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Special People is a fiction project about people with special and unusual powers and abilities. But don’t call them superheroes! The stories are action-oriented and humourous, but definitely not what you’d expect from your average “superhero fiction.” From a human cell phone to a man who can conjure bacon out of thin air, these are unique, interesting characters, special . . .
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In the future of decades past, a world of robots and CRTs, Atlanta is the most powerful city in the world. And in that city, one twentysomething slacker named Morgan Harding dreams of being able to live a normal, peaceful life, but . . . that’s not happening. Together with a mysterious sentient robot and an overworked college student, Morgan must keep Atlanta safe . . .
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Special People is a fiction project about people with special and unusual powers and abilities. But don’t call them superheroes! The stories are action-oriented and humourous, but definitely not what you’d expect from your average “superhero fiction.” From a human cell phone to a man who can conjure bacon out of thin air, these are unique, interesting characters, special . . .
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The Australian suburb of South Hertling has known its share of misfortunes—supervillain attacks, unexpected time rifts, attempted robot uprisings and crashed spaceships, to name but a few. But finally the suburb has some good news! It is opening day of a new attraction in which for the first time ever, the public can see extinct creatures in captivity—Trilobite . . .
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A Wiccan angel, a Microsoft-hating supercomputer, open source magic, an adorable werecat nap-god*, and other crazy ideas lie within this story about mortal gods and computer scientists. A humorous excursion into the dark, abysmal unknown of the universe, society, religion, and human nature . . . with KITTENS!!* *Kittens coming soon. Actual adorableness may vary based on how much you love kitties. . . .
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Leslie Ruth is a burnt out mid-twenty-something who just signed a contract without reading the fine print. Now, he’s neck deep in a world of demons and black magic, working as a warlock in service to Gore, the god of pain. Other people might scream and run, but Leslie Ruth is having the time of his life. . . .
Kragathor is the final guardian of the world’s deepest dungeon. He is an immortal pinnacle of existence that is otherwise known as an ancient dragon. And he is terribly bored. His sole source of amusement comes from scrying on the adventurer teams that are in the upper levels of his dungeon. Through spying on adventurers, Kragathor hears of a . . .
It’s been almost ninety years since magic was discovered. Human laws proved insufficient to deal with the supernatural so The Hunters’ Alliance was created; they are the twelve most powerful hunters in the world and they make the laws on how hunters operate and how the supernatural are to be dealt with. With very different laws and ever increasing . . .
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When Jill’s husband Malcolm beats her in a race to the shower on a Monday morning, she anticipates another lecture from her boss on the importance of being on time. What she doesn’t anticipate is for Malcolm to come sprinting back into the bedroom 15 seconds later, claiming he’s spent the last 1000 years in another dimension. Now, he’s . . .
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There is a girl overcome by other people’s thoughts and a high speed chase in progress. There is a surveillance team watching someone for seemingly no reason and a man with a long history of plane accidents. A series of lonely, isolated people trying to connect, to hide, to navigate a world changed by the internet. Each chapter of . . .
The year was 2075. The USA had fallen decades ago. Aliens came to Earth in 1912. Humans are the minority. The place, the Milky Way. Full of colonies, each one lusting for freedom from the Gilded States of the Stars. One big ticking time bomb. The person, Kolt Saudwell, probably the least qualified for the tasks laid upon . . .
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Max Power, secret agent, Nobel Laureate, private eye, is a big damn hero. All the chicks dig him. But when Femfa Tall, a rising starlet with a big problem, comes to him for help, he finds himself up against his arch-nemesis the evil Doctor Guy . . . again. No worries—ninjas, time travel, rebels with their own flags, robots, evil clones, Double Entendre, . . .
One of many undead, Kano makes her way in a futuristic world where humanity has all but died out. Armed with only her wits (and her personal force field), she fights against the destroyers of humanity, the necromancers. Plagued by visions of her past, she struggles to find purpose in a decaying world. . . .
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Mar 11, 2012: "Special People" features a somewhat interesting premise for superpowers—characters have unusual abilities that very rarely come in handy. Instead of following a Superman or The Hulk, the story follows ordinary people.
I say "somewhat interesting premise" because there’s a reason comic books are about superheroes and not their neighbours—we all know what ordinary life is like, and there’s not much escapism in following an ordinary person whose arms can fall off, or who can make bacon appear in mid-air. Watching them [more . . .]