News From Poughkeepsie – Day 161

No comments or prompts for our historical detectives last week. Not genre enough, maybe? An easy enough fix….

If you’re like me, not only do you enjoy a well-designed tie, but you are also anxiously awaiting the next IRON MAN film. While I do not own a necktie made of steel and LEDS–though who knows what may happen between now and Balticon–the idea of “power clothes” is nonetheless an appealing concept. Clothes do not necessarily make the man or woman, but they are extremely important to a character. And, if they have added features like a television screen or a taser blast, so much the better!

I should point out that this week is your last chance to get a free News From Poughkeepsie T-shirt. All you have to do is write a story with a beginning, middle and end, that’s inspired by one of the prompts in January. You can put your story, or a link to it in the comments or send it right to me at newsfrompoughkeepsie (at) gmail.com. My favorite gets the shirt.

Next week, everything changes!

Clothes Make The Character

Gwenna had worked extremely hard on her hat. Most anti-grav helmets were bulky, lumpy affairs. But Gwenna was a woman of taste. While she understood the safety concerns, she knew that most of the helmet’s bulk was padding. Gwenna promptly ripped out the small, discrete circuitry in her newly purchased helmet, and lovingly placed it inside her favorite felt fedora. The lack of stabilizers meant that outright flying was out of question, but Gwenna found that she quite enjoyed floating a few feet above the ground. And the anti-gravity assist to her jumps was thrilling.

As that mugger realized when Gwenna easily kicked him in the face….