War and Marketing

By Stefon Mears

In the skies above, earth's superheroes battle alien invaders to a standstill.

But in Portland, Oregon, a new hero arises. No code name. No cape. No mask. Derek Bergstrom's only power: to find whatever he seeks.

But can Derek find a solution to alien invasion?

"War and Marketing" — a contemporary fantasy short story about a different kind of superhero. From Stefon Mears, author of  the Telepath Trilogy and the Ars Portlandia series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thousand Faces Publishing
• Release date: Oct 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386439844

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War and Marketing

War and Marketing

Stefon Mears

Thousand Faces Publishing

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Derrick Bergstrom did not look like a man who should have been saving the earth. Not much more than the rubber of his sneakers over five feet tall, with short black hair that curled just enough to stay messy, and a reddish complexion that constantly threatened to break out, though it never could muster the effort. He tried to dress nicely to make up for what he lacked physically, but even silk shirts and chinos hung wrong on his skinny frame. So he kept the shirts, and settled for shapeless jeans.

But Derrick could do one thing better than anyone else he had ever met. Derrick could find things.

His grandmother used to say he was blessed by the ancient Norse hunter god Ullr. Obscure vinyl records, out of print books, even a date for Friday night — it didn’t seem to matter what Derrick set his mind to. If it was out