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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Midwestern Odyssey, Chapter 3: Rocky Mountain Guy

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list “Don’t worry, Miss,” the police sergeant chuckled as he saw Aleny Huong’s puzzled expression at being brought to a blacksmith’s shop. “Wayland Steele’s also the best mechanic for miles around.” His partner snickered, “The only one for miles around,” but they both ignored him. “Around here, see, it’s . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Midwestern Odyssey, Chapter 2: A Nice, Leisurely Drive

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Aleny Huong planned to take US 30 West to Ames, Iowa, then catch US 69 South to Kansas City, where she’d pick up US 40 West. US 40 would take her all the way to Salt Lake City, where she’d find US 50 South, then switch over to . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Midwestern Odyssey, Chapter 1: Conning a Con Artist

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Continued from Zing the Queen of Quick: Times Past, 1961: Go West, Young Woman Now that Aleny Huong had ID, including a driver’s license, she could buy a car. But she realized that after she bought a car and then somehow concealed two million dollars inside, she would . . .

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Mary Marvel and Atom Blake: Magic and Demons and Ghouls, Oh My!

by Dan Swanson, with Doc Quantum
America's Greatest: The Five Earths Project
As the last student left behind on Halloween at the Grimoire Academy of Applied Knowledge, Atom Blake the Boy Wizard is expecting nothing but the peace and quiet he needs to complete an overdue assignment. But when the demons Blaze and Satanus suddenly invade the island in search of a prize, Atom must call in some help in the form of Mary Marvel and the Lieutenant Mary Marvels, the world’s mightiest girls!

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Mary Marvel and Atom Blake: Magic and Demons and Ghouls, Oh My! Chapter 2: Triumph

by Dan Swanson, with Doc Quantum Return to chapter list Surprisingly, the pair of demons had not yet managed to batter down the door to Endor College at Nommo Hall before the World’s Mightiest Girls were upon them. They somehow sensed the approaching heroines and turned to face them. The two demons had every reason . . .

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Mary Marvel and Atom Blake: Magic and Demons and Ghouls, Oh My! Chapter 1: The Prize

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Atom Blake the Boy Wizard was working on his end-of-year project at the exclusive Grimoire Academy of Applied Knowledge, which existed on a unique island accessible by five different Earths. By all appearances, Atom was merely an ordinary six-year-old boy, small for his age, with black hair and . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman

by Dan Swanson
Zing the Queen of Quick: The Five Earths Project
Zing the Queen of Quick is hired to steal a very rare and powerful object by a mysterious employer in exchange for two million dollars! But this super-villainess with super-speed powers soon discovers that getting rich quick carries its own set of problems! Guest starring Captain Midnight, Tom Atomic, and Colonel Tony Spinelli, commander of the Chicago Police Super-Villain Apprehension Team!

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman, Epilogue: A Real Live Wire

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Zing the Queen of Quick rushed back to her room; the cash was still there. But now she had other things to worry about. That last escape was too close. If she hadn’t just discovered a new power, they would have had her. Last night, she’d wondered why . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman, Chapter 2: Caught in the Act

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The next night, a trusted confederate hopped into a rented station wagon and drove to the Oak Street Beach, where he picked up an envelope at a closed concession stand — an envelope Zing the Queen of Quick had dropped there only a second before he arrived. And . . .

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Zing the Queen of Quick: 1961: Go West, Young Woman, Chapter 1: A Simple Robbery

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Late summer, 1961: Sunday evening was Aleny Huong’s favorite time to watch television. She didn’t know if they did it deliberately, but the four Chicago TV stations staggered their local news just enough so that whenever her alter ego, Zing the Queen of Quick, made the news, she . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential

by Dan Swanson
Secret Origins of Earth-S: The Five Earths Project
Tammi Paige, gymnastics star of Muskrat Creek, Wisconsin, is preparing for a big show to entertain the whole town! But not everyone is happy about it. When a girl rival and a spurned boyfriend plot revenge, will Tammi end up humiliated before everyone, or will this be the start of Miss Music’s heroic career?

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Epilogue: Payback

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list The high school dance could have been anticlimactic, but it wasn’t. Harvey Taylor wasn’t there; Tammi Paige heard a rumor that he’d roared out of town in his hot rod, as angry as an army ant, when Claire Whitman decided she wasn’t going to give him any more . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Chapter 3: A Symphony of One

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list “Good morning, all! I’m Mayor Vince Clyde, and you know why we’re here today…” The short, bald man was starting to speak when an even smaller woman, dressed in a dark blue leotard with her long hair tied back in a severe ponytail, bounced out of her chair . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Chapter 2: Revenge Play

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Tammi Paige was sorry she’d come home after school. She had to be back at the gym at 5:30, and she hadn’t felt like hanging out at school the whole time, but now she wished she had. Harvey was back in town, and he must have been just . . .

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Secret Origins: Miss Music: 1959: Muskrat Creek Confidential, Chapter 1: Green-Eyed Monsters

by Dan Swanson Return to chapter list Friday, September 25th, 1959, had been named Good Luck Tammi Paige Day in Muskrat Creek, Wisconsin, a small suburb of Milwaukee. On the following Sunday, Tammi, a senior at Muskrat Creek High School, was leaving for the Women’s Gymnastics Association National Championships in San Francisco. She was expected . . .

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