Stories

One night annihilated their lives, destroyed every happiness they ever knew, scarred them beyond healing and murdered their desire to keep breathing. What was left behind was a reminder taunting them every moment that perhaps they would never get their lives back.

Each one of them was broken, angry and alone.

Each one of them desperately wanted some answers.

And, now together they are seeking vengeance.

Jim Blazak lives in a terrifically accepting world. If only his boyfriend would cooperate. Yeah, there are a couple of other problems. But Jim's bright. And funny. And he looks pretty hot without a shirt.

As Billy Roberts begins to heal from a broken hand, he must work to heal his relationship with his father. But trouble looms as his best friend, Dustin Smith, and his boyfriend, Brett Reilly, have secrets which threaten to tear them, and Billy, apart.

Tracy lives with his brother Callen, they moved to Florida for his brothers promotion and have come into contact with Callen's best friend from high school Alex or Chewy to most people who was a jerk, but just maybe he's changed.

Henry and his older brother William have suffered many years of abuse. They have been given a chance to leave there past behind and create a new life for themselves, but they have a dark secret that could cost them their second chance. How long can they keep this secret hidden before it starts hurting the people they care about.

When guitar wielding Marty happens upon know-it-all nerd Hrishi in the showers at college, he thinks he might have died and gone to heaven. But Hrishi is stronger than he looks, and Marty is about to discover that he has hidden depths himself.

Most people, at some point, meet someone who brings a complete change to their lives and makes a huge mess. Usually it is their true love, and they never part. But sometimes this person just vanishes, the only trace of their existence being the trail of destruction and reconstruction they have left behind. Oscar met that someone in the school's toilet. This is how it turned out.

Ian Randolph carries a lot of baggage and isn't the nicest man around. Then all of a sudden the boy with the bluest eyes storms into his life and throws his world off balance. Ian slowly learns to love and Micheal learns that love in real life is much more difficult, cruel, and deceiving, than in his books. Can they dodge all the curve balls that are thrown at them and carve out the relationship they both want?

After Adam Washburn recovers from a brutal beating that places him in a coma, and when he comes to he discovers he has an unusual ability. Now he has to decide how he is going to use this unique skill. Will he use it wisely or will it end up getting him into trouble?

Jonathan Crane "Scarecrow" entry in the Arkham Diaries. A series of short stories from the villain's viewpoint in the Batman universe.