THE SUPERVILLAIN AND
THE POP STAR
Sometimes the life we're given isn't the life we'd choose for ourselves.
For five years, Dan Galkin has hidden his true nature: he's the grandson of The Mad Russian, a powerful and insane supervillain, and he possesses his own electrical powers. When his grandfather returns with an offer to make him heir apparent, Dan's chance at an ordinary life explodes.
Miranda Brody, a pop star living the high life, finds herself questioning the very nature of her fame. Caught in the crossfire between Dan and his grandfather, she discovers there's more to life than the spotlight—survival, for one.
Labeled by society and trapped by expectation, Dan and Miranda find their lives colliding. Can they forge their own paths, or will they be consumed by the chaos around them? 'The Miranda Contract' delivers a thrilling blend of superhero action and personal discovery, where staying alive and perhaps finding love become the ultimate priorities.
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THE MIRANDA CONTRACT
FORGET, TO LIVE
In the rain-soaked town of Portland, memories fade like whispers in a storm. Maisy Parker, a forgotten classmate, lies buried beneath the eroding bluffs, her story swallowed by time. The narrator, haunted by the legacy of a notorious father – a killer whose crimes echoed their own childhood – grapples with a chilling truth: they are complicit in Maisy's erasure.
As the rain washes away the past, the narrator's guilt lingers, a stain that refuses to fade. They watch the sea, imagining Maisy's bones exposed by the relentless erosion, a macabre reminder of a life lost and a town that chose to forget.
'FORGET, TO LIVE' is a haunting exploration of memory, guilt, and the unsettling reality that sometimes, the most chilling crimes are the ones we commit in the silence of our minds. A story where the line between victim and accomplice blurs, and the past refuses to stay buried.
Best of Everyday Fiction (2011)
HOMEWORK CAN WAIT.
THE APOCALYPSE CAN’T.
Fourteen-year-old Charlie Conti's life just hit a major reset button. New town, new school, and a dad who's basically a retired super-villain – yeah, things are complicated. Not just any retired villain, mind you. The Undertaker, once a minion of the infamous Doctor Death, now forced to live underground? Total embarrassment.
While juggling her dad's epic fails and her little brother's chaos, Charlie discovers something seriously wrong in her new town. Something creepy. Something dangerous. And it looks like she's the only one who sees it.
Forget fitting in. Forget making friends. Charlie's got to figure out what's going on, and fast. Because if she doesn't, her new town – and maybe the whole world – is in big trouble. Can a girl with a washed-up villain for a dad really save the day? Get ready for a wild ride where normal is officially overrated!
Not your ordinary story of superheroes and supervillains.
The Superhero Adventures of Charlie Conti is written by a father-daughter team and contains humour, plucky heroes and a growing sense of dread overtaking the small town of Henty Bay.
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THE ADENTURES OF CHARLIE CONTI
THE SCOUNDREL’S WIFE
Short listed for the Chronos Award 2011
Behind every Kalamity King, there's a wife. And behind every bank heist, a lukewarm cup of coffee. Welcome to the mundane life of Mrs. Oliver, trapped in the shadow of her supervillain husband's spectacularly inept schemes.
While Monty, a.k.a. the Kalamity King, battles spandex-clad heroes and demands a million dollars from a burning bank, his wife dusts ray guns, tends to the morbid trophies of his 'experiments,' and fields calls from her exasperated mother. Her days are a blur of domestic drudgery and the chilling echoes of her husband's grand, yet always failing, ambitions.
From the unsettling Robot Woman hidden beneath a paisley curtain to the pickled remnants of his twisted science, Mrs. Oliver navigates a world of neo-pulp absurdity with a quiet, unsettling resignation. As the news reports crackle with her husband's latest caper, she wonders if she'll ever escape the shadow of his 'evil genius' and the chilling realization that her life is as predictable as a malfunctioning death ray.
'The Scoundrel's Wife' delivers a darkly humorous glimpse into the domestic life of a supervillain's spouse, where the mundane and the macabre collide in a symphony of quiet desperation. A neo-pulp tale of shattered dreams, simmering resentment, and the unsettling question: what happens when the Kalamity King finally comes home?
THIS MUTANT LIFE
A NEO-PULP SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY
Forget the grand battles and cosmic threats. 'This Mutant Life' dives deep into the heart of what it truly means to be different. This collection of raw, eclectic short stories explores the lives of mutants not as icons, but as people grappling with extraordinary changes in an ordinary world. From the quiet anxieties of a teenager whose powers manifest at the worst possible time, to the bittersweet reflections of an aging hero facing obsolescence, these tales resonate with the universal struggles of identity, acceptance, and the search for belonging.
“entertaininginly quirky!”
- John L Mounter
‘This Mutant Life’ is a collection of 21 stories where the ordinary world is well and truly gatecrashed by the extraordinary. There are tales of flying boys and miniature girls; dark creatures beneath the waves; scientists losing their mind; and heroes trying their hardest to make the world a better place.
Including a short story by Rob Rogers (Devil’s Cape), Hayley Camille (The Lady Vigilante series), ‘This Mutant Life’ features an introduction by Ben Langdon.
