Before Brightside: Mandy

Brightside #0.5

by Mark Tullius

Teenage Joe Nolan's telepathy turns an intimate mistake into a dangerous lesson about secrets, long before the government sends him to Brightside.

Before telepaths were rounded up and locked away in Brightside, Joe Nolan was just a teenager drowning in everyone else's thoughts. A compromising encounter with Mandy forces him to reckon with desire, secrecy, embarrassment, and the cost of knowing what someone else never meant to say out loud.

A short prequel to the Brightside Saga. Read it before or after the novel; longtime readers will catch more of what it quietly reveals about Joe.

Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Black Mirror, and psychological science-fiction thrillers.

Every secret has a price. Joe is just learning the exchange rate.

Audible Audio

Published December 21, 2016

About the author

My writing covers a wide range, with fiction being my favorite to create, with two dozen or so titles under my belt. There are 21 titles in my YA interactive Try Not to Die series and 30 more in the works. I also have two nonfiction titles, both inspired by a reckless lifestyle, playing Ivy League football, and battering the hell out of my brain as an unsuccessful MMA fighter and boxer. Unlocking the Cage is the largest sociological study of MMA fighters to date and TBI or CTE aims to spread awareness and hope to others that suffer with traumatic brain injury symptoms.

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Reviews

[Crystal DeBoard]

A very descriptive and attention-grabbing short story.