Jimmy by Shadar Metropolis in the late 1950’s Jimmy Olson was heading through the Newsroom on his way home when he heard it. It started with the ringing of phones at City Desk, and then the sound of voices questioning. The phone jingling quickly spread, with the voices growing stronger by the moment, sweeping across the huge newsroom like a wave, from one Desk to the next, more and more phones ri ...

Jimmy, Part Two by Shadar Metropolis in the late 1950’s Jimmy and Linda slipped through the crowd at Tarcissios and out the front door, invisible among the sparkly people of Metropolis. No one had a clue that the most spectacular and famous young woman on the planet had been among them. Jimmy tried to flag down a cab, but several passed by without a glance. Most cabbies in this neighborhood were ...

Karen Starr, Part Two by Shadar Chapter Seven SCENE: Bringing down ISS Kara blazed through the upper atmosphere, her hair and skin glowing meteor-bright as she exceeded Mach 20 while catching up with the first piece of ISS. She dove into the fireball while thrashing her arms around her, tearing her way into the heart of the white-hot wreckage until it exploded into thousands of small pieces that ...

Little Firebug – Chapter 2 The VelinkenCrist by Sharon Best and IHCOYC XPICTOC Invitation The Princess’s invitation to stay on the island jolted Kara from her pleasant reverie. She suddenly realized that she hadn’t given any thought to what had been going on in her life prior to waking up here. Overcoming the Orgone energy, and the constant attention and immersion into Amazon life, had absorbed a ...

Little Firebug – Chapter 4 The Samson Effect by IHCOYC XPICTOC Beyond the orbit of Saturn Scraelin had done some background checking on her latest “trapper” before she would even bring her into sufficient confidence to make a purchase. You didn’t get far in this business without knowing your clientele, and knowing who to cross and who not to cross. And, the Arions were definitely not an outfit yo ...