Marty Edison isn’t feeling his usual, energetic self. When his best friend proposes a mountain drive to lift his spirits, Marty gladly accepts. Like old times, it is just the two of them…plus the Voice in Marty’s head. That detail is new but Marty is keeping it to himself. Voice’s orders.

As they bounce through the mountains in the appropriately named Beast, Marty’s mental health takes a turn for the worse. The escalating hallucinations make the Voice’s input sound downright reasonable, if only Marty will listen. And then there is the creature, lying in wait, crouched in the middle of the road. While this isn’t Marty’s first ride of the Beast, it is shaping up to be his last.

In this Psycons & Grace series prequel, Marty Edison’s accident introduces the fractured reality that will plague his son, Travis.

"Demergence"

by Tyler J. Yates