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    Still Life (I Am Mercury series - Book 5)
    Still Life (I Am Mercury series - Book 5)
    Still Life (I Am Mercury series - Book 5)
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    Still Life (I Am Mercury series - Book 5)

    By Grant Piercy

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    Reporter Tyrrell Garrett survived a terrible confrontation with an unidentified assailant. Now he’s chasing the story of a woman whose life was stolen away due to her association with the fugitive Alex Graves. Who has the answers? This is the fifth novella of the I AM MERCURY series.

    I AM MERCURY is a nine-part serial suspense thriller about visions of other worlds, the stories we tell ourselves, and the things we do for love. Each short novella in the series features a different narrator, a different lens through which to view the events of the series. After the riot at Yorkville State Pen, journalists and spies spar off, protestors march forward, and dangerous games play out. What do these interlocking stories mean for each other, and how will they coalesce?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrant Piercy
    Release dateMar 4, 2017
    ISBN9781370457694
    Still Life (I Am Mercury series - Book 5)
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    Grant Piercy

    Grant Piercy is the author of THE ERASED SAGA and I AM MERCURY. He lives with his family in Columbus, Ohio.

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      Still Life (I Am Mercury series - Book 5) - Grant Piercy

      STILL LIFE

      a novella

      I AM MERCURY, BOOK V

      By Grant Piercy

      Published by Grant Piercy at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2017 Grant Piercy

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this work, in whole or in part, in any form.

      Cover art by Grant Piercy

      Edited by Emily Zapp

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited without the express written permission of the author.

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, organizations and products depicted herein are either a product of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously.

      Table of Contents

      dramatis personae

      epigraph

      (segue)

      1. disappear into

      2. the extent of his condition

      3. eyes

      4. reticular activating system

      5. better left unsaid

      (segue)

      about the author

      Dramatis Personae

      - Tyrrell Garrett, a journalist [narrator]

      - Tom Stockton, a journalist

      - Dodd, an editor

      - Sara, a girlfriend

      - Alex Graves, a fugitive

      - Daz Turner, a radio personality

      - Dr. Greene, a physician

      - Raymond Tierney, a patient

      - Donna Tierney, a guardian

      - Tricia Tierney, a learner

      - Marion Olander, a patient

      - Larunda Vor, a siren

      epigraph:

      I pray thee crush not my spirit with anguish and distress, O Queen.

      - Sappho, The Hymn of Aphrodite (5th Century BCE)

      (segue)

      We’ve just been discussing having him moved here. It seems like you’re better equipped than the hospital in Naperville to handle long-term care, if that’s what’s required, the middle-aged woman in the blasé pastels told Dr. Greene. We were hoping for a consultation. You’re so well-regarded in this area.

      Long-term care is our priority at St. Ignatius, he responded, having a seat behind his desk. I can recommend some people you can speak to. There’s a Dr. Elmore Heath that’s been here a number of decades that just refuses to retire. He rifled through an ancient rolodex while she clutched her purse and readjusted her nearly inch-thick glasses. She was with a younger girl, likely still in her teens, maybe twenties. Pretty, with straight black hair. Comparatively, the woman speaking was a haggard mess. What did you say your name was, Miss?

      Tierney. Donna Tierney. It’s my husband, he’s been in a coma for a number of days now and the doctors have been telling us... she trailed off into a brief spat of sobs and tears. They’ve been saying it’s time to look into long-term care. Doctors can’t diagnose him, or at least in any language I can understand. Honey, she said, turning to the younger girl with the straight hair, do you have the sheet they gave us?

      The pretty girl with the thick pink lips and the dead-eyed attitude reached into her bookbag and extracted a manila folder. She opened it briefly, then handed Dr. Greene a paper from inside. The diagnosis sheet explained the coma plainer than Donna Tierney could: damage to the ARAS. Most likely cause is

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