the story so far...
In Tyler's Inferno, Tyler confronts long-buried demons to reconcile with the root of all his wrongs: his father, and every thing his old man (or monster) left behind for Tyler to inherit upon conception. Wily demon deuteragonist PJ is a symptom of the culture, a mad-manic pixie nightmare out to punish Tyler for all things out of his control.

Tyler Leftson is a pathetic, misanthropic, schizoaffective, hyper-medicated high school dropout who can't finish a second of community college to save his own life. He's got mommy and daddy issues and lives with his kindly, senile grandma. She bakes him cookies!! He treats himself like a baby and does a lot of drugs. Even as this much of a burnout, at least gramma still believes in him...
He's plagued by visions of blood, guts, death and murder, and... sometimes, superpowers? Demon superpowers. When he tells granny, she only reminds him it's time for him to go back to church. Tyler tries, but the sights don't go away. Maybe he needs a different prescription...

Pierce Judecca Juarez is a tormented demon fugitive from the ninth circle of Hell awkwardly pretending to be a 17 year-old NPC. He escapes Satan's law and finds refuge in Earth's very own New Jersey as a Westmart employee. PJ craves teenage rebellion, violence, revenge, and smoldering angst... It's in his blood, right? He can't fight who he is. PJ is addicted to marijuana and making things die.