Commentary:
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.
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The Dream Team. Co-written with David A. Crawley.
It's a bright, sunny day on Nox Islia. Overlooking the door and the Castle, we hear, coming from the latter, a bird cooing.
"Bird in the Hall again. I think it just lives here now," Avi says. "I'll go get the broom."
Inside, Aquila is reading a book. "I'll come help you bully the bird once I finish this section."
"Oh? What are you reading?"
"Who Killed the Centurion, detective Dick Schwartz, who can see through time, runs into the one case he can't solve that way, the murder of the world's greatest superhero."
Avi picks up two brooms from a supply closet. "I'm glad we don't have to deal with that one."
Meanwhile, downstairs, a man with curly brown hair and a man wearing a white hat converse.
"Where are we, Dick?"
"Coo," says the bird.
"Oh, watch out for that bird."
"Bird? Peckham?"
"Coo," says the bird.
"No, I don't think this one knows me. Anyway, Eddie, I must've fallen asleep in the bath while using my power again."
Aquila looks up from her book. "Dick? Eddie? Power?"
