Kirjahaku

Your dreams belong to you. Theyre private, and no one needs to know what happens in them. But what if someone could invade your dreams? And once in, what if that someone could control what happens while you lie there, powerless to affect the outcome? Dylan Ward can do that. Struggling to make partner in a law firm and finding it hard to hold on to a romantic relationship, his nightly dreams become his escape into a world that seems far happier than his real one. When he learns about the phenomenon of lucid dreaming, where the sleeping person is actually conscious of the events in the dream, he immerses himself in an attempt to master it. Soon his nights are filled with fun and adventure, where he has the power to control events and find temporary relief from his mundane life. That relief soon pales when he reads an old legend about dream sharing that leads him to the idea of entering and controlling the dreams of others. What starts out as an interesting experiment soon turns into an obsession of hacking into the dreams of the people in his life. He begins a strange quest for vengeance, power, love, and all the things that are missing from his real world. But its when he devises a way to teach other people how to invade dreams that the dangers of his obsession become frighteningly clear. The Dream Hacker moves between imagination and reality, along the hazy sleeping path that everyone travels but cant really navigate. Mixing equal parts of dark humor and the angst of modern culture, the story challenges our notions of understanding what is real and asks just how far a person will go to change the course of his life.

Your dreams belong to you. Theyre private, and no one needs to know what happens in them. But what if someone could invade your dreams? And once in, what if that someone could control what happens while you lie there, powerless to affect the outcome? Dylan Ward can do that. Struggling to make partner in a law firm and finding it hard to hold on to a romantic relationship, his nightly dreams become his escape into a world that seems far happier than his real one. When he learns about the phenomenon of lucid dreaming, where the sleeping person is actually conscious of the events in the dream, he immerses himself in an attempt to master it. Soon his nights are filled with fun and adventure, where he has the power to control events and find temporary relief from his mundane life. That relief soon pales when he reads an old legend about dream sharing that leads him to the idea of entering and controlling the dreams of others. What starts out as an interesting experiment soon turns into an obsession of hacking into the dreams of the people in his life. He begins a strange quest for vengeance, power, love, and all the things that are missing from his real world. But its when he devises a way to teach other people how to invade dreams that the dangers of his obsession become frighteningly clear. The Dream Hacker moves between imagination and reality, along the hazy sleeping path that everyone travels but cant really navigate. Mixing equal parts of dark humor and the angst of modern culture, the story challenges our notions of understanding what is real and asks just how far a person will go to change the course of his life.

A Dozen Short Ones is an engaging and unusual mix of character-driven stories about ordinary people who face situations and challenges they never imagined. In "Catching Tomorrow" a man struggles to live in a world where time has mysteriously been altered. "A Visit to Tatum" is the story of a man on a business trip that unexpectedly takes him to a small town that wants to remain unknown. In "Home Again" a young couple buys their dream home but discovers it comes with a chilling surprise. "Family" is the tale of a couple trying to find romance in the midst of some very unusual visitors. In the story "Counterfeit" a man's relief on the return of a missing friend changes when he discovers the reason for the disappearance. These and other stories let you share the adventures as colorful characters try to navigate today's unpredictable world.

What has to happen for a town to die? What does it take for people to leave their homes and businesses and walk away from everything familiar to them? When Jay Rohrbach makes an unplanned visit to Encino, New Mexico he expects to find the small but active mining town that his late father had told him about. What he finds is totally different. No people walking the sidewalks, rows of empty houses and a silent, boarded up main street paint a totally different picture than the one he'd imagined. A shell of a town that once had over two thousand people now has just a handful of residents barely hanging on. Jay contacts his photographer friend, Saul, to help him figure out what happened. As creators of television documentaries they immediately feel they have to uncover the story behind the town's situation. When they stop for gas outside of town a brief conversation with a sad, quiet man offers a glimpse into Encino's vibrant past, its current state and its unknown future. In City of Dust Jay and Saul explore the almost empty town and talk with some of the people still hoping something will change. A brief stop to view the mine leads to a confrontation with some of the miners and discovery of the sinister reason behind the town's plight. In Wade Teller - Side B an aging Country music star sees the Encino documentary and hires Jay and Saul to produce a documentary about his life. What starts out as a trip to Nashville and a deep dive into the music world uncovers family secrets and a criminal enterprise that no one expected. Alive...for Now takes Jay and Saul back to Encino. With little sign that anything has changed they accidentally discover evidence that the mining company has hatched a plot to take over the town. It leads to what's left of the people coming together to make a final stand to rescue their home. Not Dead but Almost is a novel written in three parts. It follows Jay and Saul through the process of creating three documentaries, seemingly unrelated at first but with the common thread of the small New Mexican town and the mine. The story blends rural life, the Country music business and corporate greed to tell the tale of good folks trying to hold on in a struggle they never expected. Along the way the colorful mix of people that live in Encino, the beautiful high desert scenery and the town itself tell the tale of people desperate to keep their world alive.