Mercury's Wake

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Welcome to the metaverse of Mercury’s Wake (the podcast)* where the paranormal, alien encounters, parallel universes, quantum jumping, and karmic destiny can’t hold a candle to real life.

Mercury's Wake: Histories and Premonitions The Lamentable Story of Imani Cosmos Following bereavements and breakdowns, Imani begins to heed the unseen. Players: Imani’s Father: Peter NikkosImani: Gwyneth MackenzieMarco: Jonathan MedinaGeoff: Kenny RicciNurse: S VlahosImani’s Mother: Anindo Marshall “Je Suis Le Petit Homme” lyrics and music SVlahos ©SVlahos2020 “Girl, you got it goin’ on” lyrics and music SVlahos ©SVlahos2020 FX Sounds courtesy of Freesounds.com: Marco’s Theme: FoolBoyMedia “new York jazz loop” 347848Geoff’s Ringtone: jgreer “calling you”555699Sound of the people: felix blume “market-in-africa” 173153Geoff Theme: anechoix “Game Music, jazz loops, jazz loop 3”Mother Theme: Kai Hansen “Kalimba-song” 24515Father Theme: cunningar807 “Sad Violin” 377258Childhood: Moonlight Dancer “Incy wincy spider” 201914Plane: tim.kahn “plane flyover takeoff”199263Highschool hallway: kyles “Crowd int high school hallyway light active”450442Connecticut exterior: Allirog “crickets and whiny insect” 456821Gallery Noise: dashe15 “noise_gallery” 584313

Bonus Track 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 MackenzieMarco: Jonathan MedinaGeoff: Kenny RicciNurse: S VlahosAugusta: S VlahosOnstage Actor: S VlahosImani’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” 347848Geoff’s Ringtone: jgreer “calling you”555699Geoff Theme: anechoix “Game Music, jazz loops, jazz loop 3”Mother Theme: Kai Hansen “Kalimba-song” 24515Father Theme: cunningar807 “Sad Violin” 377258Plane: tim.kahn “plane flyover takeoff”199263Connecticut exterior: Allirog “crickets and whiny insect” 456821London Taxi: Kyles “Uganda, communal taxi” 407104Sound in empty theater: _isragallo_ “Silence_movie_theater” 514305Footsteps: wolfdoctor “Lots of Footsteps” 555116Keys: sKydran “Key Noises” 131437Soap theme song: DDmyzik “Fairy Logo” 476707Theme song for Paper Zoo: pogmothoin “hesitant mysterious glockenspiel tune” 401674London Underground: InspectorJ “London Underground, arriving” 401989Mango store: azumarill “Websters department store” 330543Kennedy Airport arrivals: jjamespacap “car horns Morocco” 268015Thunder and Rain: FlatHill “Rain and Thunder” 237729Car driving up Hill: deathicated “South Africa” 137978Oxygen Machine: Nixeno “hospital room” 417957Screen Door: snardin42 “Screen Door Opening and Closing” 45643Lawnmower” alinistcog “lawnmower–drone” 125784Butterfly at screen window: Yuval “butterfly wings” 198818Party: thorvandahl “Small Party Walla” 77003News Theme: chimerical “Countdown News Intro” 107330

An astronaut sits in the perverse solitude of a spaceship hurtling to Mars or... somewhere. But we’re all on a journey with uncertain ends, what matters is the journey, right? (00:00) John K. Mercury (00:18) I am on a journey to Mars (00:44) Imani Cosmos (01:03) Before Chaos (02:02) Vegas is for opportunists (02:19) Cinematic Audio Fiction (02:33) Mr Invisible (03:00) Room Service (03:22) Bozzy O'Reilly (03:40) "If you knew how lucky you are, you would be more god than mortal." Mercury’s Wake ©Stephanie Vlahos 2020

Introduction - April the full Audio Book and Ebook. (00:00) John K. Mercury "You want me to talk about irony? You want me to feed into some kind of fascination with other people's tragedies? You want me to paint a picture? Hell, it'll take me years to tell someone what I saw. And that would have to be someone who made me feel safe, not fucking exposed. You're all killers swear." (00:18) I am on a journey to Mars "I'm busting through particles, deep space feels like inverted energy. I'm travelling to Mars and I'm travelling alone. As I float in the inconceivable distance, I can still see the blue green Earth." (00:44) Imani Cosmos "I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry." "You're just on the first page. That's mine, by the way. And my advice is read on. You might get hooked. That's what happened to me. Apparently, that's what happens to everyone who reads John K." (01:03) Before Chaos "You know what the book was? The book. The killer threw it off before he sprayed gunshot everywhere. John K. I see you're reading that book." "John K. Yes. I give it to all my strippers. Everyone gets something from it, even if they just fell off a turnip truck."  "John K is an artefact. I'm an anthropologist. What survives inspires me. On my way up from a dig at Chaco Canyon, I discovered a blown out Cadillac. In it was a book about an astronaut named John K. Mercury. " "Now, as far as I know, we've yet to send a man to Mars. But the thing is, this book was a Journal about an astronaut on his first mission to Mars. Yet the book, like the car, was nearly fossilised." "Come on. Who left that book and for what reason?" (02:02) Vegas is for opportunists "America started with witch on slavery, the Trail of Tears, England. Where shall I begin?" "I guess it's encouraging that Americans send romantic connections to Indigenous people who were killed off in one manner or another by their ancestors." (02:19) Cinematic Audio Fiction "What do you want to hear? You saw it on TV. You want to know the difference between real life and fiction? Nothing." "Do you think what we experienced was evil?" (02:33) Mr Invisible "I said something, but you didn't listen, did you? Death to the hypocrisy." (03:00) Room Service "This is Vegas, baby." "I mean, everything's here." "People are here." "And us. We're parallel universes. One positive, one negative." (03:22) Bozzy O'Reilly "Imani. Would you do me a favour? Would you hold my hand just a little ways?" (03:40) "If you knew how lucky you are, you would be more god than mortal." "When the book John Kay hit bookstores, it was an instant bestseller. I found it on the internet like everyone else in search of answers. The book was nothing, really a sad story about a nobody named John K. Mercury on the first mission to Mars. Stupid. Right? Here's the thing. Once you read John K's story, you got lost and you didn't want to return. I loved that book."  "Until." "Am I in the centre of the infinite or the centre of my infinite? Do I die on this mission?" "No." "I Am a Motorcyclist in a hailstorm Recklessly Speeding by the Grace of a Slipstream.  "Goddammit John K." "Mercury's wake the Journey Continues." Chapters, images & show notes powered by vizzy.fm. Mercury's Wake moves from London to New York City, Connecticut, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Kentucky, Texas, and the Nevada Desert, oh, and Mars.

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"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." “Pretty heavy.” “It’s dystopian.” “I mean, what are the odds? Is that the title?” "'What drama may come.' Yeah.” “And this happens in Vegas?” “It’s what I know.” “Boz! I got here a little early!” Bozzy was relieved to see Sadie, who instantly vibed the man at the bar. “Christ, please don’t tell me he’s here again. He’s creepy. Walk away, right?" Twenty-four-hours are only the start of a very long weekend in Before Chaos, which introduces seven strangers in the Mercury's Wake series, where seemingly random events present a cosmic tension of premonition and foreboding. Audio Drama to follow and like. The Journey Continues - Mercury's Wake - Before Chaos - Episodic Fiction for your ears. Every Journey has a left turn. Discover More

Introducing the full mystery novel Mercury's Wake. 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. Every Journey has a left turn.

"I am a motorcyclist in a hailstorm, recklessly speeding by the grace of a slipstream." – John K. Mercury JOHN K. The book that started it all. A Cadillac abandoned in the desert. A mysterious manuscript. Eight strangers drawn into a four-day reality-bending weekend in Las Vegas. Premonitions. High-stakes gambling. UFOs. Parallel universes. An alien prophecy. Ordinary people collide with extraordinary forces as the world tilts toward chaos.

Eight strangers cross paths in Las Vegas. It begins with a Cadillac, a mysterious book, and a road trip to Mars. The journey begins.

Luck-junky Bozzy O’Reilly races to Vegas chasing fortune. But when he meets Imani Cosmos in a pop-up Keno room that may be an interdimensional rift, his luck takes a dangerous turn. Every journey has a left turn.

Behind the bar at Caesars, Bozzy encounters Joe—a man with eyes as black as locusts, writing a screenplay about a horrific Vegas event. Is Joe a prophet, or something far darker? The storm is coming.

Music industry maverick Rhea Quackenheimer arrives for a “Weirdo Cool” event. But as reality fractures, she must ask: is she alive, or already dead? Vegas is for opportunists—but opportunity has a price.

Bozzy delivers room service to a Mafioso’s suite. What should be routine becomes a karmic dance between fate and chance. Is this the end—or just the beginning? The long weekend accelerates toward chaos.

“I am a motorcyclist in a hailstorm, recklessly speeding by the grace of a slipstream.” — John K. Mercury John K. Mercury — the first astronaut chosen for humanity’s journey to Mars — vanished before the mission could be completed. No signal. No wreckage. No answers. Decades later, his mission journal is rediscovered in the New Mexico desert. A printed book that should not exist. A text that appears older than the mission itself. And yet, inside its pages, John K.’s voice feels impossibly alive. What begins as a mystery becomes something far more compelling. The journal describes not just the silence of deep space, but the wonder he found there. Not just isolation, but connection. Not just fear, but a fierce, unexpected hope for the future of humanity. As scientists, archivists, sceptics, and believers examine the rediscovered text, each voice finds something different in its pages — a warning, a prophecy, a confession, or a promise. And slowly, a picture emerges of a man who may not have been alone after all. A derelict rover buried in Martian dust. A manuscript encoded into telemetry. A four‑day stretch of writing where reality seems to bend toward possibility. Premonitions. Quantum echoes. Unexplained signals. And through it all, a message that feels like it was written for us. This multicast audio drama weaves together John K.’s rediscovered journal with the voices of those who study it, argue over it, and are changed by it. A mystery, yes — but also a reminder: Even at the edge of the unknown, hope survives.