Paragons: An Anthology of Superheroes

by Morgon Newquist, Steve Beaulieu, Kai Wai Cheah

Look - up in the sky!

They awe us. They fill us with wonder. But most of all, they inspire us – to be stronger, faster, and smarter. Superheroes teach us how to aspire to the best versions of ourselves. Enjoy this master collection of collection of 13 tales of all-new, all-original superheroes from today’s up and coming science fiction and fantasy masters!

When the police fail to take down the super powered mobs a rogue vigilante steps up to the plate in Nightstick by Kai Wai Cheah. Peek in on a superhero marriage proposal via Blackout by Morgon Newquist. When a young nuclear engineer gains superpowers, the Soviet government wants to control her for the sake of the motherland in Stalina by Sam Kepfield.

Enjoy these tales and more by Alt-Hero novelist Jon Del Arroz, Dragon Award and Hugo Award nominee Kai Wai Cheah, Dragon Award nominee Declan Finn, and others!

Genres: Superheroes

349 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 28, 2017

About the author

Morgon Newquist started life by causing an international incident in Central America, and has been marching to the beat of her own drummer ever since. She grew up in the Rocket City - Huntsville, Alabama. After a stint at the University of Georgia to study Latin, she has returned to the place of her upbringing where she wrangles two dogs, a cat, and four children daily.

She is an avid fan of fantasy, science fiction, gaming of all types and other nerdy pursuits.

Her current focus is an ongoing saga of sword and sorcery short stories called The School of Spells and War. The first novella, Down The Dragon Hole, is highly rated and continues to introduce many new fans to the series.

Morgon has worked as a freelance writer off and on since 2007, and written for video game mythologies, table top RpGs, online game guides, and blogs as well as her own short works. She has several published short stories and is currently working on several novels.

Reviews

[Jason Linker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection features thirteen stories with superhero flavor. Some of the stories are a lot less about super heroics than others but they're all quite good. In fact, two of the stories that feature the least super heroics, Crisis Counseling and A Soldier out of the Desert were among my favorites. That's not to say that stories with more traditional super heroes weren't also great. Nightstick is a great story that deserves novel treatment and The Weight of One Girl and Someone is Aiming for You were both awesome.

I have only two issues with the collection. The very first story in the collection, Medusa, would take up about one whole sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper if you double spaced it and used a large font. It's almost unfair to call this a collection of thirteen stories when one of them is this short. It's more like a back cover blurb or a preview. I'm glad that it was followed by Nightstick which was both longer and better and renewed my interest in the book. My second issue is copy editing. There are way too many instances of word choice, grammar, or bad typing. It seemed to get worse further into the book as though someone was getting tired of being thorough.

Bad copy editing lost the book a half star and I decided to round up despite the disappointment of Medusa because the other stories made up for it.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Bonnie Dale Keck · Rating 5 out of 5]

not kindle unlimited, one of my here's a free book, hope you like it, would be nice if you'd get around to doing review but here's the book just in case, was on a superhero 'kick' a while back, then a fairy tales twisted and otherwise, and a mythology one so whatever can hold my attention type of thing

Look - up in the sky!

They awe us. They fill us with wonder. But most of all, they inspire us – to be stronger, faster, and smarter. Superheroes teach us how to aspire to the best versions of ourselves. Enjoy this master collection of collection of 13 tales of all-new, all-original superheroes from today’s up and coming science fiction and fantasy masters!

When the police fail to take down the super powered mobs a rogue vigilante steps up to the plate in Nightstick by Kai Wai Cheah. Peek in on a superhero marriage proposal via Blackout by Morgon Newquist. When a young nuclear engineer gains superpowers, the Soviet government wants to control her for the sake of the motherland in Stalina by Sam Kepfield.

Enjoy these tales and more by Alt-Hero novelist Jon Del Arroz, Dragon Award and Hugo Award nominee Kai Wai Cheah, Dragon Award nominee Declan Finn, and others!

[Harry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read every story in this book but, most of those I DID read, I liked. Not everything but not everything is for everybody. There are many superhero stories here and I'm sure you'll find something you like.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Wilbert Bishop · Rating 4 out of 5]

What makes a hero!???


These short stories are so real. I can believe in these heroes, so that, they are so human. I hope to read more of these authors stories.

I give this a 4 out of 5


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[Janice Drake · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book as an ARC and am leaving a voluntary review. I liked the book. The stories are varied and not always happy, but each was unusual. It gave a fresh perspective on super heroes. I would recommend this book

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is such a great collection of new superheroes tales. each one is different with a different hero. follow their adventures as they learn how to use their powers and how they help others

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[Andie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love superheroes and this book did not disappoint. Some stories were better than others but I still enjoyed them.

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[Ann Holden · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting collection of short stories. I liked some more than others, but overall they are good stories. It was also good for picking up when I just had a few minutes to read.
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