As I turned back to my mother, I noticed a book on her bed table. Funny, I hadn't seen it there before. It had a holographic image of the Earth for its cover with the title JOHN K.
Imani joins Geoff in London for a unique theater opportunity, only to be set back by the pandemic. But that’s not the only setback. When she emerges from the London Tube at Regent Street, Imani receives a phone message from America and learns that her mother is dying. Imani flies back to Connecticut to see her mother for the last time.
Players:
- Imani: Gwyneth Mackenzie
- Marco: Jonathan Medina
- Geoff: Kenny Ricci
- Nurse: S Vlahos
- Augusta: S Vlahos
- Onstage Actor: S Vlahos
- Imani’s Mother: Anindo Marshall
Mercury's Wake ©SVlahos2020
"Je Suis Le Petit Homme" lyrics and music SVlahos ©SVlahos2020
"Melody" lyrics and music SVlahos ©SVlahos2020
FX Sounds courtesy of Freesounds.com:
- Marco’s Theme: FoolBoyMedia “new York jazz loop” 347848
- Geoff’s Ringtone: jgreer “calling you”555699
- Geoff Theme: anechoix “Game Music, jazz loops, jazz loop 3”
- Mother Theme: Kai Hansen “Kalimba-song” 24515
- Father Theme: cunningar807 “Sad Violin” 377258
- Plane: tim.kahn “plane flyover takeoff”199263
- Connecticut exterior: Allirog “crickets and whiny insect” 456821
- London Taxi: Kyles “Uganda, communal taxi” 407104
- Sound in empty theater: _isragallo_ “Silence_movie_theater” 514305
- Footsteps: wolfdoctor “Lots of Footsteps” 555116
- Keys: sKydran “Key Noises” 131437
- Soap theme song: DDmyzik “Fairy Logo” 476707
- Theme song for Paper Zoo: pogmothoin “hesitant mysterious glockenspiel tune” 401674
- London Underground: InspectorJ “London Underground, arriving” 401989
- Mango store: azumarill “Websters department store” 330543
- Kennedy Airport arrivals: jjamespacap “car horns Morocco” 268015
- Thunder and Rain: FlatHill “Rain and Thunder” 237729
- Car driving up Hill: deathicated “South Africa” 137978
- Oxygen Machine: Nixeno “hospital room” 417957
- Screen Door: snardin42 “Screen Door Opening and Closing” 45643
- Lawnmower” alinistcog “lawnmower–drone” 125784
- Butterfly at screen window: Yuval “butterfly wings” 198818
- Party: thorvandahl “Small Party Walla” 77003
- News Theme: chimerical “Countdown News Intro” 107330
Mercury's Wake
Mercury's Wake podcast by Stephanie Vlahos is an audio drama based on the mystery novel.
A white Cadillac stands like a sentinel in the New Mexico desert. In it is a book about an astronaut on his first mission to Mars. How that book becomes a bestseller is bewildering; how it impacts those who read it is a mystery yet to be unraveled.
Before Chaos tells the story of seven strangers whose chance encounters tip their lives into unexpected directions.
"The monster emerges out of the mire, spewing grim heartbreak in a voice fractured by whiskey and cigarettes. Tragedies are all the same except, maybe, how they came to be. But no one cares about that."
Over a long weekend, strangers converge in Caesars Palace Las Vegas. Peculiar weather events, UFO sightings, paranormal experiences, and real-life tragedies (suggesting an even larger reckoning) transform ordinary people into extraordinary visionaries for they discover innate powers that touch the mind-bending unknowns in our universe while solving deeper mysteries about themselves.
Author
I'm a storyteller. I draw inspiration from my career journey as professional opera singer, performance artist, mentor, and writer/stage director. Arguably, the deepest impressions made along the way were the fascinating people. Mercury's Wake is a unique work in that it is “author-illustrated" with lyrics and original music. Music is my version of painting.
The Audible features freely-conceived songs in the style of cherished "standards." For me, adding music is like adding a watermark, but more importantly, if all of us have a soundtrack for our lives, why not a novel?
As a Professional Opera Singer and Actor Stephanie Vlahos was known as "The Moonlighting Diva" in Los Angeles with her Performances of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
Working as a Writer and Director she cites meeting both Dr Seuss and Rod Serling as 'influences' from her childhood. Fast forwarding past the Twilight Zone - welcome to Mercury's Wake.
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Where can I buy Mercury's Wake - Day One: Before Chaos?
The full book in paperback, hardback, kindle or audio book is available via Amazon.