Avatar of Freya

By Dawn Vogel

It's an honor to be chosen as the avatar of a god, raised to the ranks of superheroes in Cobalt City by their patronage. But for Friday Jones, a fun-loving biochemistry major working to solve world hunger, it's more of a burden than she expected. Follow Friday, aka Dulcamara, and her friends through four stories of the Cobalt City Universe, as she deals with a clone of her bestie, a literal dragon, a roommate too smart for anyone's good, and a seriously rude customer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DefCon One Publishing
• Release date: Mar 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005982294

Dawn Vogel

Dawn Vogel has been published as a short fiction author and an editor of both fiction and non-fiction. Her academic background is in history, so it’s not surprising that much of her fiction is set in earlier times. By day, she edits reports for historians and archaeologists. In her alleged spare time, she runs a craft business, helps edit Mad Scientist Journal, and tries to find time for writing. She lives in Seattle with her awesome husband (and fellow author), Jeremy Zimmerman, and their herd of cats.

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Avatar of Freya

Dawn Vogel

Cover art by Luke Spooner

Dead Souls is copyright 2021. All other stories are copyright 2022.

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Table of Contents

Friday Jones' Helpful Advice for Preventing Your Super-Genius Roommate from Becoming a Supervillain

Double Angel

Coffee Shop Canon

Dead Souls

Afterword

About the Author

About the Artist

Friday Jones' Helpful Advice for Preventing Your Super-Genius Roommate from Becoming a Supervillain

So, you're a college freshman attending an elite school that is also home to a ten-year-old super-genius. THE ten-year-old super-genius who's been gracing the papers of your mutual hometown's newspapers since she was five or something.

You're not surprised you don't have any classes with her. After all, she's literally studying rocket science, and you're just majoring in biochemistry.

But somehow, by the luck of the draw, you're suitemates. Why someone decided it was a good idea for a ten-year-old girl to live in a dorm with hundreds of eighteen-year-olds, you'll never understand. But you poke your head through the door to her room and introduce yourself. You're not sure she'll remember who you are.

At least not until the house