Saturday Story 2024 – Week 48 (Mistress Silver)

We have a new complete story on my Patreon.  Synopsis below:

A superheroine with shadow powers faces off against an interdimensional predator in this comic-book-inspired tale with hints of horror.

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A small excerpt is available below:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/117037292

It was a frosty December morning, and Marcia Sanderson, also known as Shadow Sentinel, was doing her morning patrol above the skies of the coastal city of Breemore.
The pale light of dawn painted the sky in hues of lavender and soft gold, illuminating the frosted rooftops below. Marcia’s silhouette cut through the frigid air, her long, ebony cloak billowing behind her like a living shadow. Her eyes, a piercing silver-gray, glinted with an otherworldly luminescence as she scanned the sprawling city beneath her. The streets were still waking up, their surfaces glistening with dew, while the ocean waves crashed against the rocky shoreline, creating a symphony that whispered secrets only she could hear.
As Marcia, she was a math teacher in her early thirties who worked with underprivileged youth, but as Shadow Sentinel, she embodied the very essence of twilight – the delicate dance between day and night. Her powers were born from the ancient shadows that lingered in forgotten corners of the world. With a mere flick of her wrist, she could bend darkness to her will, conjuring thick veils of obscurity to shield those in need or ensnare malefactors in an inescapable gloom.
She was a living enigma, both loved and feared by the inhabitants of Breemore. To the casual observer, she appeared as a mere silhouette against the burgeoning light, a whisper of night that lingered just beyond reach, but to the perpetrators daring to defy law and order, she was an unstoppable beast that made them cower in fear. Crime had gone down ever since she had made her presence known – only fools tried to stop her shadows from spreading.

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