Intolerant: Queer Superheroes Cancelled
How the Silver Champion Got Cancelled: a short story
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4 min readApr 19, 2022
The afternoon light through the kitchen window caught Orel as he bent to stir something on the stovetop, making his dark skin glow. Charles leaned on the kitchen island to watch him, and jumped at a sudden jangle in his pocket.
Charles picked up the ringing phone. “Hello?”
“Is this the Silver Champion? This is William Nelson, principal of Lakeside Elementary School.”