Fly Away, Fairy

A vision of lacy, frilly, girly splendor in the darkness. A pale blur against the backdrop of small night-shadowed park spaces and commercial buildings. A lithe, springing, satin-winged form running and skipping in the moonlight. The night was her time. The time of sleep and the time when the Tooth Fairy wandered. Even before she [...]

The Gathering Storm, Part 19

[ - To view a list of all current chapters, click here - ] After the latest recruitment dinner with Zoe—and possibly the last, given how much other work there was to do between now and the woman’s graduation deadline—Underworld was relieved to get back the the headquarters. Not only did she dearly want to [...]

The Gathering Storm, Part 13

[ - To view a list of all current chapters, click here - ] The confrontation had begun as a simple attempt to foil a crime. Then it had morphed into something more like a game of Keep Away as Mad Dash continued to prevent the criminal from grabbing the bag of cash and getting [...]

The Gathering Storm, Part 12

[ - To view a list of all current chapters, click here - ] When Carl Beacham, attorney-at-law, entered Query’s office from the tiny and unstaffed outer reception area—He really should get a sexy secretary, Carl mused silently—a head swiveled toward him swiftly—a metallic-and-polymer visage regarding him coldly with two large and luminous eyes separated [...]

The Gathering Storm, Part 11

[ - To view a list of all current chapters, click here - ] “Welcome to the show, Secretary Dahl, and congratulations on your recent confirmation earlier this spring as head of the Department of Transhuman Affairs,” Ben Glick said with his unique mix of solicitude and disdain. “Why don’t you tell myself and my [...]

The Gathering Storm, Part 6

[ - To view a list of all current chapters, click here - ] Sometimes, Cole wondered if his affinity for the wee hours had more to do with his obsession to become a crime-fighter than did any actual desire for meting out justice—after all, so much of the action with superpowers and thwarting criminals [...]

Morning’s Glories

Kevlar vest. Taser. Chain mail gloves. Three pairs of wings. Sage and honeysuckle sachets. Olive oil soap. Where the hell were the custom-made pliers? “Leon!” Julian called out. “Where are the pearl-handled pliers?” With 7-year-old Lois in tow, Leon pointed to the leather duffel bag. “Jules, you’ve been fretting about those since Saturday. You stuffed [...]

The Gathering Storm, Part 2

[ - To view a list of all current chapters, click here - ] Professor McGinnis jotted down a date on the whiteboard—1970—then underneath it the current year: 2010. He turned to his Sociology and Culture class, every one of the 25 students a senior, pointing the dry erase marker at them, waving it like [...]