Antiheroes: A Novel in Progress

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George woke to the sound of someone knocking on her front door. 
It was hard to tell what time it was, with the curtains drawn and the lights out. She had passed out on the couch last night — in fact, she had slept there for a few nights in a row, never quite having the energy to drag herself back to…

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By the time Maggie had finished explaining her plan to Eric, she was so fired up she thought she could have run a lap of the city. Eric, however, didn’t seem to be feeling it.

“Superheroes?” His tone was doubtful.

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Aurora sat on the couch, cross-legged, staring at the TV. She had zoned out three or so inane programs ago, and was now closer to asleep than awake. She felt better, though. The black cloud that had settled on her a few months back had brightened to more of a dark grey, which many years of experience…

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George hadn’t left her apartment in over a week.
She knew she needed to, knew that this wasn’t healthy — she was a nurse, after all, a health professional, and experienced at dealing with grieving loved ones. She knew the advice to give them, and had tried to give it to herself, and yet she was still on…

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Eric scanned the cafe, anxious, already regretting his decision. He couldn’t believe he was actually meeting a stranger from the internet. And not like a Tinder-style stranger, but an actual proper stranger from some weird forum about, what, people with special powers? He was definitely going to get…

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Gray opened the door, and walked into his apartment. Aurora, following behind him, ducked inside, all hunched shoulders and dark shadowed eyes and bags that she could barely carry on her own, on the way from the hospital. She hadn’t really wanted to come to his place, had thought that she would be…

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George stood, and watched, and waited. On the other side of the glass, Vic lay on an operating table, surrounding by a veritable pack of surgeons. They had been working for hours, and showed no signs of stopping any time soon.
If she was honest, she was almost shocked by their professionalism. This man…

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Maggie managed to leave the hospital without too much fuss, despite the fact that it was crawling with cops and officials. She was asked for a statement, but nobody had seen her in the lobby itself, so all she had to do was tell them she hadn’t seen anything, give them her details, and then she was off…

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Aurora was scared. Partially because she didn’t know what was happening, but mostly because she didn’t care all that much.
There was a man in the lobby, probably a dead one. She had thrown Gray across a room, and tackled the man, despite weighing about a hundred pounds soaking wet. That nurse had…