By Martin Gleason
I've kept this from my friends and family long enough, but with the events of two weeks ago, I can no longer keep it a secret.
My Super First Day
Remember that day, one year ago, when you woke up with a superpower?
07/25/2009
Insomniac
By Andrea Phillips
Yes, I read about the Insomniac in the papers, too. --Actually, I know her, can you believe it? We went to high school together. Yeah, for real.
I can't decide if I want to look at diamonds or sapphires today. It's for a blue gown, but I wouldn't want to be too matchy-matchy, you know? Why don't you take them all out so I can see?Epilogue: What I wasn't prepared for
By Tom Bridge
In retrospect, the worst part about being an electronics whisperer was that I was entirely unprepared for the consequences of walking in on my Blu-Ray Player getting it on with the Tuner.Whisper
By John Evans
It began with a dream.
I had been reading Edwin A. Abbott's "Flatland" before bed. Rereading it, I first encountered it years ago. The inhabitants of Flatland are unable to see outside their two-dimensional world; the Sphere is able to appear and disappear at will by moving in and out of the Flatland plane, stupefying its denizens with his paranormal ability. My mind went over and over it. I imagined moving away from the world, moving out and away from the people around me. Back and forth, sliding in and out of reality, helplessly tossed by some unseen current.So what if I smell!
By sifaka1026
Last year I the cosmetics company I worked for summoned me to a meeting to discuss a new fragrance we had in development. Management had discovered that one of our chemists was adding components to the formula that were not pre-approved. I was asked to investigate and make sure that all of the contaminated samples were destroyed.
That Morning
By Kendall Whitehouse
It felt like a dream. At first, I thought it was a dream. That morning as I awoke in my bed I realized that...well, that I wasn't actually in the bed. I was above it. Floating. In the air about four feet above the sheets.
My super first day
By Rhyana
I don't have much time to write this all down, but here we go.
In a few hours I'll be celebrating with the others like myself in a dedication dinner at the mayor's mansion. It's strange, a year of being what I had read about in comics, it still doesn't seem real. A year ago yesterday I was just a normal, everyday gal going to a dead-end job. Now, I hear the call, slip into something comfortable and fly off to help out my home town.Awakening
By Martin Aggett
On some level I’ve always known I was unique; different from all the others, but it was only a year ago that I awoke to the full realization of my true nature. If I would have been more observant I could have seen the inconsistencies in my life, which eventually led to my awakening, much sooner.
Electronic mail suddenly had a whole new meaning
By Tom Bridge
Usually what wakes me up in the morning is the cat, followed by the Chumby playing NPR. Last July 25th, though, it was the cat followed by the Chumby. He had a Brooklyn accent, the kind that grates on my ears. Nasal, with funny vowels and even funnier consonants.
They Travel in the Air
By Lauren M. Roy
Listen. I need to tell you this. They say there’s something in the water, there in Three Lakes, sleeping beneath the surface. It’s on cheery-sloganned postcards and souvenir tee-shirts, and in the pages of chapbooks about local legends and haunted Wisconsin. They’re wrong — not about the presence itself, but where it lives. It’s not in the water; it’s in the woods. Read the rest!
Recent Comments