This isn't fanfic. It's original fiction, set in an original universe. But I've been reading it for a while, and I believe it really deserves a recommendation.
Quoting from the webpage:-
The Academy of Super-Heroes Universe is an imprint on rec.arts.comics.creative owned and run by Dave Van Domelen. The setting is mostly in the 2020s, a generation after a massive disaster wiped out nearly half of humanity and took with it all but a handful of the world's superhumans.
Link here: ASH Archive
(The host site, www.eyrie.org, has nothing to do with Eyrie Productions, by the way.)
Anyway...the summary is accurate, but it doesn't give the full scope of how incredibly cool this is. The ASH universe has the best explanation for superpowers and super-technology I've ever seen. Period. It's incredibly-freaking-GENIUS. There's writeups about it on their resources page, it's worth taking a look.
The writers also have a good grasp of the ramifications of the whole superhero concept, both with regards to character relationships...the structure of society...and international politics. The latter bits are particularly interesting, since the stories are mostly set in the 2020s. So there's a distinct science fiction (or possibly speculative fiction) edge to things.
Quality of writing is generally high. Heck, exceedingly good. LNH 2023 #0 and #1 are crap, but everything else there is top notch.
They even have a handy "How To Read ASH" guide, explaining the order you should read stuff if you're looking to follow things chronologically ... oooorrr ... directions to reasonably self-contained stories that you can jump straight into.
-- Acyl
Quoting from the webpage:-
The Academy of Super-Heroes Universe is an imprint on rec.arts.comics.creative owned and run by Dave Van Domelen. The setting is mostly in the 2020s, a generation after a massive disaster wiped out nearly half of humanity and took with it all but a handful of the world's superhumans.
Link here: ASH Archive
(The host site, www.eyrie.org, has nothing to do with Eyrie Productions, by the way.)
Anyway...the summary is accurate, but it doesn't give the full scope of how incredibly cool this is. The ASH universe has the best explanation for superpowers and super-technology I've ever seen. Period. It's incredibly-freaking-GENIUS. There's writeups about it on their resources page, it's worth taking a look.
The writers also have a good grasp of the ramifications of the whole superhero concept, both with regards to character relationships...the structure of society...and international politics. The latter bits are particularly interesting, since the stories are mostly set in the 2020s. So there's a distinct science fiction (or possibly speculative fiction) edge to things.
Quality of writing is generally high. Heck, exceedingly good. LNH 2023 #0 and #1 are crap, but everything else there is top notch.
They even have a handy "How To Read ASH" guide, explaining the order you should read stuff if you're looking to follow things chronologically ... oooorrr ... directions to reasonably self-contained stories that you can jump straight into.
-- Acyl