Embassy Brat, Part Two By Shadar Edits: Jan, 2020 (Recap: Jon and Jennie have pulled off a prank that involved exploding a huge boulder high over their Graduation as it re-entered the atmosphere. Jennie flew into it at hypersonic speed, impacting with near nuclear force to spread glowing particles over the entire city. It was the best fireworks display ever. It was also a violation of a hundred ...

Freya’s Story by Shadar Written for the SWM Winter 2016 story contest Prologue The young woman stood silently with her fists clenched as she stared up at the massive door. The purplish metal shimmered from the forcefield surrounding the ship and the air was filled with the scream of engines as the armored warship prepared for take-off. But they were too late this time. Despite her adoptive ...

Chapter Three Rev 3 I pulled my eyes from Commander John Lennon’s frozen smile, and turned to look at the other silent bodies. These Terrans had found their ultimate freedom. More importantly, they’d given their lives to buy their families a chance to live. Now the burden of helping the escaping colony ships was firmly on my shoulders, as impossible as that was. I’d woken this morning to begin ...

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 ...

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 ...