Amy shook her head. “No. I don’t remember him at all. I thought I knew all of the major politicians in the Great Assembly. He might be new, but I wouldn’t expect the chancellor to be new.”
Her eyes lingered on the puppet.
She knew the pink-accented, white armor and the features of the woman inside it. She’d seen Amanda manifest that version of the Bloodmaiden on their mutual birthday only a few minutes before she’d manifested her own. Continue reading Princess Amelia: Part 5
When the flash ended, they found themselves standing in a dead end alley in the dark. Brick buildings surrounded them on all sides. Stars glowed in the sky.
For a moment, Amy wondered if Nick had left them in someone’s courtyard, but then she noticed that the building to her left jutted out. Taking a couple steps further showed her that the alley continued for half a block, but that Nick had placed her where no one would see them appear. Continue reading Princess Amelia: Part 4
Nick walked over to a laptop sitting on the table, pulling out a chair and sitting down. “I’m a little surprised you aren’t going to New Amsterdam or your world’s equivalent of Grand Lake. If you can find where your world’s version of us are, you’d have allies. From your story about how you left, Vaughn, Cassie, and I would already recognize you, not to mention Vaughn’s and my grandfathers.”
She shook her head as she pulled out a chair near his. “I knew you and your grandfather for a little over a day. I’m not sure if I even knew Vaughn, Cassie, and his grandfather for an hour. I don’t even know if they survived. Knowing you now, I think they must have, but I don’t want to pull them in again. This is my family and the empire’s problem. They shouldn’t have to risk their lives for me.” Continue reading Princess Amelia: Part 3
Daniel looked up at the burning car on Nick’s side of the screen. “Are you sure?”
Getting up from the couch, Nick said, “Very.”
Daniel laughed and then both of their eyes glazed over. It was only a moment, but Amy had learned to notice it. Daniel was a telepath and he’d been best friends with Nick since childhood, long enough that when they were in range they shared a telepathic link.
Amy envied them the connection but not the telepathy. She hadn’t seen her family since she appeared in this world or even received a message. Continue reading Princess Amelia: Part 2
Amy stepped out of the elevator into the Heroes’ League’s headquarters for what might be the last time.
She’d spent years in this world now, lived in their houses, studied in their schools, and served on a team with people like herself—people born with power. In her own world, it had been called the Adventurers’ League.
There, it had been formed to fight in the Nightmare War. Here, it had been formed when its founders had met in what this world referred to as World War 2. Continue reading Princess Amelia: Part 1
For thousands of years, the powers and identity of the Bloodmaiden appeared in chosen women of the empire’s royal family, allowing them to fight supernatural threats.
But a few generations back, the Bloodmaiden absorbed the essence of a monster she faced, killing all of her family members before being destroyed. Terrified, the Bloodlords’ Council brought in a distant branch of the royal family to run the empire and created a new Bloodmaiden construct, this one designed to be impossible to corrupt. Continue reading Bloodmaiden: the Back Cover Blurb
Kee leaned forward, “What do you mean that they weren’t the same?”
Staring out into nowhere before he met her eyes, Govan said, “The visions changed. At first they showed friends dying at the hands of young Artificers and the younger races.”
He shook his head. Continue reading Reality Tweaks: Part 20
The Galactic Core Device. Location: Outside Time and Space
Where they were was arguable. When they were couldn’t be measured by normal human measurements, but at the same time, it could be said to be after Magnus’ death and as all the mortals returned to their lives.
Govan, Nataw, Lee, and Kee existed in a space that could be perceived as a giant room with red suns glowing in the middle of the room. Continue reading Reality Tweaks: Part 19
“Alright,” Chuck said, looking from the Mentalist to Gunther, “we work with him because we don’t want to find out what the screams are all about. Do you know what happens after the screams yet, Isaac?”
Isaac Cohen, alias the Mentalist, shook his head. “No. I don’t even know why they come, but I assume it’s your people.”
He nodded toward Gunther. Continue reading Reality Tweaks: Part 18
Original Heroes’ League. Unknown Section of Rainforest, Brazil, October 1959:
Seconds after they’d stepped into the portal, they stepped out. Brazil’s heat and humidity hit even in the cool darkness of the cave around them.
Joe noted for the future that he needed to improve the Rocket suit’s climate controls. Then he checked over the rest of the team. Except for Captain Commando, everyone appeared worse for wear and even John’s costume showed burns and rips. Unlike everyone else, healthy white skin showed through the holes without any sign of damage.
Turning toward the group, John said, “I never planned to have a child, and there she was. I still don’t know what to do with that.” Continue reading Reality Tweaks: Part 17