tagged Sputnik's Children, Terri Favro
Face/Off
It hasn’t happened yet. But at some point, an author is going to sit down and bang out a big, whopping superhero novel. Something hefty like The Brothers Karamazov or Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And why … Continue reading
Posted in Published in 2017, Short Story Collections
Tagged Behind the Mask, Kyle Richardson, Tricia Reeks
