Unheroic Excerpt
Here's an excerpt from "El Gringo Cantina," one of 36 twists short stories out of Unheroic :
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Broadstrike’s face twisted with shock and then recognition as he jumped to his feet. He laughed at Mr. Impossible’s present incarnation. Five years ago, Mr. Impossible was 6’7” and built like a pagan god of strength. He could fly at MACH 9, lift 60-ton tanks with ease, and survived a point-blank nuke blast once. Now, he was a scrawny little bartender!
After the first twenty seconds of non-stop laughter, Mr. Impossible gave him a half-glance.
“What’s so funny?”
“You’re a wuss now!” Broadstrike laughed on, tears forming in his eyes. “I came all this way to break you in half and you’re an Average Joe?!”
“Well,” Mr. Impossible shrugged, “that’s life. Two years back, I started losing my powers. Couldn’t fly as fast. My kinetic force beams didn’t zap as hard. I even started to shrink. I decided to call it quits before some lucky purse snatcher ended me.”
Teary-eyed, Broadstrike finished laughing and caught his breath. The escaped villain paused to wipe his eyes as he sat down again. Mr. Impossible glanced back at the TV.
“How’d you lose your powers?”
“I dunno,” Mr. Impossible turned back toward Broadstrike as a commercial came on. “I tried to undo it but couldn’t.”
“You could’ve hidden yourself better.”
“Not really,” Mr. Impossible leaned against the bar and set his mug down. “I get to watch scantily-clad women come and go, run a nice little bar, and even work on my surfing. There’s no better place to hide than here.”
“How come no one’s snuffed you by now?”
“You think you’re the first bad guy to find me?” Mr. Impossible chuckled. “Don’t flatter yourself.”
“How many?”
“You’re actually the . . .” Mr. Impossible paused and glanced up at the ceiling as he counted in his head, “ninth super villain to track me down. They all wanted me dead – just like you.”
“What happened to the other eight?”
Mr. Impossible gave his former adversary a scary smile.
“Sharks gotta eat, too.”
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Unheroic is available in print, ebook, and PDF. Follow this link for details: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
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Broadstrike’s face twisted with shock and then recognition as he jumped to his feet. He laughed at Mr. Impossible’s present incarnation. Five years ago, Mr. Impossible was 6’7” and built like a pagan god of strength. He could fly at MACH 9, lift 60-ton tanks with ease, and survived a point-blank nuke blast once. Now, he was a scrawny little bartender!
After the first twenty seconds of non-stop laughter, Mr. Impossible gave him a half-glance.
“What’s so funny?”
“You’re a wuss now!” Broadstrike laughed on, tears forming in his eyes. “I came all this way to break you in half and you’re an Average Joe?!”
“Well,” Mr. Impossible shrugged, “that’s life. Two years back, I started losing my powers. Couldn’t fly as fast. My kinetic force beams didn’t zap as hard. I even started to shrink. I decided to call it quits before some lucky purse snatcher ended me.”
Teary-eyed, Broadstrike finished laughing and caught his breath. The escaped villain paused to wipe his eyes as he sat down again. Mr. Impossible glanced back at the TV.
“How’d you lose your powers?”
“I dunno,” Mr. Impossible turned back toward Broadstrike as a commercial came on. “I tried to undo it but couldn’t.”
“You could’ve hidden yourself better.”
“Not really,” Mr. Impossible leaned against the bar and set his mug down. “I get to watch scantily-clad women come and go, run a nice little bar, and even work on my surfing. There’s no better place to hide than here.”
“How come no one’s snuffed you by now?”
“You think you’re the first bad guy to find me?” Mr. Impossible chuckled. “Don’t flatter yourself.”
“How many?”
“You’re actually the . . .” Mr. Impossible paused and glanced up at the ceiling as he counted in his head, “ninth super villain to track me down. They all wanted me dead – just like you.”
“What happened to the other eight?”
Mr. Impossible gave his former adversary a scary smile.
“Sharks gotta eat, too.”
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Unheroic is available in print, ebook, and PDF. Follow this link for details: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
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