Stories by @mr_blue_sky

'83

After the severe Blizzard that struck all across America in early 1983, emergency officials are scouring through any city to rescue any citizens. But one such town, the struggling town of Fawn Circle, Minnesota, most of its citizens have mysteriously disappeared. Whilst trying to find clues, they come across a series of video and audio recordings that might piece together what happened... the dark, sickening truth, and how maybe the troubles are just beginning.

Orbison: In Dreams

The story of perhaps one of the most tragic musicians in all of rock. Roy Orbison, born in Texas on April 23rd, 1936, started his career in the late 1950s, and quickly became a popular icon in the early days of rock and roll. Although not as popular as, say, Elvis Presley or Johnny Cash, Roy still found plenty of success on par with the two, being praised for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. His songs conveyed a level of vulnerability rarely seen before, whereas most other musicians at the time chose to be more macho. He performed with minimal motion and in black clothes, matching his dyed black hair and dark sunglasses. With hits including "Crying", "Oh, Pretty Woman", "In Dreams", "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)", "Running Scared", among plenty of others, Roy grew to be an iconic singer. Even when his first wife Claudette tragically died in a motorcycle accident on June 6th, 1966, and his two eldest sons (at the time) died in a house fire on September 14th, 1968, Roy eventually found his way back on his feet in the late 80s, when he re-recorded his most iconic songs and joined the Traveling Wilburys in the last year of his life, even hitting the charts posthumously with his swan song, "You Got It". Roy died of a heart attack on December 6th, 1988, at the age of 52, but his legacy still lives forever. After decades, his story is finally told, showcasing both his triumphs and tragedies.

Candle Cove

When he catches sight of an online thread, a teenage amateur decides to investigate a mysterious 1970s kids show titled "Candle Cove" as a chance for possible fame and fortune. As he speaks with surviving members/descendants of deceased others and uncovers old tapes, he uncovers a conspiracy that not even his younger mind could comprehend. And as he discovers the cruel and sickening truth behind the show's production, he finds himself tangled in the middle of a web of terror. If he happens to survive the ordeal, what innocence will be left of him?

70s MTVU

New choices for some characters within my "Spider-Man '77" sub-continuity.

Anthem

A young man known only as 'Equality 7-2521' lives as a rebellious black sheep of sorts in a society where individualism has been outlawed and technological advances have started over and carefully planned. After meeting a girl, 'Liberty 5-3000', he stumbles upon a sign of what the world of man used to be in the "Unmentionable Times". With Liberty joining him, what will they find together of the past? How will they live in the present? And what may lie for them in the future?

The Strange Case of Janus

Dr. Henry Jekyll, a seemingly gentle and kind-hearted man of science who owns a bust of the Roman god Janus, has recently developed a theory that a man's evil side can be separated from it's good side. Testing it out by concocting a serum, Jekyll transforms into a charming yet sinister version of himself, Edward Hyde. Taking to the streets of London, Mr. Hyde goes on a rampage, slaughtering, raping and robbing as he pleases. As his good friends and Jekyll's niece try to piece together the puzzle, Hyde might already be in control over Jekyll's life.

The Black Lagoon

When a fossil of an unusual creature are recovered from an uncharted jungle in South America, a small team of scientists and archeologists are sent near the waters of the Amazon to find if this beast is a mutation or an undiscovered monster. However, a living specimen of the thing, a prehistoric amphibian-like humanoid, watches them from afar, waiting for the chance to strike...until it grows an attraction towards one of the leading scientists. Is "Ricou", as the creature is soon nicknamed, cooperating with the team, or is he toying with them to get close to the leading scientist? Will any of them escape alive? And does the leading scientist show attraction to it as well?

Batman: Pick a Card, Any Card

The detective Batman, and his sidekick Robin, are on a new case involving people dying with disfigured grins on their faces. Batman and Robin realize that the killer is Alfred Stryker, a criminal now disfigured with a permanent grin, green hair and pale white skin, now going by the name of the Joker. When he seduces a psychiatrist to become his partner-in-crime, Batman and Robin must stop them from killing all of Gotham City with a dangerous toxin, all while trying to maintain their partnership.

Superman: Heart of Kryptonite

A month after the Justice League of America first forms, Lex Luthor sends out an ultimate killing machine out to destroy the League's leader and Luthor's archenemy, Superman; John Corben, now a cyborg known as Metallo, whose body is created out of Superman's weakness, Kryptonite. But with little help from the Justice League, how can Superman survive Metallo's Kryptonite attacks and save his hometown Metropolis? His answer...another survivor of his home planet Krypton; Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl! Can Superman and his cousin work together to defeat Metallo and defend Metropolis?

Justice League: United We Stand

Villainous sorcerer Felix Faust escapes from a 1,000 year suspension in animation and prepares to wreak havoc upon the Earth, planning to take it over. It almost seems as if the world is at it's end. Luckily, a teenager named Snapper Carr realizes the situation and, in a ditch effort, summons Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, the Marvel Family, Aquaman, Plastic Man, the Martian Manhunter, Metamorpho and the new superhero duo Hawkman and Hawkgirl together to stop Felix. They may be matched with his powers on their own, but together, they might learn to become something more...a team. And Thus, on March 28th, in the year 2025, the Justice League of America was born.

Metamorpho: The Element Man

Archeologist Rex Mason is sent out to retrieve a rare ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Orb of Ra. But it's all a ruse by his boss, Simon Stagg, in a plot to kill him for dating his daughter Sapphire. Rex is exposed to a radioactive meteorite from which the Orb was made from. The Orb transforms Rex into a shifting mass of chemicals who can adapt his body into any element. Taking on the name 'Metamorpho', he now must stop Stagg, his Neanderthal right-hand man, as well as his man-shaped vessel made from chemicals, along the way becoming the Element Man.

Martian Manhunter: Alien Atlas

Brilliant scientist Saul Erdel is testing a device that will allow him to communicate with other planets, when a beam caused by the machine accidentally teleports an alien known as J'onn J'onzz to Erdel's hometown of Denver, Colorado. J'onn J'onzz is one of Mars' last survivors, the first natural-born green martian in the White Martian race of humanoids who has lost most of his family to his twin brother Ma'alefa'ak, who was born with a resistance to fire, the weakness of the green Martians. When the arrival of J'onn destroys his machine and the notes as well, leaving J'onn stranded on Earth, Erdel has no choice but to become the Martian's mentor and encourages J'onn to help the people of Earth with his shape-shifting and ghostly powers. Taking the guise of police detective John Jones, J'onn must now stop Ma'alefa'ak from conquering Earth, becoming the Martian Manhunter, a bizarre but kind-hearted hero.

Bloodhound

Aristocrat Larry Talbot returns to his father's ancestral castle when his brother Frank dies in a hunting accident, seeking to tie up all loose ends in his life. He meets a pretty young woman named Gwen Conliffe, and the two go on a date that night. On that night, Gwen's close friend Jenny Williams is seen by Larry being viciously mauled by a large wolf. Though he's able to kill the wolf, Larry receives a bite from the wolf in the process. Unlike Jenny, Larry somehow survives. Later, he's told by a fortune teller named Maleva that the wolf he killed was her son Bela, and that Larry is in terrible danger. It's then Larry remembers he was bitten by Bela, passing the curse onto him. As Larry begins to transform into a werewolf himself, he must find a way to keep the people closest around him safe...all while trying to avoid the full moon.

Plague of the Vampyre

Lawyer Johnathan Harker is sent to meet in a castle in Transylvania with Count Vladimir Orlock III, also infamously known as Count Dracula, to help finalize a land deal. But Jonathan soon discovers that the Count is not exactly human, as he follows Jonathan to his home, targeting his fiancée Mina Murray, believing her to be the modern reincarnation of his long-dead wife Elisabeta. Jonathan, Quincey Morris, Arthur Holmwood, Dr. John Seward, and Professor Abraham Van Helsing must now unite to help stop Dracula and the modern-day Black Plague he carries before it gets more serious.

Life Without Soul

In the late 1700s, a Swiss scientist named Victor Frankenstein is obsessed with creating life from death, and builds an 8-foot humanoid from various cadavers, whom he names 'Adam'. However, Victor is repulsed by the final result and, after being turned away by other people, the latter begins to target all of the people closest to Victor. Now Victor must find a way to stop a living freak of nature who is essentially his own son.

The Invisible

Respected albino chemist Jack Griffin has discovered a formula allowing one to become invisible, unseen to the naked eye. His fiancée Flora Cecil and his colleague Arthur Kemp are very worried about Jack, who starts to lose his mind to the formula and pushes Flora out of his life. The next moment, Jack has apparently committed suicide. Soon Flora and Arthur learn that a problem can't truly vanish in thin air as an invisible Jack begins hunting the two of them all across the country. Flora and Arthur are caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse and must find a way to stop Jack. But has Jack's mind already been long gone?

His Creatures

A shipwreck survivor named Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote island somewhere along the South Seas. This island is home to the mysterious scientist Dr. Herbert G. Moreau, his estranged assistant Montgomery Kenton, and a peaceful if yet playful native named Lota, who begins to fall for Edward as the days go by. Edward soon finds out, however, that this island is home to more than just those three. An entire colony run by Moreau, all wearing clay animal masks. As Edward discovers the shocking and sickening truth behind Moreau's experiments, he and Lota might find that their bond between each other may prove stronger than Moreau ever anticipated... even if Lota isn't what she seems to be.

The Creature Commandos

In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War, the American government resurrects a lost top-secret experiment from WWII known as Project M. They hire hard-as-nails Lt. Matthew Shrieve to hire obscure metahumans from around the country to join. What he doesn't know is the people recruited were more unusual than Matthew thought. Did the M stand for Metahumans or something else? As he wonders this, Matthew reluctantly hires Sgt. Vincent Velcro, a vampire, Dr. Myrra Rhodes, a gorgon/woman hybrid, Warren Griffith, a werewolf, Dr. Nina Mazursky, a Gill-Woman/mermaid (though mainly Gill-Woman) hybrid, Khalis, a mummy and Pvt. Elliot 'Lucky' Taylor, a mute man resembling Frankenstein's Monster after losing his limbs in a landmine explosion. It's then Matthew realizes the 'M' stands for Monster. Can these ragtag group of misfits find a way to work together to stop a mad Nazi scientist lost since the 30s?

Howard the Duck: Trapped in a World He Never Made

In another galaxy, exists a planet very much like our Earth, only difference being it's inhabited by intelligent ducks, hence the name 'Duckworld'. One such duck, Howard Duckson, suddenly finds himself transported over to Cleveland on our Earth. He saves up and coming singer Beverly Switzler, and the two form a friendship. Meanwhile, scientists are trying to determine how to travel through different dimensions. But when one scientist is possessed by a demonic overlord, it will take a mighty heroic champion to stop him. Unfortunately, all of them are unavailable at this moment. The last thing Howard Duckson wanted was to be a hero. But how can he save both his world and our Earth? Howard will have to do for now.

Plastic Man: The Pliable Paladin

Safecracking henchman Patrick 'Eel' O'Brian is shot and doused in a vat of liquid, and is abandoned by his gang. He wakes up and finds that his skin can stretch into every which way. He attempts to commit suicide, but is confronted by former Arkham Asylum inmate Wolfgang "Woozy" Winks, who convinces him to use his powers for good. When a criminal mastermind, inventor, and scientist and a former nightclub singer with skin made of granite threatens his home city, Eel, dubbing himself 'Plastic Man' must test his powers and see if laughter triumphs over evil.