I loved "Stupdenous Sparkle," "The Kid," "All-Star," Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow," and "Need to Know." My Favorites included "Need to Know" with a superman-like teenager and "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow. Maybe I'm biased, but I loved and could see myself as the character in my friend Maggie's great story.
"A Marvelous New World.” This story by Maggie Allen takes place in the
aftermath of Janine Spendlove’s story, “He was a Marvelous Man.” Her
story made me wonder how the appearance of a real, live superhero would
affect the comic book geek community, and I also liked the idea of those
geeks getting a chance to become a part of superhero mythology
themselves. Silence in the Library Publishing’s special anthology called “A Hero By Any Other Name” – is all short stories about superhero sidekicks. (It’s a companion to another Origins anthology with superhero stories.)Authors who have stories in A Hero By Any Other Name include: Aaron Allston, Michael Stackpole, Maxwell Alexander Drake, Jean Rabe, Janine Spendlove, Bryan Young, more, like me! (Pen name, Maggie Allen.)
IF YOU LOVE SUPERHEROES, You need to get this book!