For something slight different, I tried to portray exposition in a word-of-mouth style while the story itself goes on. Think old man telling the village children a ghost story over the fire.
I also attempted to make the hybrids’ contrast between humanity and monstrosity both as natural and as stark as possible. Horror and gore really aren’t my strong suits, but I tried to carry them through an otherwise action-oriented story.
A continuation of Dog and Cole’s story. Every hero has to have a costume. This is the second part of my plan to introduce the concept of a larger world around the heroes. It’s still meant to be funny, sort of toeing the line of satire. But there is more than one kind of satire, too…
Another shorty story in the same world as Dog and Cole. However, here I introduce a couple of the “A-list” heroes going about their day-to-day lives. An attempt to combine funny and cool. I tried to satirize a couple super hero cliches here, but it might take another story or two for that to be obvious. Or maybe I’m not nearly as subtle as I think I am.
The second chapter. Not a lot of our actual protagonist until near the end, but I still try to establish her character more through Heron’s eyes even when she’s absent. I also want to drive home exactly what sort of person Mildred has managed to earn the loyalty of. I try to keep the humor going even when the story takes a turn for the dramatic.
I cleaned up “It Was Just a Little Scrap, Really” a bit. I am currently almost done with two other short stories, both related to previous stories. For one I just need to come up with a couple names and I can put it up.
Anyway, I wanted to post something in the meantime, even if it’s just this.
I’m still having trouble getting the hang of the “short” in short stories. This is more like the first chapter of a book, a parody of high fantasy. Later on expect an abundance of magic and ridiculous feats of strength. Here I introduce the protagonist and her mentor/narrator/straight man.
The beginning of my take on the super hero genre. Something of a parody. I introduce the world through the back-story of a new hero. Future short stories (or episodes) will include different different heroes. Expect a sprawling cast, eventually.
A revision of one of my early short stories. A role reversal-style joke at the expense of high fantasy. The later parts will play with a few other tropes, too.
I wrote this on a whim. One-part Power Rangers parody, one-part super hero alter ego joke.
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