Who Can Save Us Now?
No, it's not a plea to the politicians, but a title of a new anthology co-edited by Owen King about superheroes.
I attended the reading last night at Newtonville Books. Owen King, Kelly Braffet, and David Yoo, all read from their stories in the anthology, and signed copies afterwards. There's also a story in there by Graham Joyce, so I was going to have to buy it at some point. The reading room at Newtonville Books is very cool -- and comes with free beer and wine for the audience members. King's story features meerkats -- those ferocious, yet cuddly stars of "Meerkat Manor", a watching habit I can say I have in common with Owen. Kelly's book "Josie and Jack" was recommended by a friend, so that will likely be my next read; David authored "Girls for Breakfast", and I'll have to read it based on the title/cover alone. I did ask the only question, and managed to plug snurri 's "Superpowers" while I was at it.
I love readings; I really need to go to more of them.