Robert McDermott

"Stories about real life told in an assured voice." - William Wall author of No Paradiso "Stories of raw truth ranging from buoyant comedy to harrowing loss written with consummate skill." - Eoin Lynam, editor of Shorter Stories "A blast of cold air blasting through a warm room. These stories will hit you hard and stay with you long after you've finished reading them." - Paradoxical Magazine "An eclectic collection which showcases McDermott's subtle skill as a storyteller, tapping the depths of human emotion while providing the reader with a reflective journey into some of life's ordinary - and extraordinary - experiences." - Lyn Perry, editor, Tule Fog Press "This is an atmospheric, uncanny collection, with an almost sentimental cowboy feel at times and full of very Irish black humour at others." - Grainne Murphy author of Winter People "McDermott's writing focuses on the everyday and the mundane then skews it slightly. In some stories there is a vein of dark humour, in others a beautiful poignancy, and in some a surreal quality, all mined from the small things that pass most of us by. His unique observations make each story a journey into a world at once familiar yet also strange, intriguing and arresting. His short stories are fever dreams and visions that will linger in your thoughts. This is a collection to relish." - Shane Dunphy author of Bring Her Home "A staggeringly inventive collection both provocative and profound. The writing is immersive and arresting. These stories of the uncanny and the magical throb with pathos and the beating heart of the human condition." - Sophie White author of Where I End

Every resident of Jonestown has a secret. Matt Lowell has several. What really happened to his brother, TJ, at their grandparents' farm? Why has his sister stopped talking to him? And, where's Gene Hackman? Matt hasn't seen him in days.

A detailed guide to awakening your powers of supersensory perception According to philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), there exists within every human being the potential for developing supersensory powers and, with these powers activated, the ability to awaken the higher self and attain knowledge of non-physical higher worlds. Steiner himself worked diligently throughout his life to develop his faculties of “supersensible perception” and, scattered throughout his many works, he describes methods by which to activate and operate these supersensory-cognitive systems. Distilling techniques from Steiner’s more than 400 published volumes, Shelli Renée Joye, Ph.D., presents a practical, modern approach to acquiring, cultivating, and maintaining supersensible perception and developing higher consciousness. The five approaches she studies include acquisition by birth (genetic), entheogens, mantra and prayer, effort and exercise, and Samadhi--equated by many with nondual awareness. Adding another dimension to Steiner’s methods, the author shows how these steps are powerfully aligned with 4th-century South Indian sage Patañjali’s teachings in the Yoga Sutra. The author explores how to develop what you have acquired through imaginative, active, or intuitive thinking, as well as how to learn through inner guidance and how to transform knowledge gained from books into spiritual advancement. She also shares her own extraordinary experiences of supersensory networks of consciousness. Connecting Steiner’s ideas to modern advances in quantum physics, psychedelic science, and consciousness studies, Dr. Joye shows how each of us is capable of developing supersensible perception and expanding our awareness to connect with cosmic consciousness.

With Earth saved by a last-ditch effort, all thought there would be time to take stock before any more invaders arrived. When Sara and Will go on a family trip together back in their own timeline a sudden accident catapults them five hundred years into the future again. Instead of peace and rebuilding, they find silence. A new threat has emerged that has no equal. Can our heroes save Earth one last time?

"If you loved The Last Human, by Lee Bacon then you will love William's War"Pulled five hundred years into the future, fourteen-year-old Will finds himself in a world invaded by a superior race of humans. Worse still his body has changed to that of a twenty-five-year-old. With a genetic ability to channel his soul into energy can he learn to adapt to his new body and powers before it's too late. Only Sara a fearsome soldier has similar abilities to Will. Can Will win over Sara and are their powers going to be the turning point in the war for Earth? Shall Sara's mysterious past come to light and do they have more in common than they realize? Find out more in Book one of the Earth under siege series.