Music is the muse Issue One - The Interview edition | Page 21

People went berserk. The noise was unbelievable. I smiled. Only then did I open my
eyes. The sight that greeted me was truly breath-taking. For a split second the pit right in
front of the stage was plunged into darkness, the searchlights ghosted over the auditorium
and illuminated not only rows upon rows of standing people but also the rows of seats in the
stalls, the wings and on the balconies. Everywhere arms were stretched out into the air, hands
waving, trying to grab hold of me. People screamed, clapped and whistled. They shouted my
name.
A shiver ran down my spine. I took a step closer to the edge of the stage and stood
there for a breathless, insane moment. It didn't last long er than the span of a heartbeat but
felt like a lifetime. I stood there like I'd been crucified: arms outstretched, head thrown back,
eyes closed. That was better than love, better than sex, better than any drug. That was what I
was living for. That was the dreaded bliss. How I'd missed that feeling! I was bathed in
applause. I only had to earn it, hadn't I?
The drums picked up speed again, the keyboards and a saxophone joined in. With a
smile, I sang the first line of Drums of doom. That song had been my first ever single. It had
also been my first number one in the British charts. It was still the Romeo's song most likely
to get played on the radio.
“Dance with me, baby, dance, to the drums, the drums, the drums of doom. Kiss me
baby, kiss me. Kiss me amidst this wasteland, tattoo me with your radioactive touch...”
Raoul Sinclair: - Pop star - Singer – Magician- -
Mirror walker - Mystery man.
Shattered is the first novel in
my Mirror Walker series. It has
not yet been released, but I’m
working hard to bring to you
soon. Stay tuned!
The Mirror Walker universe is an
Urban Fantasy setting, placed in
London in the year 2000. Magic
is real, though not very common.
Vampires and other magical
creatures are fighting to obtain
equal rights. Raoul is the last
Mirror Walker, which means he
can use mirrors as gateways to
travel in both space and time. He
is a troubled man, dealing with
mental health issues, a history of
drug use and self-destruction and
too many demons. But in his
heart, he is a singer and a
performer. With his band The
Dreaded Bliss, he is desperately
trying to make his comeback into
the pop world.
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