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The Future Fire: 2016.37 fiction - ‘Porphyria: Dazzle Con Debut’, Priya Sridhar
The Future Fire: 2016.37 fiction porphyria
Rani lilted her voice to convey a hint; she had long suspected what Wallace had been keeping a big secret. They had both bonded over enough Marvel comics for her to see the signs; a strange figure called "the Millipede" seemed to fly all over downtown, fighting crime or stopping chemical explosions every time Wallace played hooky.
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The Future Fire, Issue 2016.37




I wasn't too fond of the physical descriptions, but the story was cute.