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55: All for Love

December 23, 2025 / J. Griffin Hughes / Leave a comment

2019. She returned to her quiet apartment after another long day at Sunset Gardens and slipped off her shoes at the door before returning her coat to its hook. “Honey, I’m home,” she said softly.  Her cat came out to meet her, a fluffy little monster, responding less to her voice than the opening of … Continue reading 55: All for Love

51: Justice to be Served

November 25, 2025 / J. Griffin Hughes / Leave a comment

2019. Morning frost clung to the edges of the star-shaped reflecting pool in Titan City Justice Center courtyard, holding in place fallen leaves that stuck halfway-in, halfway-out of the water. Gracie bundled up in the black overcoat Stephen had provided her, wearing the suit that had been purchased for her courier job with Snyder-Finn. Gracie … Continue reading 51: Justice to be Served

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • From Kirkus Reviews
  • Foreword to Legacy of the Crimson Wraith
  • From “Nights of Justice: a Study of Titan City’s Crimson Wraith”
  • Part One
    • 1: The Watcher in Red
    • 2: Shadows at Sunset
    • 3: Scream of the Blue Banshee
    • 4: A Stranger in True Crime 
    • 5: Whispers from a Friend
    • 6: Blood, Glass, and Ghost
    • 7: The Hunger and the Hustle
    • 8: What Price Justice?
    • 9: The Wraith’s First Flight
    • 10: Don’t Be Afraid
    • 11: Return to Sunset
    • 12: A Father’s Love
    • 13: What is Lawful and What is Right
    • 14: A Ghost, Freshly risen
    • 15: Hancock’s Plan
    • 16: You Cannot Kill Me Again
    • 17: Fifteen Seconds 
    • 18: Defender of the Defenseless
    • 19 The Other Side of Purgatory
  • Part Two
    • 20: Miss Chapel
    • 21: The Killer
    • 22: Your Weirdo Pal in a Cape
    • 23: The Convict
    • 24: Bowling and Baloney
    • 25: The Cook
    • 26: Occupied Territory
    • 27: The Crusader
    • 28: A Chance and a Choice
    • 29: Faces in Old Photographs
    • 30: Enter the Zephyr
    • 31: Perspective Provided
    • 32: A Seat at the Table 
    • 33: Unmasked
  • Part Three
    • 34: The Wily Wisp
    • 35: Into the Crypt
    • 36: The Monte Cristo Code
    • 37: A Lineage of Mask and Cloak
    • 38: Trial of the Crimson Wraith
    • 39: First Steps
    • 40: The Silver Arrow of Lady Luna
    • 41: To Know Things
    • 42: The Return of Shadowmaster
    • 43: The Weight of a Cape
    • 44: In the Lair of Shadowmaster
    • 45: Boxing with Shadows
    • 46: Face-to-Face with Shadowmaster
    • 47: When a Wraith Retires
    • 48: A Matter of Grave Importance
    • 49: Prison, Institution, or the Grave
    • 50: The Playwright of Peril
    • 51: Justice to be Served
    • 52: Curtains for the Troubador
    • 53: Different Choices
    • 54: Love Whispers
    • 55: All for Love

Copyright J. Griffin Hughes 2025

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