This is the second of the ficlets I wrote for last year's fundraiser.

As always, all comments welcomed.

Joy,
Lynn

That's awesome! I never thought about it that way - suddenly seeing your exact duplicate in the paper - and as a new superhero, no less! Excellent ficlet!

Barry had to come from somewhere! Thank for the chuckle!

Funny story! Oh, my dear, sweet Barry. And yet, ever since I wrote my story about him, I can't see him as just a random look-alike anymore.

Groobie, who is wondering idly where Barry met Melody...was she a mom at the kids' parties, or a woman at the adult parties?

Thanks for leaving feedback.

DC and Morgana, I've always thought that Barry has been seriously underutilized in fanfic. Although I have seen him show up from time to time in stories, there seems to be so much potential for more for him.

Susan, your Barry story was phenomenal; I'm glad I wrote mine before reading yours, or I probably wouldn't have had the courage to venture into a Barry story of my own.

Joy,
Lynn

Lynn - you may have inspired me...

DC, way cool! I'll keep an eye out. If your story is relatively short (now that my school year is beginning again next week, I won't have a lot of time for fun reading), I will definitely give it a try.

Joy,
Lynn

First I need to write it, but the idea is there..

Great job, Lynn

As I've said to you other times, I just absolutely love your take on words--how you make the stories really sound like the characters by the way that they speak. It adds so much detail, and I enjoy looking for those creative examples that you throw in .

And Barry...so much so love Barry .

This is wonderful, Lynn!
Laura

Oh--and Susan, you had me in your FDK about the possibilities of where Barry could have met Melody. You never know ...

Hi Laura,

Thank you. You've made my day! I must admit to having a bit of fun with eye dialects. ("Take *that*, elementary school spelling teacher!" )

Joy,
Lynn

Hi Lynn!

Hmm… Barry Allen? No, right. Barry the Double.

At first I thought she had seen a photo of Clark, but no…

Oops? How’s he going to explain that? But hey, at least it wasn’t one of Superman getting cozy with a certain female reporter. Melody might not have taken kindly to that.

And now she’s wondering why she got the B-model.

PERRY: And only when we can prove it!
LOIS:

/points at ML Thompson’s Superstud/ Things didn’t end well there, if I remember correctly…

Cute origin story! I wonder if he already had the figure or if he first had to get rid of a beer belly and get a good shave…

Michael

Hi Michael,

Thanks for leaving so much feedback. Looks like you are having a serious readathon now.

Joy,
Lynn

Yeah...some people call it Christmas holiday...

Michael