fuzzis
02-11-2008, 08:19 PM
I've only read the winner for this year, Love is Kryptonite (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502688.html), but I plan on making my way through the rest of them.
...They moved away, and I went out to my Fortress of Solitude on weekends and developed my powers. I couldn't lift a car over my head, or fly, but for a long time I didn't need anybody else. That's the thing about Superman -- he's the loneliest guy on the planet. Last of his kind, his world destroyed, and he can't date Lois because that would make her a target for every villain. His real power is just waking up alone every day. That became my power, too. I learned how to thrive on solitude. When I think about any of the pain in my life, there's always another person involved. I realized out there at the cabin that as long as I could just be by myself, I was invulnerable....
Washington Post's 2008 Valentine Fiction (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/features/2008/valentinesfiction/index.html?hpid=features1&hpv=national)
...They moved away, and I went out to my Fortress of Solitude on weekends and developed my powers. I couldn't lift a car over my head, or fly, but for a long time I didn't need anybody else. That's the thing about Superman -- he's the loneliest guy on the planet. Last of his kind, his world destroyed, and he can't date Lois because that would make her a target for every villain. His real power is just waking up alone every day. That became my power, too. I learned how to thrive on solitude. When I think about any of the pain in my life, there's always another person involved. I realized out there at the cabin that as long as I could just be by myself, I was invulnerable....
Washington Post's 2008 Valentine Fiction (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/features/2008/valentinesfiction/index.html?hpid=features1&hpv=national)