The Many Deaths of Richard Mortimer

A black humour / science fiction novel about immortality

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Chapter 2C

There isn't a great deal that I can actually tell DC Green about Richard...
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Chapter 1A

Chapter 1: Sex and Death Maybe it's the faintest of premonitions, this little tingle of superstitious guilt as I say to myself 'I feel immortal'...
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Chapter 1B

She's looking at me round the door in this “what do you think you're doing” way...
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Chapter 1C

“Zoë, please, stop it,” I groan as she squirms again, and then I jump slightly as I catch sight of the multitude of tiny projectile holes in the wall. That won't be easy to explain...
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Chapter 2A

I wake up around lunchtime with my head pounding like a pneumatic hammer... then it suddenly comes back to me that Richard's dead.
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Chapter 2B

The dreams are back again as they have been virtually every night, but with a new and rather scary clarity...
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Chapter 2D

When I get through to Colin and suggest a beer or two at the Cobbler's Arms he says, "you're not out with your fancy girl then?"