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58: What Love Is

January 13, 2026 / J. Griffin Hughes / Leave a comment

2019. “Can we talk?” Kristen said quietly when they got to the register. She wasn’t holding eye contact with Gracie. “Yeah, sure,” said Gracie. She turned to Brianna, “You cool with that?” “Of course, go on. Go on.” They went out back to the back alley, and before Gracie could ask how Kristen was, she … Continue reading 58: What Love Is

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
  • Part Four
    • 56: Shifting Seasons
    • 57: The Psychedelic Torments of Doctor Oblivion
    • 58: What Love Is

Copyright J. Griffin Hughes 2025

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