"Worm" - More awesome than the time Teddy Roosevelt and Nikola Tesla were time traveling superheros

Now, I may not be so proficient a wordsmith as that there crawdad dun et up our flag, but I've come to recommend a web serial to y'all.

Now, those of you who know me (all 8 of you) know I'm a villain of discriminating tastes (Somebody pass the Heinz FANCY ketchup, please), so I hope it means something when I say that this is a webserial that has raised the bar. Granted, that's a bar most of you don't see because you may not be into twice-weekly ongoing stories.

Worm is the story of Taylor Hebert, a teenage girl with a gift. She can control bugs. Sounds innocent and harmless enough, I'm sure. But Taylor is a great character. She's smart, shy, nerdy, and knows how to put a serious hurting on the A listers. Think a darker take on Squirrel Girl, but without nuts.

She's the star of the story, but she earns it, written as a 3 dimensional person, rather than the flat caricatures seen in some mainstream literature today. Even her enemies get that treatment, as every chapter features at least one interlude that provides the perspective of another character, rounding them out and sometimes vindicating them.

The characters aren't the story's only strong suit. The action scenes are well-written and won't leave you imaginin a teenage girl contorting into all kinds of strange poses in the middle of a fight. For some of you, that may be a negative.

I would add that the community of the serial is an additional selling point. Debates, and even arguments, do occur, but you'll often find them to be entertaining and a welcome addition to the story as well.

If you enjoy a good superhero or supervillain story that takes a walk on the cynical side while an intelligent mindsight discusses the nature of superheroics and supervillainy even as she throws herself into it, I would recommend Worm to you.

Also, if you just want to read a cool superhuman story, go for it.

Worm, at http://parahumans.wordpress.com/

Worm, at wordpress. Action! Superpowers! Cusswords! Gratuitous bada$$ery (That word allowed here? I don't know, but it is allowed there!)

Yes... two things come to mind:

Eeww

and

Kill them with fire!!!

You don't like the sensation of millions of little legs ever so lightly scurrying all over your bare skin?

Hey, she's got to have some method of sneaking them into places, though it's really just a rather tight costume made of a very strong material that makes it look quite wicked.

Black widow silk.

Just crawling on people is a very basic use of her power. Especially since she can sense where bugs are and can keep track of people that way as well. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that she can easily "bug" a place that way.

To find out more, go read it!