Sufficient Velocity

Moscow, August 16, 1991
The August air is heavy—not just with summer humidity, but with something older. Something coiled and waiting. For months, the country has been unraveling. Perestroika. Glasnost. Shortages. Speeches full of words like democracy and reform, spoken by a man the old men in dark suits no longer trust. Mikhail Gorbachev, the General S...

It all starts with a noise outside your window. A noise like a high wind that was only getting worse.

That was followed by the night slowly growing brighter, until if anyone was watching, they'd see your face begin to twitch. Rolling over in your sleep and trying to shield your senses from both the light and the sound, you eventually give up and crack open your eyes, s...

Everyone knows about jumpers. An online myth that never really faded away, that there was a site, or an email, or a user online, that if you could contact them could get you access to traveling to other worlds. Some said that the documents made you a god. Others said that it was a form of random torment if you ticked off a cosmic being. Believing in it was fun. Who didn't want t...

Homelander had his phone with him at all times. Every self-respecting hero had to, logically, and the world's greatest hero most of all. This particular day was a youth outreach event that had been scheduled months in advance, and he could use any distraction he could get. So, when his phone made the nearly silent beep he had set up for when Madelyn texted him, he pulled it out ...