Yeah, I know what I said with “Lucky Penny” – I was branching out and writing Siegel City stories that weren’t part of the main cast of Other People’s Heroes, but I hadn’t left them behind ENTIRELY. This story stars Josh Corwood, alias Copycat, the main character of OPH, and it was written while I was working on what would turn out to be my last attempt at a direct sequel to Other People’s Heroes. Even now, though, I was linking to other stories. There are elements of this story that tie in directly to The Pyrite War, my novel of Siegel City’s Golden Age (which doesn’t feature Josh at all), and other things that would come back years later when I began working on the serial story Other People’s Heroes: Little Stars (in which Josh is a significant character, but in a supporting role). That’s why this ends with a little bit of a sequel hook – it was in reference to a story that I was planning, but never quite told. It still happened, though, in that long gap between OPH and Little Stars. Maybe I’ll tell it some day.
By now you should know that I love a good ghost story. I hope you agree that this is one.
Oh – and another shout out to Jacob Bascle, once again nailing it with the cover art for this story. Check him out on Facebook or visit his online portfolio!
Blake M. Petit 