A Novel
The Vanishing Act
When Gary is arrested for a murder he doesn't remember committing, he begins to question his own innocence. He is placed under the supervision of an unconventional attorney named Steven. With Steven, Gary becomes cautiously optimistic about his chances to clear his name. That is until people he's known start to feel like fragmented pieces of something more unsettling.
As the case unfolds and Gary learns more, he starts to believe Steven may have motives of his own. And the people he once knew, start to feel more like hidden pieces of himself.
Gary's reality starts to break throughout the trial. The line between his memories and reality starts to blur. As he is forced to dig into buried parts of his past, he uncovers shocking truths about the present. Ones that make him realize the murder investigation is an interrogation of his own mind.
"How do you know a person is real?"
Chapter One
Does anyone ever plan to get arrested for murder? Is it possible to forget, to block out, the act of killing someone? These questions circled Gary's brain, his head lay down on a cold, steel bench. He spent the night in a holding cell, at best a couple hours of sleep here and there. Turns out a holding cell isn’t exactly quiet, or comfortable. You feel the cold, frigidness of everything creep through your skin, into your bones. All of the concrete, steel, clinking—it all seeps in deep. Talk about discomfort.