The World Revolves Around You

The Sovereign Era #2

by Matthew Wayne Selznick

Tony Fallow has a sticky problem… everything that isn’t bolted down wants to literally be near him! Fearing he must be one of the Sovereign, a remarkable new minority of super-powered people who recently revealed themselves, Tony travels to the Donner Institute for Sovereign Studies with hopes of being cured.

But as he tells his story to a human doctor working at the Institute, the boorish Tony soon finds his problem might be more complicated than he suspected, and bigger trouble than he could have imagined..!

Get a glimpse of the early days of the Sovereign era, an alternate history storyworld where the appearance of super-powered individuals disrupts the late twentieth century and forever alters human destiny, in this 3,180 word short story.

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Matthew Wayne Selznick is a fiction and non-fiction author, editor, creator, and consultant living in Huntington Beach, California. Best known for his award-nominated first novel BRAVE MEN RUN, he writes in a variety of genres and storyworlds.

Find him at https://www.mattselznick.com, where he can be hired to help bring your creative endeavor to the world, and where you can find articles and podcast episodes proving opinion, advice, and recommendations on staying human while creating a successful and healthy writing life, as well as personal insights, reflections, and observations.

Reviews

[Daryl Venegas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent continuing story.

The character development is quick. This makes the story enthralling and thoroughly enjoyable from the very beginning. I will be continuing the Sovereign Saga with great anticipation.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely little short story chapbook set in Selznick's Sovereign era. I don't want to say too much about the actual content of story, because it is a short read and I don't want to spoil anything about it, but I will say that he explores an idea that I'd been thinking about for awhile myself - that there's a relationship between an individual's psychology and the superpowers that they exhibit. It's an interesting idea, and one that I'd like to see explored further in the future (either by Selznick or someone else).