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 ...

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 ...

Little Firebug – Chapter 6 Dianas Return by IHCOYC XPICTOC Near Earth Space Thanks in part to Diana’s efforts born of monumental frustration, the Amazon vessel made it back to its space dock in record time. But if she thought that the journey home was taking an agonizingly long time, the inevitable debriefings and reports at the end of the mission were worse. One of the burdens of leadership, ...

Little Firebug – Chapter 8 The Arions by Sharon Best The Daily Planet building Upon arriving at the first floor lobby, Kara quickly found Lois Lane’s number and called up to make an appointment. Lois’s secretary routinely tried to schedule her for next week before Kara mentioned that she had ‘special’ information about Superman. The secretary, remembering Lois’s standing order to immediately ...