Commentary:
Agent Schwartz's power was fun to try to figure out how to represent visually. "We're not usually this visual" is more metafictional than I usually allow myself to go, but this started with Aquila reading a book I worked on, so it felt fair game.
This 6-pager is a crossover with WHO KILLED THE CENTURION?, my friend David's novel, which I, as its editor, contributed enough to that I have a cover credit. The story is his, many of the jokes are mine. It's available on Amazon now.
Text summary: (click to open)
Dick Schwartz, his eyes glowing yellow, stands in a void amidst glossy, transparent reels of film strips. Some of the panels on the film strips glow yellow, but none are the right timeline — the golden thread he's looking for.
Aquila, amused, asks "...And nobody can tell when he does this?"
Dick Schwartz finds the golden thread, the timeline he's looking for, and stares at it, aghast.
"We're not usually this visual," muses Eddie Gagnon.
Dick Schwartz returns to cognisance, opening his eyes, before dramatically jumping up and demanding -- "Eddie! Put a shield up over you and Avi, NOW!!"
