Woman of the Cave of Three Shadows A Tale by Castor Long ago in China lived an old man named Lou Rock. He was a farmer of some standing in his village. His neighbors would be humbled by his fields, his barns – but really he lived as precarious as they did, as year to year was the whims of the harvest. His apparent success a subject of constant worry, much like themselves. His wife had died severa ...

A Gift of the Future by Shadar November 25, 2018 A story written for those who remember, or want to get to know, the original Kara Zor-El from the comic book universe. The first Kara Zor-El in the comics was the version of the character that I grew up with in the 60’s. DC decided to kill her off in 1985, but I asked myself the question... what if she'd lived on? Not as a reboot or a retconned ver ...

Crimson by Shadar November 29, 2011 Prepared for the Superwomenmania Fall 2011 writing contest This is a work of speculative fan-fiction, extending the 2010 movie, Salt, starring Angelina Jolie. I am assuming that the reader has some familiarity with the movie and the Evelyn Salt and Peabody characters, although its not strictly necessary, given this story starts after the last scenes in the movi ...

A Dark SuperGirl Arises - Part Two By Shadar and Tex Beethoven (Revision: 14) (Originally drafted in 1995 for the Aurora Universe. Updated in 2012.) Chapter Three Marks Girlfriend More than a year has passed since then, and Deb and I have been together every day. We even took advantage of the new same-sex marriage rules and said our vows. She was my wife as I was hers. She comes with me when I tr ...

A Dark SuperGirl Arises - Part Four By Shadar and Tex Beethoven (Revision: 14) (Originally drafted in 1995 for the Aurora Universe. Updated in 2012.) Chapter Ten Reflections. The shocking explosion of Mandis overpressure wave as she broke the Mach knocked people from their feet and broke windows in the neighboring buildings. As before, she climbed just above the treetops as she flew down the coas ...