Noodling With An Alternate Reality Setting
Originally published at Where is my Power Ring?. Please leave any comments there.
Thinking about trying something new (again). Inspired by the Steampunk Aesthetic, linked to my love of the pulp and superheroic eras, flavored with a bit of the fantastic, it will be tentatively titled “The Ringman Chronicles”.
Walter M. Ringman is an American descendant of one of the world’s first hyper-heroes: Lord Ringman. In a world that has developed differently from our own, Walter fantasizes about inheriting his ancestor’s “Power Ring” and becoming a hyper-hero in his own right. But as each birthday passes, that particular dream seems less and less likely to come true.
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