Monthly Archives: August 2010

Extra #5 – The Original Hero Go Home

Hero Go Home was originally conceived as a screenplay. A few opening pages were written, but it never got very far. And yes, I know this is not formatted correctly, but I’m not sure how to get WordPress to center … Continue reading

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Chapter 5 – Ahead of the Cycle

Digger drew stares in the lobby of the Marriott. It wasn’t often you saw someone wearing a poncho outside of Clint Eastwood in a spaghetti western. Val had told him the meeting was to be low-profile, which basically meant no … Continue reading

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Extra #4 – Know Your Drillers

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Chapter 4 – No Lamers, No AcroCops

“Come on, could we change the channel or something?” Digger asked. “Leave it on,” Val said, enjoying Digger’s discomfort. “I like it.” The four of them–Valkyrie Princess, Doctor Jolt, Digger, and the new hero, Thompson–were seated around a table in … Continue reading

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Extra #3 – As Seen From Space

Recently unclassified satellite reconnaissance imagery. Click the pic to embiggen.

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Chapter 3 – Somebody Has a Crush

“Hey, Charlie?” Charlie Peters turned to see Zann Avogadro standing in the hallway next to Kim Yang and Dan Ricardi, Kim’s boyfriend. Charlie swallowed. Zann Avogadro, the prettiest girl in tenth grade, wanted to talk to him. “Oh, uh, hi.” … Continue reading

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Extra #2 – The Digger Family Power Hour

As recounted in “Double-Secret Weapon,” the short story originally published in Baen’s Universe, here’s a portrait of the cast of the Digger Family Power Hour (often advertised as the Digger Family Amazing Power Hour even though the word “Amazing” never … Continue reading

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Hard at Work

I’m hard at work on a new Extra for this week. It’s not turning out as well as I’d hoped, but they can’t all be perfect. This week, I guess you’ll have to settle for quantity rather than quality. (ETA: … Continue reading

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Chapter 2 – This Sucks

“Hello, Clay, I’m standing outside Eurobank in the heart of downtown, where all hell has just broken loose!” The reporter is pretty and well-kept, a typical TV talking head, but there is nothing typical about the scene behind her. At … Continue reading

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Pity the Sad Shark Dogs

See the misery here.

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