Unburnt

<p><strong><em>A different kind of superhero story...</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>After emerging unscathed from the house fire that killed his father Ed Stoneman had recurring dreams about rescuing himself as a boy sitting amongst the flames unburnt. The dream stopped once he became a firefighter later earning the nickname of Dodge by surviving a lethal flashover fire. Dodge embraced his supernatural imperviousness to the heat of fire by going in when no one should breaking the rules of rescue because he had to because he could. With the Wyoming steppe becoming increasingly arid and fires igniting every few days his 'talent' is needed now more than ever.<br><br>On his 50th birthday Dodge dreams of the boy not on fire for the first time in over 30 years. Chalking it up to stress he thinks nothing of it. With retirement from active fire duty in his near future he's depressed and aimless. Other than firefighting what purpose does he have? Twice divorced and childless believing himself to be infertile in exchange for his superpower of unknown origin he has no one to confide in but his cat and he daydreams of walking into a wildfire just to see if he'd finally burn. But when he answers an emergency call about a local house fire renewed purpose greets him in the flames making him question everything he once believed.</p>