Afoul & Affairs

People are messy.

As far as Ruby Killingsworth is concerned, personal entanglements are far more burdensome than managing her billion-dollar entertainment empire. Up to this point, she's preferred to avoid them whenever possible.

But some things can't always be helped ...

From the complexity of a long-distance romance to a rekindled fling with the handsome hero next door, to somehow finding herself playing hostess to her lover's super-powered niece, Ruby has never had so many people in her life at once.

And much to her own surprise, she doesn't even hate it.

Follow Cobalt City's hottest villain through six short stories as she navigates life, love, music, politics, the limits of her own power, and the pitfalls of being publicly hero-adjacent.