Black Iris

Project Overview

Black Iris is a young adult superhero fantasy about legacy, identity, and the terrifying moment when a young person discovers that power does not arrive in the form she expected. 

Isabelle “Izzy” Moralis has spent her life in the shadow of her aunt Morgan, a history teacher who also happens to be Black Iris, a public superhero, defender of the weak, and Keeper of the Deadlands. Izzy knows she is supposed to inherit the mantle one day, but knowing the family legacy does not make it any easier to live with. Morgan is powerful, glamorous, beloved, and embarrassing in exactly the way only family can be. 

When a supernatural threat appears at Robert Heinlein Middle School, Izzy is forced out of training and into real danger. What begins as another uncomfortable day near her aunt’s secret life becomes the moment Izzy discovers that her own powers are not simply a smaller version of Morgan’s. They are stranger, wilder, and much harder to control. 

At its core, Black Iris is about a teenage girl learning that inheritance is not imitation. Izzy does not have to become her aunt to become a hero. She has to understand who she is, what she can do, and how to carry a legacy without disappearing inside it. 

The story blends superhero action, mythology, humor, and coming-of-age fantasy into a character-driven short about family, anxiety, transformation, and the first step toward becoming something entirely her own.