THE 31 CHARACTERS 31 DAYS CHALLENGE DAY TWENTY ONE

So X of The Underground is still resisting my efforts to tell her origins--she’d rather use the space as a platform for her manifesto--but The Lost Days are still forthcoming.  I intend to catch up on the mini-podcasts this week.

This event is to create 31 characters, one for every day in May, that will be featured in an upcoming project I’m working on tentatively called Strikeforce Liberty.   It is to raise money for RAINN (The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network).  If you donate here, you will have the option to sponsor a character or give me a name to create a character for.  In these times, where the Alt-Right is attacking a woman’s right to her own body, we need to support organizations like this.

The visualization of today’s character is by Mel Cartagena.  Please follow his Instagram at @robopulpproductions!  If you’re an artist who wants to visualize one of the other characters in the Challenge, please contact me through Twitter (@NocturneTomDeja) or in the comments section below.

If you are a Domicile of Dread Patreon, you’ll get a short podcast discussing the creation process for each character.  I made one of these podcasts available to the general public here.  If you’d like to hear all of these podcasts, get other exclusive goodies like reviews and essays, and can spare at least a dollar a month to support my efforts to Make The World Stranger, go here to sign up.

Please enjoy, and please donate.

THE ELECTRIC RAY

Name: Stephanie Blaese
Location: San Diego, California
Occupation: Oceanographer

Stephanie, the daughter of a Filipino oceanographer and an American stuntman, learned to love the sea at an early age.  She frequently accompanied and helped her mother on expedition and studied a variety of sciences in school, determined to follow in her footsteps.  While working on her doctorate, Stephanie devised tech that allowed her to withstand the high pressure of the depths, benefit from enhanced mobility and even communicate with cetaceans.  Adding a special device to fire electrical bolts to the outfit, Stephanie began working with the Coast Guard to break up piracy and lawlessness on the Pacific Coast...and from time to time breaks up crimes on the mainland.

Next: Just because there’s some grey in Lady Dynamite’s ‘fro doesn’t mean she can kick back on crime with the help of her Racketeers.....