Opening Pandora's Box

Ryan Matthews had a standard answer to questions about his past. He'd been adopted by an older couple when he was 10. They loved him, and he loved them, and they probably didn't deserve the wild teen he'd been.

But that answer was beginning to seem a little thin. He had unanswered questions. And lately he had nightmares that seemed more like memories — memories that didn't fit that narrative at all.

So who was Ryan Matthews, really? And why were there drawings of him — erotic drawings of him — in the chest in his adopted parents' bedroom? Something was buried deep in his memories, and it was leaking out.

A collection of short stories in the Newsroom PDX series. EWN thinks of Ryan as their own private soap opera — and that's what they do know. What they don't know? Well, that's what short stories are for. Enjoy. Caution: The short stories may have more triggers and/or sex than the series itself. You've been warned!