Night Shift – Erik Schubach

Short and Fun

This novella was fun to read. I don’t know how well it would work at novel length, but at 100- pages it was a hoot. The setting is Standard SuperHero: The world gets on as best it can while super villains try to rob banks, super heroes stop super villains from robbing banks, and the collateral damage destroys banks.

The Chosen One is the city’s number-one super hero, and does the most to keep the city safe. Too many super villains try to make a name for themselves by attacking her. Unfortunately, The Chosen One being hard to find, they tend to mistakenly attack Emily Monroe - who bears a strong resemblance to TCO, except for not having her powers. Emily is easier to find, because she flips burgers for a living. She’s beyond tired of being mistaken for The Chosen One and attacked. Even though she usually wins these fights because, as she notes, second-tier villains who try to put themselves on the map by attacking first-tier heroes tend to be dumb as stumps.

“He had me go through it all twice, stopping me in disbelief when I told him where I shoved the fire extinguisher nozel, and just why it was a bad idea…to wear spandex.”