What better way to get back into writing than with a new microfiction? I've included one at the end of this mini-collection of a certain size-shifting superhero I wrote a fair bit about back in the day! Their name, gender, and even species are all quite vague, but one thing's for certain: growing and shrinking yourself and those you touch to save the city is tricky business!
One shudders to think what might happen if they and Catastrophe ever got together...
Enjoy!
Sep 27, 2021 [Macro]
Amid cheers, a reporter criticizes collateral damage."I only do what's necessary," the size-shifting superhero asserts with gusto. "Remember the tsunami! I laid down slow to stop it. Gentleness, sometimes, is true strength."
Pause for effect, and exit: "Stand tall!"
Jun 18, 2021 [Macro, Destruction]
Traffic's at a standstill, you and everyone rubbernecking a monster ravaging distant downtown.You and everyone turn, then, to a new source of shaking, the city's size-shifting savior, titanic and charging into battle!
Only, you're directly in their path—
Mar 7, 2021 [Macro, Micro, Shrink, Abduction]
The size-shifting superhero saved the day! But you watched from a roof too near, and their climactic conflict hurtled you into their hair.They're back home, couch-settled, after hours of ceremony. Only then feeling you, fingers search and pinch.
"What's—? Oh."
Aug 26, 2021 [Macro, Micro, Growth, Shrink, Peril]
A dodge to the side would have the size-shifting superhero's foe kick the office building behind them.Instead, they dodge down, taking it along with them in a window-breaking hug.
"Pick you up later, citizens!" they say, and surge back up to size alone.
Dec 5, 2021 [Macro, Micro, Shrink, Size Tiering, Peril]
Flung onto a monstrous villain, you held fast while the city's size-shifting superhero pummeled her to exhaustion. Grappled, they then shrank — and shrank.Still small to the villain, you're now dust to the world, stuck with her once the hero sizes back up alone.
Jul 11, 2021 [Macro, Mischief]
"Mua ha ha! Now that I am gigantic, no one can stop me!" A raccoon in an ill-fitting lab coat exaggeratedly steps through downtown, damaging only asphalt."Ah, not even a cool and sexy superhero, who — um — isn't here anyway!" She excitedly searches the skyline.
Sep 30, 2023 [Macro, Growth]
By fate or fortune, you were in contact when the size-shifting superhero grew skyscraper-tall, so you tower, too.Crowds, never to be seen the same way again, scatter at your feet.
"Hang tight, citizen!" the hero says, between battling blows. "Shrink you in a jiff!"