Trust me, it'll all just get weirder

10/18/22 • 29 min

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Friday, the beginning of a crazy long weekend

Imani Cosmos takes a short flight out of a bad relationship to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where alternate realities begin to seize control of her future.

Every Journey has a left turn.

Before Chaos is an original podcast written by Stephanie Vlahos, based on the sci-fi novel Mercury's Wake – The Long Weekend now available in Kindle and paperback. at Amazon.

Wanna get a sneak peek of what happens next? Here's a quick grab from Mercury's Wake – The Long Weekend:

The paths of eight strangers cross on a 4-day reality-bending weekend in Las Vegas that is headed toward a diabolical event at the Pompeii Amphitheater, and it all begins with a Cadillac and a book entitled, JOHN K – I'm on a Road Trip to Mars.

The Journey Continues

Friday, the beginning of a crazy long weekend

Imani Cosmos takes a short flight out of a bad relationship to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where alternate realities begin to seize control of her future.

Every Journey has a left turn.

Before Chaos is an original podcast written by Stephanie Vlahos, based on the sci-fi novel Mercury's Wake – The Long Weekend now available in Kindle and paperback. at Amazon.

Wanna get a sneak peek of what happens next? Here's a quick grab from Mercury's Wake – The Long Weekend:

The Journey Continues

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You have one new message - The Book of Imani

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 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

Next Episode

That’s mine by the way – The Book of Bozzy

Luck-junky, Bozzy O’Reilly hightails it to Vegas to try his luck. But he gets more than he anticipated. His world tips after he meets Imani Cosmos in a pop-up Keno room that might be an inter-dimensional hole in Caesars.

Every Journey has a left turn.

Before Chaos is an original podcast written by Stephanie Vlahos, based on the sci-fi novel Mercury's Wake – The Long Weekend now available in Kindle and paperback. at Amazon.

Wanna a sneak peek of what happens next? Here's a quick grab from Mercury's Wake – The Long Weekend:

The Journey Continues