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Superhero Fiction

So here’s the list of fiction(ish) drawing on comic book super-hero trophes, generated here.

Novels:

  • Michael Bishop, COUNT GEIGER’S BLUES.
  • Michael Chabon, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY.
  • Tom DeHaven, IT’S SUPERMAN!
  • Jennifer Estep, KARMA GIRL.
  • Minister Faust, FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF DR. BRAIN.
  • Austin Grossman, SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE.
  • Jonathan Lethem, FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE.
  • George R.R. Martin, the WILD CARDS series.
  • James Maxey, NOBODY GETS THE GIRL.
  • Perry Moore, HERO.
  • Tim Pratt, THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF RANGERGIRL.
  • John Ridley, THOSE WHO WALK IN DARKNESS and WHAT FIRE CANNOT BURN.
  • StephSwainson, THE YEAR OF OUR WAR.

Short Stories:

  • Charles DeLint, “Bird Bones and Wood Ash”
  • A. M. Dellamonica, “Faces of Gemini”
  • Carol Emshwiller, “Grandma”
  • Jim Hines, “Sidekicked”
  • Jim Hines, “Stormcloud Rising”
  • Vylar Kaftan, “Blank Sezra”
  • James Maxey, “The Final Flight of the Blue Bee”
  • Tim Pratt, “Captain Fantasy and the Secret Masters”
  • Cat Rambo, “Acquainted with the Night”
  • Cat Rambo, “Ticktock Girl”
  • Benjamin Rosenbaum, “The Death Trap of Doctor Nefario”

Poetry:

  • Jeannine Hall Gailey, FEMALE COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES

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