Galactic Man flew at an astonishing speed. It helped, sometimes, to be able to fly after intense encounters. He could deal his adrenaline up in the sky, where no one could get hurt. Where he could fly away from all the problems, all the emotions he’d found on the ground below. He sped through the […]

Anne finally managed to swallow the bagel. “Wow, so you’re like…” Anne found herself stunned with disbelief. “You’re Caine’s friend.” “Yep.” “Named Magique.” “Yep.” “Magician who’s friends with Caine.” “That’d be me.” “Caine, big mean dude who’s in prison and reads people’s minds?” “Yeah,” Magique said. “No offense or anything, I’m sure you’re great and […]

Anne ordered an Everything Bagel, then looked out at all the bagel shop’s patrons. People were sitting there, eating their bagels. And it was pretty messy. Because lemme let you in on a little secret Dear Readers: there’s no polite way to eat a bagel. They’re such unwieldy things. I mean, try eating a bagel […]

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Anne sat in her parked car, her head resting on the steering wheel. “‘Go outside, Anne. It’ll be good for you, Anne,’” she said, mimicking the reasoning she’d used a day earlier, when telling Caine she would go and meet his friend. Of course, right after doing that, she’d remembered that David had come back […]

Anne sat at the toilet seat, having forsaken all hope, dignity, and most likely every other aspirational emotion you can think of. So, at that very moment, her cell phone rang. “Shit,” she muttered, forehead on her arms — a position which allowed her a not-so-lovely look into the toilet bowl. “Goddamn motherfucking shit.” She […]

Anne turned off the TV, unable to believe Betsy’s report on the cult that had sprung up around David’s resurrection. “No,” she said, holding the TV remote in her hand. “No?” She repeated to herself. “Nuh-uh.” She spun the idea around in her mind: David might’ve come back to life. “No!” she said, laughing. She’d […]

Betsy Arnold, Ace Reporter, interviewed the wide-eyed, gray-bearded believer. “David came back to life!” the believer explained, spittle spewing from his mouth. “He out-Jesus’d Jesus!” “Out-Jesus’d Jesus,” Betsy said, microphone in hand. “Interesting.” Her long black hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and her voice had an air of calm about it. She looked […]

“Me? Kill you?” Jennifer’s smile was fake. Truly, she was terrified. “Where would you get an idea like that?” “Unlike you, I have friends, not assets.” He leaned forward, his massive shoulders intimidating. He clasped his hands, putting both his arms on her desk. “Are you going to play innocent? Because let’s be honest, Jennifer. […]

Once Jennifer had explained the reasons Galactic Man had to get taken out, the rest of her presentation was pretty simple: she told the team that the plan had to be as secret as possible. Therefore, they were just going to sit tight for a bit, training to take out Galactic Man and waiting for […]