The Wife Who Never Was

By Robert Jeschonek

What happens when a truly super hero loses the love of his life in the continuity overhaul of his fictional universe? Mighty Pinnacle's super memory won't let him forget his lost marriage to Doris Dane, and his aching heart drives him to search everywhere for a way to bring her back. But all his power might not be enough when he runs up against a force from beyond his world, an enemy with the secret to his suffering. In the end, Pinnacle might not even be able to save himself from a staggering menace who can rewrite reality as he sees fit. Don't miss this exciting tale by award-winning storyteller and DC Comics writer Robert T. Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected superhero adventures that really pack a punch. The author of the FORCED HEROICS stories brings you another epic saga of twisted heroes unlike any others you'll ever meet.

Contents
Short story plus novel preview

Reviews

"No one understands gloriously defective supermen better than Jeschonek." - Eric Searleman, Superheronovels.com

"Robert Jeschonek is the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman..." – Adrian Phoenix, critically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song series and Black Dust Mambo

"Robert Jeschonek is a towering talent..." – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author

"Jeschonek ́s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read..." – Fabio Fernandes, Fantasy Book Critic

About the Author

Robert T. Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, comics, essays, articles, and podcasts have been published around the world. DC Comics, Simon & Schuster, and DAW have published his work. Robert was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for his story, "Fear of Rain." His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, is now available from Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and was named one of Booklist’s Top Ten First Novels for Youth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert Jeschonek
• Release date: Apr 8, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476061276

Book preview

The Wife Who Never Was

The Wife Who Never Was

A SUPERHERO TALE

ROBERT JESCHONEK

Blastoff Books

Contents

Also by Robert Jeschonek

The Wife Who Never Was

About the Author

Special Preview: Forced Retirement

THE WIFE WHO NEVER WAS

Copyright © 2023 by Robert Jeschonek

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Cover Art Copyright © 2023 by Ben Baldwin

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Seven Comic Book Scripts Volume Two

Seven Comic Book Scripts Volume Three

Six Superhero Stories Volume One

The Wife Who Never Was

In the middle of a battle with Dr. Egregious, I think of her laugh. It was loud, whether in private or public--too loud, sometimes, for polite company. Never a girlish giggle for her; more like a horse's guffaw.

What I would give to hear it just one more time.

As I think of it, Egregious draws his Trivializer and aims the barrel at my chest. I smack it away with one swipe of my hand, shattering it into a thousand pieces.

Then, I go to work on Egregious. So very glad he's indestructible; I need someone like him to pound and pound until the memory of her laughter fades.

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