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    Despite himself, Charles was mesmerized by this strange version of Edwin Payne that had something of Hellfire to him. And he was so very close … “His eyes are decidedly less honest than yours. Intriguing... Never pegged Charles Rowland for a liar.”
    “Careful, luv.” The voice was a sing-song drawl, accompanied by the same scraping sound drawing ever closer. “You know I get jealous.” There, lit faintly by moonlight, was Charles Rowland – face pale, grin wide and eyes cast in shadows, twirling a cricket bat that had been studded with nails glinting wickedly like iron stars. “What you think, Win? I say there can only be one.”

    A string of grave robbings leads the Dead Boy Detectives to stumble into a ritual, summoning versions of themselves, who have experienced a very different afterlife. Not only is there a pack of hellhounds on their heels, they also won’t stop at chaos nor bloodshed to carve out their place in the world – and remove their superfluous doppelgangers in the process.
    As Crystal desperately tries to master her powers and keep the fabric of reality from unraveling, the boys need to stop their nefarious doubles. To make matters infinitely more confusing, the two delinquents are madly in love...

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    15 Jun 2026

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  2. Public Bookmark 46

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    Edwin Payne was the best necromancer the Fifth House had ever produced. Death had touched his hands and his mouth and his eyes, had cradled his skull and marked him as its favourite son. He had plumbed depths of Fifth House history that had slumbered untouched for centuries, mining long-forgotten seams of knowledge. He had bled for it, starved for it, broken himself open and hollowed himself out. He had made a home of himself for spirit magic, his legs its foundations and his ribcage its vaulted ceiling. He had spoken with the dead, and he had walked the River.

    Which was why it was so embarrassing that he was about to be murdered in his bed by some two-bit thug.

     

    Seventy-three years after he was pushed into the River, a liminal place filled with hungry ghosts, Edwin Payne has finally succeeded in clawing his way out. All he wants is to be left alone with his research, but to his dismay, the head of his House insists he take a cavalier to protect him – and to make sure he’s behaving himself. But not everyone is happy to hear that Edwin’s back, and when an attempt on his life by the very man who pushed him into the River all those years ago almost ends in tragedy, it’s time to get even.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    omg i love this so so so so so so much a;ldkfjpoqijwe

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    "I promise I will not tell anyone else about what happens in this room tonight." Tim swears, raising his hand like he's making a pledge, "Regardless of whether or not I choose to accept and/or enact your proposed plan."

    "Ok great!" Kon grinned wide and bright before something nervous caught in it. Barely a moment later he smoothed it out again, flipped to the second page of his presentation, and announced, "I think we should have a friends with benefits arrangement."

    Regardless of whether or not he'd previously agreed to hearing Kon's proposal out, he could not have possibly stopped the knee jerk, "Absolutely not." From leaving his mouth.

    "You promised!" Kon accused, pointing a finger at him, "You said you'd hear me out properly."

    ……………………….

    Or, Tim and Kon engage in the weirdest game of platonic gay chicken the world has ever seen.

    (There’s no cliff hangers at the ends of chapters, so you can easily read it as is even though it’s currently a WIP)

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  4. Public Bookmark 39

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    The day Tim had the wonderful idea to offer Kon a place to live had been a moment of inattention that's now costing him his sanity. But Kon had had such a miserable expression and his eyes had been so sad that... Yes, Tim Drake Wayne was going to start living with his best friend, the one he's had the biggest crush on for God knows how long, and it's all his fault.

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    Tim thinks it's a good idea to move in with Kon to an apartment in Gotham while harboring unrequited feelings for him. Things happen.

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  5. Public Bookmark 60

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    “What was my name back in our old home?” 

    His dad abruptly stood up and left the room. His mother stared at her hands for a few, seemingly infinite moments.

    He had foolishly not realized the gravity of his mistake and the rare opportunity his question meant for their future.

    His mother seemed to gather her bearings after a few moments but still glanced at him like he transformed into something horrifyingly unfamiliar.

    Her lips weakly stretched into a sad mirage of a smile.

    Something about the twist of her lips looked like the porcelain pieces of her facade were cracking. 

    “Don’t worry about who you were then, Timothy. Focus on your name now. It’s the only one that’s going to be worth anything.”  


    The trials and tribulations of Timothy Jackson Drake in his new home of Gotham, featuring green nights, cultural dissonance, overbearing friends, a crazed bat creature, shadows, parental guilt, smiling clowns, and the birth of an oriole.

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