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Did I Mention Alan Moore? Writer: Alan Moore Artist: J.H. Williams III So I get onto the DC Universe app one Tuesday—when they load the new comics for that week—and saw an announcement that PROMETHEA, the entire series, was now available to read on the app.  What’s Promethea, I wondered.  So I checked it out, saw it was written by Alan Moore and that was all I needed. Having read WATCHMEN, FROM HELL, V FOR VENDETTA, and my absolute favorite comic of all time, MIRACLEMAN, the words “written by Alan Moore” sealed the deal for me and I immediately added [...]

Two Realities, One Life Author: Josie Silver Lydia and Freddie are meant to be. Their love is fairy-tale perfect, and they have been completing each other’s sentences since they were fourteen. Now, at 28, Lydia is engaged to Freddie and the special day is coming up fast. The only proverbial fly in the ointment is Jonah Jones, Lydia’s once-upon-a-time pre-Freddie best friend, and currently Freddie’s annoying best mate who is never, ever absent. Jonah doesn’t get that three is a crowd, and his days of being useful are long over. When Jonah’s sudden need for a ride on Lydia’s birthday [...]

Duty and Marriage in Bangkok Author: Iris Mitlin Lav When Crystal’s husband, Brian, comes home one day to tell her that they are moving from a rural Oklahoma town to Bangkok, her world is turned upside down. It’s 1975, and Brian has a powerful job with a company called FirstGas. This is his chance to make it big, going to Bangkok for an indeterminate amount of time to investigate the failing oil rig there. It goes without saying that they will move, that his wife and two children will follow, that this decision brokers no warning and no discussion. Or does [...]