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Poker Boy finds himself facing a possible future superhero in the world of poker. And Stan gave Poker Boy the task of telling the new kid what he would be.
A tightrope of a story. How do you tell someone their life just changed? And everything you thought you knew about the world seemed now wrong?
Carefully, Poker Boy figured.
A fun new Poker Boy story showing a glimpse of how superheroes become superheroes.
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Dean Wesley Smith
Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over ninety novels under many names. He has written books and comics for Marvel, DC Comics, and Dark Horse, as well as scripts for Hollywood. Over his career, he also worked as an editor and publisher for Pulphouse Publishing and Pocket Books. Currently, he writes thrillers and mysteries under one of his many pseudonyms.
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The Birth of a Superhero - Dean Wesley Smith
The Birth of a Superhero
THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO
A POKER BOY SHORT STORY
DEAN WESLEY SMITH
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THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO
A POKER BOY SHORT STORY
Janice Everly, aka Ace,
sat in the eighth spot at the table, right on the end, her back to the door. She didn’t see me come into the poker room, which was probably for the better. But I had a hunch she sensed that I was here, even though she wouldn’t know what she was sensing exactly.
I would have sensed that she was here, known someone of power was close.
She was dressed in a light sweatshirt of some type without writing on it and jeans and running shoes. She had a freshwater pearl necklace on top of the sweatshirt and matching earrings.
She looked in shape, like a runner. She had long brown hair that swept away from
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