I'm echoing what everyone else has said here. It's so interesting and well done. I had to laugh a little at the picture of Lois typing away so fast. When I was a kid and read all those Silver Age Superman comic books, Clark would always surreptitiosly type away at superspeed when writing up his articles. And when Lois got superpowers - oh yes, she regularly did back then - she, too, would type away like that, smiling goofily at the wonder of being able to do it. Nan, you put a lovely image of a 1960s Lois Lane a-typing, drawn by Kurt Schaffenberger, in my head!
Of course, in those 1960s comic books, Lois invariably lost her superpowers soon after she had got them, because she was never able to handle them responsibly. Your Lois knows how to be Ultra Woman, while still remaining delightfully herself. I love it.
The part with Norma in it so very well-written and tense. There was this Hitchcock-like contrast between an idyllic suburb, complete with nice ladies walking their little dogs, and a nameless, lurking threat. Like Nicole said: Why do we get the impression that Norma is not locking an attacker out, but instead she may be locking herself in with him?
Please write more soon!
Ann
