Chum is a story about superheroes, supervillains, people with powers who reject either label, sharks, fishing, Philadelphia, the Jersey Shore but the part that’s full of old Jewish people and not party people, how growing up sucks, how authority sucks, how fascists suck, cancer, and teeth.
General content warning for violence, drugs, and general other dramatic things that you might expect to see in a story written for adults. Do not let the fact that the main character starts as a teenager fool you. It will get messy. It will get darker. People will die. Weed will be smoked. Romances will be had.
Begin reading Chum with the first chapter here. If that link is hard for you to click, here is the full URL: https://chumstory.wordpress.com/2023/07/05/1/. If you’d prefer, you can also read it on the RoyalRoad mirror, which can be found here, or at the following URL: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/71347/chum
There is now a Chum TvTropes Page and Chum Wiki (be wary of spoilers!) that could use some TLC. Feel free to contribute, if desired.
Table of Contents
Interludes
- “My Pop-Pop Moe, My Hero” by Samantha Small, age 7 and a half.
- 8.5
- DW.1
- An Interview with Morris “Moe” Small, of Horvath-Small Ltd.
- An Interview with Raj “Mr. Genesis” Chakravati, The First Superhero
- DW.2
- AMK.1
- AMK.2
- DZ.1
- An Interview with Felix “Doctor Necrosis” Fleischer, The World’s Most Notorious Supervillain
- SS.1
- IF.1
- IF.2
- MM.1
- IF.3
- BM.1
- MM.2
- LTN.1
- BA.1
- IF.4
- DH.1
- EF.1
Superhuman Entity Reports
- Superhuman Entity Report: Akilah “Puppeteer” Washington
- Superhuman Entity Report: Diane “Liberty Belle” Williams
- Superhuman Entity Report: Jeffery “Professor Franklin” Brown
- Superhuman Entity Report: Devonte “Playback” Harris
- Superhuman Entity Report: Amelia “Gossamer” Li
- Superhuman Entity Report: Maxwell “Crossroads” Martinez
- Superhuman Entity Report: Jamila “Gale” Fayad
- Superhuman Entity Report: Jason “Rampart” Reynolds
- Professional Asset Dossier – Evan “Mudslide” Williams
- Professional Asset Dossier – Blake “Mr. Tyrannosaur” Matthews
- Superhuman Entity Report: Daisy “Deathgirl” Zhen
- Superhuman Entity Report: Joseph “Pumice” Jones
World of Chum (Background Information)
- Superpowers and the PERKS Assessment
- Timelines (US and Philadelphia)
- Laws & Politics (US)
- Sports
- Hyperball
- Tech (1)
- Tech (2)
- Tech (3)
- Tech (4)
- Fashion
- Video Games
- The Economy
- Comics
- Animation
- Film
- Television
- Literature
- Web Media
- Music (1)
- Music (2)
- Music (3)
- The International Superhuman Coalition (ISC)
- Geopolitics & World Leaders
- Daedalus Correctional Facility
- Aurora Springs Residential Facility
- Superhero Insurance
- Bachelors of Arts in Metahuman Studies
- Metahuman Visual Classifications
- Metahumans in Healthcare
- All About Metahuman Regeneration
- The Bracing Effect
- Anomalously Originated Material/”Capestuff”
- Education
- Gadgeteering (1)
- Costume Design
- Private Superheroing
- Auto – destructive Activation Events
- Power Laws (1)
- Power Laws (2)
- Power Laws (3)
- The Big Raid (1)
- The Big Raid (2)
- The Big Raid (3)
- Dynology / Superpower Analysis (1)
- Dynology / Superpower Analysis (2)
- Cybersecurity VS Technopaths
- News (1)
- News (2)
- The Federation of Saharan States (FSS)
- Religion (1)
- Metahuman Economics (1)
- Metahuman Economics (2)
- Metahuman Children (1)
- Metahuman Children (2)
- Metahuman Psychotherapy
- Jump & Fly
- Superhuman Anatomy
- Superhuman Relationships (1)
- Superhuman Relationships (2)
- Guns (1)
- Guns (2)
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