Stories by @matthewobrien

Star Wars: Rex

Sequel to The Bad Batch and The Clone Wars. Set after the Disaster At Tantiss Base on Weyland and the retirement of Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair. Rex, with the remaining members of his Clone Resistance Network, continue what the batch had started, in the seemingly-impossible task of resisting the Galactic Empire.

Timeline 91695: The Horrors Of The Speed Force

Set in the adjacent timeline of my own DCU. In the fallout of James Gordon Jr's massacre of the Rouges, the Streak hasn't been the same, he's been harsher, grumpier, faster. When a disruption in the Speed Force prevents Streak from using his speed properly, he goes into it to find out what is causing the disruption. However, he comes across unexpected horrors within the Speed Force that were once unknown...

Timeline 91695: His Family Roots

Set in the adjacent timeline of my own DCU. Set in 2011. After Batman exposes the Court Of Owls operations to the world, Nightwing goes on a journey to discover how far back his family is tied to the court. In the end, Nightwing reconsiders everything that has ever happened to the Graysons and the Waynes, wondering what was fate and what was the court.

Timeline 91695: The Death Of The Rogues

Set in the adjacent timeline of my own DCU. Set in 2013. Details James Gordon Jr's dismantling of the Rouges, and neither the Streak nor the Devil can stop him. James Jr doesn't like the Rogues, he doesn't think they're worthy of being the Streak's villains, let alone his arch-enemies. His juxtaposition with the Rogues ideals and ethics drives him to take them out.

Timeline 91695: Devil

Set in the adjacent timeline of my own DCU. 8 episodes. In 1997, a string of kidnappings occurs from July to October. A man nicknamed Mister Cruel breaks into homes where children live, takes them, and sexually assaults them. If the parents get in the way, he'll sexually assault and kill them. This man is constantly on the run from the police. A cat burglar has several run ins with this man, she doesn't bother fighting him, but doesn't like him either. She contacts a GPD technician, known only as Enigma. They attempt to take him down, but aren't successful. During Mister Cruel's seventh assault, he is brutally beaten, nearly to death, and hung up on the GPD's entrance. His body covered in tally marks of the people he's killed, mostly the parents.

No Country For Old Men

Recasting of one of the best films ever made for 2024/2025.