Rain propelled by hurricane force winds splattered on bulletproof glass and drummed on the reinforced concrete of the New York Patriots’ headquarters. The compact square building, affectionately called “The Block” by its inhabitants, sat on the site of the old Castle Clinton National Museum in Battery Park. After the original […]
The Masks We Wear Chapter 11: This Far and No Farther Sam entered the same lecture hall he had just a day before, where he was forced to stand in front of the class and tell them who he was. This time however he and Ray didn’t just grab a […]
Men’s Rankings 1 Sam Fink – Energy Form 2 Dexter Richardson – Energy sphere and super speed 3 Ralph Weber – Shifter, Tentacle Creature 4 Marvin Brewer – Kinetic Absorber, enhanced durability 5 Tony Graves – Creates smoke and duplicates within the smoke which he shifts among 6 Clay Newton […]
<Three years, three god damn years,> Daisy couldn’t keep the frustration off her face while she reviewed her file at the DVA’s New York branch. It was three years since her panic attack during Hurricane Sandy rendered her unconscious. The next day she was diagnosed with PTSD by a doctor […]
Echos: Chaper – I It was move in day across the Sizemore campus, and it was no different for the nascent heroes enrolled in the HCP than it was for any of the freshmen class. Max Hall was still found it difficult to believe that it was all real. Being […]
Angela Martin sat anxiously in her living room trying to suppress her nerves. She constantly smoothed the edges of her skirt making sure she was presentable. She wanted to sit on her hands, but that wasn’t proper behavior for a young lady. She hoped the constant movement would hide […]
Echos: Chapter – II Tom and Max had finished hauling Tom’s belongings six feet across the country, a concept that still made Max’s brain hurt to think about. While it didn’t compare to hefting luggage up 30 stories, even with the aid of an elevator, the effort of helping Tom […]
Daisy took one step out of her plain, grey Ford rental and immediately remembered why she hated the South. Once outside the protective barrier offered by the SUV’s air conditioning she found herself immediately coated with a thin layer of sweat. By the time she made it to the trunk […]
Epilogue Two Down, Two to Go “I understand you wanted to see me, Professor Vree.” Laurence Vree looked up from his desk with an annoyed expression at the voice in his head and flicked his office door open with a thought. “Ms Blake. Allow me to congratulate you on […]
“Welcome to West Private University, Miss Martin,” the housing representative smiled and accepted Angela’s driver’s license to check against a spreadsheet. The smile had a false quality that said this wasn’t the first or last time she’d be doing this routine today. She was only a year or two older […]