Whispers of Hypnos

Whispers of Hypnos

Joshua Jones

Nonfiction

A series of poems inspired by life and dreams. Some poems are word play and other pure theme.Inspired by everything from quantum psychics to the sun above, Whisper of Hypnos is a collection of poems influenced by the dreams that wake you up at night and the days where ego and entropy make themselves known."Under Synesthesia" was originally published by The Bitter Oleander Press and "Withering depths/dried" was published by Pens on Fire. An author's mind manifests in the architecture of their work and this collection is no different. It shows a mind preoccupied with the transient nature of reality and the conflicts that consciousness brings.
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The Excess Road

The Excess Road

Joshua Jones

Nonfiction

In The Excess Road paths to wisdom diverge on the campus of Wessex College where you can find a good education and good party but you can also lose your mind like Joaquin Chandler.In The Excess Road, youth must pay a toll and the path to wisdom starts at the hilltop campus of Wessex College. There you can find a good party but you can also lose your mind like Joaquin Chandler did. He’s an eighteen year old looking for love and his own trail to tread during his freshman year in 1993. The party scene at Wessex is overwhelming for Joaquin and even though he feels like an outcast the kid makes friends. Then the beautiful Elyssa comes along and his heart sets. The chase for her affection begins with an unsettling event but she enters his life. After an initiation into the grittier reality of college life, Joaquin discovers his new best friend Tim is the campus drug dealer and Elyssa is using him to get drugs. Anxiety attacks and hallucinations begin to haunt Joaquin after a bad LSD trip. Joaquin fights to regain control of his life as the anxiety attacks get worse. Then, at the end, a tragic events calls for a choice and change. He makes one. This book is not about happy endings and cliched epiphanies. It is about a young man whose worst enemy is himself and his existential struggles while dealing with a burgeoning mental-illness. And if you don't like pathetic fallacy, don't read this. For more sophisticated readers only.
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Oneiromancer

Oneiromancer

Joshua Jones

Nonfiction

The reporter Peter Miller investigates the world of psychics after his brother's death. He wishes to reveal them as frauds but he uncovers a conspiracy that crosses dimensions and threatens mankind.Peter Miller's brother Andy dies under suspicious circumstances. Peter's mother is advised by a psychic named Sybil that Andy's death was a suicide and they should let Andy rest. His mother agrees and wishes to close the police investigation. However, Peter will not let it go and is aggravated by Sybil's interference. Peter thinks the only way to get his brother's case reopened is prove to his mother that Sybil is a sham, so he goes undercover to investigate the world of psychics. The investigation leads him to a psychic development center called Remote View. During this time Peter has a bizarre dream that warns him of an impending danger. While at the facility, he has a dream again but it proves not to be a dream. It is a contact from another dimension telling him about a conspiracy that could ruin humanity and Peter must stop it. One big problem is that the head of the Remote View center is involved with the inter-dimensional plot. Oneiromancy is the divination of dreams and sometimes bad dreams come true. This is a satire but not a comedy.
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