Z Z Claybourne wishes he’d grown up with the powers of either Gary Mitchell or Charlie X but without the Kirk confrontations. His work has appeared in Vex Mosaic, Alt History 101, The Wayne Review, FlashShot, The Reverie Journal, Stupefying Stories, The City: A Cyberfunk Anthology, UnCommon Origins, Rococoa: The Sword & Soul/Steamfunk Anthology, Extraordinary Rendition: American Writers on Palestine, and others. His latest novel is The Brothers Jetstream: Leviathan.  More at www.WriteonRighton.com.