Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask
Ryan, a shy, caffeine-addicted university student, can turn into a fly. Cassandra, a waitress at a greasy spoon, can make things disappear. They were made for each other... and to battle the forces of evil! Inspired by Sailor Moon, Flyboy and Ms. Place take on the villains who inhabit their world: cigarette barons, redneck tabloid newspapers, and the patriarchy.
Phil got up from the bed and held the book like a weapon. I leaped up from the chair and opened the door.
"Flee, fly, flee! The evil Asian's going to crush you!"
The fly, beyond hearing, bounced against the wall three more times and then *whack!* The book permanently united it with my wall.
"Aw, look at all that blood, Phil!"
There was a splotch almost an inch round on my white, non-glossy-paint wall. Phil looked at his book with amazement. He flicked the fly into my little garbage can. "There's a tremendous amount of blood. How could a fly have that much blood?"
"My wall... a testament to your barbarism." I was vaguely annoyed, but not enough to pretend I wasn't, which is what I did when I was *really* mad...
"It must have been drinking blood. That's why it was crazy... a poster will cover that up, hey? I'm sorry."
"You'd like that, wouldn't you. Another cover-up. No, people will know about this, Phil Lee. People will know about you."
He slunk out of the room. "Sorry."

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