text: After a brief hiatus, we’re back for more spotlights from our recently concluded cycle of Serial Saturday! Now all that’s left to do is prepare for the upcoming season and spotlight our fantastic authors. With weekly programs like Serial Saturday we have a great opportunity to get to know writers in our community and follow their progress in such a clear and exciting way. It’s been such a treat to watch people evolve their flash fiction serials with us, especially with universes and characters they’ve been writing for a while. One such story comes from /u/Mazinjaz, a regular from /r/writingprompts and the sunny voice in our discord meetings. Here at we thoroughly enjoyed Mazinjaz’s story of superheroes with a balance of mystery, comedy, and action. But don't take my word for it! Here's a small teaser: >*Rio Storm has a dream: to become a hero, one whose legend will reach and even surpass that of her mother's, Lady Stormbringer.* > >*Lanecia Ward, the Windwalker, has protected the city of New York from its criminal elements for decades.* > >*The two meet, youthful optimism and arrogance clashing with jaded experience. Rio wants to rebuild Tempest, the team that her mother and Windwalker once founded. For Lanecia, the idea only brings back unpleasant memories.* > >*In the background, the machinations of supervillains never really stop...* For our first run of Serial Saturday at it was important for us to get author impressions of how their experience went with us, and give readers a peek at the "behind the scenes" of creating a flash fiction serial. Here's Mazinjaz’s take on that: >This is the story I wrote for the season of Serial Saturday over at /shortstories. > >I'm somebody that has characters that have been around since forever, but with very few things to show for it. Both Theme Thursday and Serial Saturday have helped me go into their stories, figure out new things about said characters, and vastly improve my writing. > >The feedback I've received for my stories during the campfire readings is one of those things that have inspired me to continue working, as well as reading and hearing the stories of other authors on the site. It's been fun, and encouraging, and makes me want to write more. > >... and so I will! > >I still have more stories to tell, and I hope to do something bigger with them soon. With *Tempest Begins* at an end (for now) there is only one thing left to do: show off this newly finished story for obligatory bragging rights here on . Let the bragging begin! Without further ado, here's Mazinjaz’s Table of Contents. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ You can check out more of Mazinjaz's work by going to his profile Congrats on finishing your serial, Mazinjaz, and we can’t wait to see what you do next. <3 from the team at , , and Serial Saturday. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ *For more information on the Serial Saturday program feel free to check out our* *.* We have members from all around the world and who have all kinds of schedules, so there’s usually someone awake to talk to. We also have scheduled readings, oration critiques, spur-of-the-moment story time, or even just random hangouts over voice chat.