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Secret Identity: My True-Life Adventure as a Superhero
Superheroic hijinks!
What happens when an eight-year-old boy decides he wants to be a superhero like the ones he sees on TV? Hilarity!
John Phythyon was not an ordinary kid. Growing up in De Pere, Wisconsin in the 1970's, he was obsessed with superheroes and adventure. And after reading Alvin Fernald, Superweasel by Clifford B. Hicks in third grade, he was certain he too could become a caped crusader.
In this sidesplitting mini-memoir, the author of The Sword and the Sorcerer (amazon.com/dp/B00HI9YMF0/), Beauty & the Beast: A Modern Fairy Tale (amazon.com/dp/B00FKO9QHY/), and the Wolf Dasher series explains his childhood obsession with masked defenders of All That Is Good and True and how he was determined to sneak out of the house one October night in 1976 to join their ranks.
Funny, charming, and sentimental, "Secret Identity: My True-Life Adventure as a Superhero" is a quick read that will have you laughing at the outrageous and totally true shenanigans of a '70's kid whose imagination far outran common sense.
What happens when an eight-year-old boy decides he wants to be a superhero like the ones he sees on TV? Hilarity!
John Phythyon was not an ordinary kid. Growing up in De Pere, Wisconsin in the 1970's, he was obsessed with superheroes and adventure. And after reading Alvin Fernald, Superweasel by Clifford B. Hicks in third grade, he was certain he too could become a caped crusader.
In this sidesplitting mini-memoir, the author of The Sword and the Sorcerer (amazon.com/dp/B00HI9YMF0/), Beauty & the Beast: A Modern Fairy Tale (amazon.com/dp/B00FKO9QHY/), and the Wolf Dasher series explains his childhood obsession with masked defenders of All That Is Good and True and how he was determined to sneak out of the house one October night in 1976 to join their ranks.
Funny, charming, and sentimental, "Secret Identity: My True-Life Adventure as a Superhero" is a quick read that will have you laughing at the outrageous and totally true shenanigans of a '70's kid whose imagination far outran common sense.
44 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2014
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About the author
John R. Phythyon Jr.
42 books38 followersJohn R. Phythyon, Jr. wishes he were a superhero or a magician, but, since he has not yet been bitten by a radioactive spider or gotten his letter from Hogwarts, he writes adventure stories instead. He is the author of the Wolf Dasher series of fantasy-thriller mashup novels, as well as several short stories, a two-act comedy, and numerous game manuals. He won awards for the latter and hopes to make millions with the former.
In the meantime, he lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife, their children, a dog, and a cat. His current projects include the next novel in the Wolf Dasher series, world peace, and desperately wishing for the Cincinnati Bengals to win a Super Bowl before he dies.
In the meantime, he lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife, their children, a dog, and a cat. His current projects include the next novel in the Wolf Dasher series, world peace, and desperately wishing for the Cincinnati Bengals to win a Super Bowl before he dies.
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September 24, 2016
Where did you go wrong?
You're good parents, right? You do all the right things. You have a TV so that your kid can watch super-heroes fighting evil. Heroes are role models and evil is....Well, EVIL. You buy your kid Halloween costumes because pretending is mentally healthy and develops imagination. You urge your kid to read because "Reading is FUNdamental." Carol Burnett says so. You're good parents, dammit!
It's not YOUR fault that your eight-year-old son took ideas from TV shows and library books and combined a couple of Halloween costumes and became SUPER HAWK. It could happen to anyone. Anyone with a son. Which is why anyone who has ever been a little boy (or had a son or a brother) will find this short read hilarious and (probably) reminiscent.
You're good parents, right? You do all the right things. You have a TV so that your kid can watch super-heroes fighting evil. Heroes are role models and evil is....Well, EVIL. You buy your kid Halloween costumes because pretending is mentally healthy and develops imagination. You urge your kid to read because "Reading is FUNdamental." Carol Burnett says so. You're good parents, dammit!
It's not YOUR fault that your eight-year-old son took ideas from TV shows and library books and combined a couple of Halloween costumes and became SUPER HAWK. It could happen to anyone. Anyone with a son. Which is why anyone who has ever been a little boy (or had a son or a brother) will find this short read hilarious and (probably) reminiscent.
January 19, 2016
This quick read is fun and well written. John Phythyon tells the story of his short superhero stunt he performed when he was a kid. Dressed as a superhero, he sneaked out of the house to fight pollution, and he didn't get caught. This one was okay.
January 22, 2016
This was a pretty silly book. Glad I got it free...
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