START HERE: The Mercy Records
Welcome to The Mercy Records, a serialized horror story by Edward Rourke
START HERE: The Mercy Records
Welcome to The Mercy Records, a serialized horror story by Edward Rourke.
Mercy Furnace, Pennsylvania, is a town built on iron, coal, and secrets. In October 1976, Nora Bellamy returns home and discovers that some records were never meant to be opened—and some names were never meant to be remembered.
The school remembers.
The town remembers.
Attendance is still being taken.
Reading Order
Episode 1 — The Substitute
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Episode 2 — Attendance
Episode 3 — The Ledger Room
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Episode 4 — Slag Hill Woods
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Episode 5 — What Maggie Knows
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Episode 6 — The Filing Cabinet
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Episode 7 — October Fourteenth
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Additional episodes will be added here as they are published.
New Readers
If you’re new to The Mercy Records, begin with Episode 1 and read in order. Many mysteries, clues, and recurring details build from one episode to the next.
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Episode 1 — The Substitute