Tin Universe Monthly #6

by Brian C. Williams

  Texas, years later would say their own governments captured them all after the war and did experiments on them to try and find out how they gained their powers. No one really knows why the disappearance of these heroes happened, but treaties were signed by many nations and between many nations banning all superhuman activities; private, domestic, and national. Although in many countries, vigilantes in costumes have appeared from time to time, with some people believing them to be members of The First Twelve or at least the descendents of those who first gained more than human abilities. More or less, the fact is, very few superhumans have been active since WWII.

  A member of The Raising, Malcom Steed, who went by the code name Cardiff, is now the Prime Minister of Great Britain. No one knows of his secret past and no one would suspect him of being the orchestrator in getting laws passed banning all superhuman activity in the United Kingdom. Something happened near the end of the war that made him quit The Rising and fear all those with superhuman powers. Fear and hate.

  The only superhuman who has been active, really, between the aftermath of WWII and present day 2007 is Pulpy. Pulpy is the very powerful hero who calls New York City home because New York just naturally attracts super heroes or at least it seems that way.

  First appearing a few years after the end of the war, Pulpy gained the trust of many governments and was deputized by the U.S. after he held off an alien invasion almost single-handedly, and nearly died trying. The limit of his powers is unknown, and where he came from is unknown, but many governments are tracking his every movement in attempts to find out more about this very powerful alien.

  The only other identified currently active superhuman hero is Dniknam Mask. And maybe “hero” is the wrong word to use when describing this sword-carrying vigilante. This whacked-out crazy in orange camouflage operates in Texas. You would have to be crazy to be a super hero there. You would have to be crazy to live there. Most who live there are, or they are heading in that direction -- toward being insane big-hats that is.

  Dniknam is very violent in his actions against the criminals who cross his path, and that is needed in a state that has become one of the most violent in the country since all the pro gun laws passed a few years ago. But it is only a matter of time before this vigilantes past catches up with him.

  His story I will get to in time.

  But I have other stories to tell now.

  For most of history this world is very much like our own, with only slight differences.

  Mostly just a few superheroes flying around and causing property damage. Only one other superhuman hero is known, and he is not even human, but humanoid in appearance. But that hero, known as Knight Book, disappeared two years ago. The only friendly being from another world humanity has ever encountered. Well, the only person that humanity knows is alien and seems to be friendly.

  So basically nothing really weird is different, like men having women’s parts and women having men’s junk. Though that would make them the same? …but different?…different but the same…but different? Circular logic looping me into headaches creating loops. Though they taste good, maybe that is why people like them so much. I like them because they make editors sneeze.

  Oh, sorry I was thinking of Amoxxicillin. Need a lunch break. Be back with the closing paragraphs sponsored by my local walk in clinic.

  One other thing before the story starts that I want to mention. No one has brown eyes. So in East Mississippi a girl named Robin West, who is currently sneaking out of her house running from an abusive stepfather, and will go on one day to save the world, has purple eyes. But as so many have said so many times, and me a few times with a few more to come, that is a story for another time. Let’s see if you like this book first before I start getting ahead of myself with other stories.

  Let’s see if I have any skills for this story telling gig but I have been told just about the only thing I am qualified for is being an urographis. Look it up…But not now! Later, take a look at the ads following this.

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