“Your superhero name is ‘Static’?”
“No, let me guess! Because you can freeze things in time?”
“No…”
“Because you can travel through radio waves?”
“Let me just show—”
“No, I’m really good at this! Oh, is it like a suffix? Like ec-static? You can make people really happy! I’m super happy right now!”
“No, it’s none of that.”
“Okay, okay, I give up. What do you do?”
“Well, first I’m gonna need a plush rug and a bunch of balloons…”
Christopher Degni is a 2019
graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. He writes about the magic and
the horror that lurk just under the surface of everyday life. He lives
south of Boston with his wife (and his demons, though we don't talk
about those). You can find more of his work in NewMyths.com, Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives, 99 Tiny Terrors, the upcoming 99 Fleeting Fantasies, and of course, right here on Stupefying Stories.
► “A Nightingale Sings,” by Sylvia Heike
► “Angels,” by Sophie Sparrow
► “My Name is Static,” by Christopher Degni
► “Symmetry,” by Gustavo Bondoni
► “Sound Effects,” by Kimberly Ann Smiley
2 comments:
This may be the best image for a challenge story ever. Ever!
It would be better if there was at least one sock stuck to his cape or his shirt, but I couldn't find such an image.
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