Excerpt 1: Entheogenic Engagement

This story appears in my book The Philosopher's Stoned. It was originally commissioned by the magazine "Hermet," a student publication associated with the History of Hermetic Traditions department at the University of Amsterdam. This story describes the impetus for my dystopian novel Ages, an event so singular that its effect reverberates through almost all of my creative writing,...

The Mouse Who Hid in a Sock

Sebastian didn’t like to leave his sock. It was warm and soft inside, and always good for hiding. One day his friend, a tiny white sheep named Isabelle, was bored with the room they shared and wanted to go outside and play. “Come on, Sebastian,” she urged, tugging with her teeth at his long wooly...