Midnight Stories
Psychological Drama · fiction

The Message After the Funeral

By the time Vivian Cole’s funeral began, Grant Mercer had already practiced his grief in three different mirrors. He had practiced it in the black marble bathroom of their Greenwich home, tilting his face downward until the light caught the shadows under his eyes. He had practiced it in the tinted window of the limousine on the way into New...

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Genre
Psychological Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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