Dire McCain is a five-dimensional creature who fell through a Lorentzian traversable wormhole into a three-dimensional universe, landing on what was, at the time, the second rock from the Sun. After a nebulous sojourn in the Zone of Avoidance, while trapped in a self-induced state of suspended animation, she was unwittingly converted into a transportable energy pattern and ultimately rematerialized on 21st century Earth. In addition to her debut book, "Playing Chicken With Thanatos", her words can be found scattered about in various places, online and in print. She's the Editor-in-Chief of "Pa...