Metaphysical Fiction

Based on a true event, The Story of Room 03 tells of a fraught encounter between an artist and a haughty exhibition space in a former Georgian home in East London. With only 10 days to go until the scheduled art exhibition, artist and room cannot see eye to eye on creative matters and risk having nothing to show to the public. With the artist's reputation, the room's dignity, and the visitor's satisfaction at stake, unlikely intimacies develop between the three in this love letter to making room.

Yogaselfie er tilbage med anden sæson, og Anders og Asker genoptager rejsen efter ro i kroppen hos shamanen Peter Hartmann. Anders har besluttet sig for at deltage i terapien, og sammen med sin skeptiske ven leder han efter et indre kraftdyr til lyden af en bankende tromme En indviet selvudvikler tager sin skeptiske ven med ud på en åndelig rejse.

Some souls get tangled and lost. They need to be gathered and the energy gently released back into the ether of the All. Spencer collects the souls of the dead who have not yet crossed over. That mission brought him to the cemetery tonight. Most people can’t contemplate this task, let alone do it. Yet Spencer enjoys being a soulcolist. But tonight, no souls wait for him. Unnatural and unkind, this absence of death leaves Spencer to uncover the reason why.

Jack was in the middle of an ordinary life when time slipped for a moment and he found himself somewhere in his past. The time slip only lasted a few seconds, but he couldn’t let it go. As curiosity became obsession, Jack was swept up into a reality he never imagined. He was not who he thought he was, and no one around him was who they appeared to be either. Jack’s true life was being lived at a scale that his mind could not comprehend, where forces of good and evil, birth and death, were in a constant battle.

Lo scenario inizialmente serale (topos del fantastico) è complice perfetto dell'ambiguità che lo scrittore vuole creare. Non è caso la novella è collocata in questo momento del giorno, che favorisce una sorta di dormiveglia, durante il quale è difficile individuare la linea di demarcazione tra realtà e fantasia: "la notte incombe sullo spirito, conquista la fantasia e concede all'immaginazione le più strane visioni" afferma il narratore-protagonista di Garofani rossi.

В "Воздушных путях" впервые были показаны основные особенности пастернаковской прозы: внешним событиям внимание почти не уделяется, все главное происходит на втором, метафизическом уровне, на "воздушных путях". "Воздушные пути" - манифест новой прозаической манеры, ключ к метафизическому реализму.

Дмитрий Быков в книге "Борис Пастернак" так пишет об "Апеллесовой черте": "Осенью 1914 года Пастернак задумал и в начале 1915-го написал первую законченную прозу - новеллу "Апеллесова черта", о том, как Гейне, вызванный молодым поэтом на поэтическое соревнование, отбил у него любовницу и тем победил.

Deep in the wilderness sits a beautiful rose-clad cabin. It's a delightful stop for a weary traveler, until he learns its secret.

Harry leads a solitary existence, tending bar because it allows him to interact with people without becoming involved. His life isn’t a normal one, after all. When the woman perfectly dressed and groomed takes a seat in the shadows and asks for wine, something about her calls to him. He answers that summons, and it changes everything, for they have something extraordinary in common. His dreams, and hers, will never be the same again.

Qui si narra di un Viaggio trascendente, intrapreso dall'Io per conoscere l'essenza del sé e del Tutto. Il percorso si svolge alla ricerca della Libertà e Felicità, passando attraverso Ricordi, Sogni, Speranze, Illusioni, Delusioni, Incanti, Disincanti, Sentimenti e Prove vissute dall'Io. Il Viaggio riserverà una sorpresa, che culminerà in un incontro con un'Anima singolare: Figura intramontabile, tra i massimi autori della letteratura italiana e universale di tutti i tempi.

William couldn't believe that it was finally over with Diana. Sure, she had told him it was over several times during the last two weeks. But he couldn't believe this was actually it. Nor could he bring himself to believe that he would never see her again. But here she was packing up her few belongings and getting ready to move.

Bradley Michaels is just another man ending just another workday at just another job. He can list the usual complaints, can point his finger at the usual causes, and he can go about his routine as if one day is absolutely no different from the next. Until God himself just shows up uninvited and shakes up Bradley's entire existence by flaunting his own. It's not fair, but Bradley never claimed life is. And he tries to handle the new, omniscient presence in his head with calm attention and cool collectedness.

If, after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know - or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future where global civilization is governed by a hierarchical, religious society centered around belief in karmic-based reincarnation metaphorically viewed as moving forward or backward on a turning wheel.

The Sexton and the Reaper is a novelette labeled as Paranormal Romance but it is not scary and it is not erotic by any stretch of the imagination. It's really a good old fashion love story with Ghosts, Soul Collectors, Angels, Jewish & Christian Mysticism, and of course fantasy.

Gregorio was back the next week with a load of grass fed organic island beef that was so good vegetarians had to reaffirm their faith in its presence. We had the kiawe wood fires going early and by late afternoon the coals were dancing. Kegs of Kona brewed beer were being offloaded and the Kihei Ice Truck had made it all the way in this time on our gravel road. The weather was doing its best to impress even hard core islanders with clear skies and warm breezes. Just another day in paradise.

With Brave Wings She Flies is an edgy short story about the Archangel Michael and a demon, who wager for a young mother's soul. An inspiring tale of love and courage, it is the first in a planned series about this provocative female manifestation of the Archangel Michael.

Didier is an elephant, but he isn't sure if he likes being an elephant all that much, with his big, awkward body and boring life of carrying and lifting things for his human owner, Mr. Rahol. He lives in Mumbai with his mother, who tells fantastic tales about living in the wild before humans captured her and turned her into a domestic animal. Neither she nor the rest of Mr. Rahol's herd of elephants, however understand why Didier would rather be some other kind of animal instead.

"Markheim" es un relato sobre un motivo constante en la obra de Stevenson: el demoniocomo forma depurada de la presencia del mal en el mundo. Markheim, sin embargo, le mira como a un ser "que no procedía ni de la tierra ni de Dios", pero, de cualquier modo, ligado al mal.El demonio acude al asesinato cometido por Markheim, como buitre a su carroña. El protagonista de la obra rechaza la ayuda "No haré nada que me ligue voluntariamente al mal". El mal de Markheim, su pecado, es el de una naturaleza humana contradicha, el de un hombre, como otros, a quien la vida "lleva a rastras", porque es "el pecador que no quiere serlo".

A Hope That Never Dies is a poetic reckoning with memory, ego, and the quiet revolution of becoming. In a world caught between generational cycles and spiritual awakening, one man presented as Father Labby steps into the chrysalis—ready to dissolve the boundaries of self and transcend the illusions of time and space.

This is a book of selected poems.