On May 5th, Mirage releases — a psychological thriller about a town searching for answers and the unsettling possibility that belief may shape reality more than truth. I’ve spent a long time with this one, and I’m ready to let it find the readers it was meant for.
Zorn heard the rhythm before he knew he was listening. Coffee machine hissed. Fork tapped porcelain. Neon buzzed over the bar. Different sounds — same spacing. He looked up. The waitress wiped the counter in slow, even passes. A man at the window lifted his cup at the exact moment the ceiling fan clicked overhead. Outside, a car idled in patient intervals, like it was breathing with the room. Zorn stopped moving. For one suspended second, everything held — as if the place waited for a signal he couldn’t hear. The radio popped. Every motion resumed together. Zorn swallowed. Nobody reacted. Nobody noticed. But he knew. The timing wasn’t theirs.
On May 5th, Mirage releases — a psychological thriller about a town searching for answers and the unsettling possibility that belief may shape reality more than truth. I’ve spent a long time with this one, and I’m ready to let it find the readers it was meant for.
Zorn heard the rhythm before he knew he was listening.
Coffee machine hissed.
Fork tapped porcelain.
Neon buzzed over the bar.
Different sounds — same spacing.
He looked up.
The waitress wiped the counter in slow, even passes. A man at the window lifted his cup at the exact moment the ceiling fan clicked overhead. Outside, a car idled in patient intervals, like it was breathing with the room.
Zorn stopped moving.
For one suspended second, everything held — as if the place waited for a signal he couldn’t hear.
The radio popped.
Every motion resumed together.
Zorn swallowed.
Nobody reacted. Nobody noticed.
But he knew.
The timing wasn’t theirs.