At what price do we sell our souls? Subtle compromises; false promises; empty dreams. Chasing things we thought we wanted, only to realize when we got them, they weren't what we were seeking, at all. Thomas McAllister awakes, unable to live the life he'd been living. Some whispering within him, subtle at first, calling him on an adventure - to where, he doesn't know. Giving it all up, abandoning it, letting it go, the life he used to live. Taking to the road; having adventures. In search of self, in search of some meaning that goes beyond the material veneer of this commercial world. Was...

I Know When You Are Going To Die. This is what has plagued Marcus, all of his life, the gift he was given, the curse: being able to see the future. Being, The Seer. Knowing when someone is going to die, and seeing the fate which awaits us all, it softens you when you open to it, makes everything sweet, and fills you with gratitude: the blessing, the gift, of just even being here; the sweet tender poignancy of our tenuous existence. As a young man, Marcus wandered the country on his motorcycle, taking odd-jobs and never staying in one place too long. Never getting too close to anyone, never...

What Is It That Haunts You? Is it something you did, or something you wish you had done? A moment passed, never to be lived again. An action taken, the wrong choice made. Let me tell you about Johanna. The way he sees her, the way he remembers: the one that got away, true love, never to be found again. Your heart is broken, but you go on. Your friends lift you up, if you're lucky enough to have such good friends: they come around and console you; they talk with you and sit with you; they are there with you, silently, as you cry. Time heals all wounds, or so many people say, but maybe some...

What Gives Life Meaning? Tabo Mosi retires from boxing: the longest reigning Heavyweight Champion of The World. He lost his mother when he was young, and now he's lost his father. The Grim Reaper, Old Father Time, this is the opponent which none of us can defeat. Tabo's life emptied out of everything which once gave it meaning, how should he now spend his time? Fatherhood and marriage call to him, having children and raising them with a woman he loves calls to him, but the only woman he ever really loved, he already let go when he was young. Life unfolds like in fights: it's always the...

What life do you want to live? The world is your oyster when you've got money. Rich in a way that you didn't know people could be rich, this is Mikhail Khachaturian, also known as 'Ketch.' A mega-yacht, a private plane, homes around the world, and women, these are the perks of the trade for a man who's willing to do whatever it takes to get a deal done. Someone's standing between you and something you want, well then, move them out of the way. This is the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, the way we're made. This is Capitalism: caveat emptor, buyer beware. This is Adam Smith's...

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MAN? It was a terrible feeling, addiction. The pull was so strong. The feeling, so sublime. I tried to resist it but I knew that it had the best of me. I was its slave. At first I was just doing it once a weekend, but then I started doing it twice per weekend, and then I started doing it every other day, and pretty soon I was doing it every day. I would tell myself, "I'm never going to do this again, this is the last time," but then I'd find myself scoring from some dealer, sneaking into some back alley, squatting down and shooting that amazing elixir into my arm. I...

IS THERE A WILD ANIMAL WITHIN YOU? He's a high school PE teacher. A water-polo player, a surfer, a swimmer. He spends his winters in San Francisco, working and living in the city, and his summers in the mountains, backpacking and hunting and fishing and living off the land. Engaged to be married now, Toby McAllister knows that being gone all summer is off the table. How long is he going to be gone? A couple of weeks. A couple of weeks? Toby can't give his fiancee a definitive answer. "That's exactly the opposite of what this is all about," he explains to her. He's going to get away from...

IN NATIONAL PROVENCE IS FANTASTIC WONDERFUL WRITING The Great People love poetry and celebrate The National Pride. We eat time and steep in soul while body laboriously. All is not effort but many opportunity of growing and encountering rigorous exploits in beauty. Ice cream memories in the park with hands sticky from punctuation. Reminders of points sharp and important. Laments of sorrows not overdone. Choirs of triumphs for winning great defeats. Pure liquid honey drooling from the brandywine of existence. The magistrate of writing is spoken and kindly received like ripples on water...

A dream, surreal. All the people I've know'd. Every moment, gone - here then gone. Spent so much of my life, complaining, what is there to complain about - wanting a different life - not leaning into this life, not living this life. Live your destiny. And this, too. This, too. This too. Did I define my life, or did I default into it? NOT IN CONTROL / NOT KNOWING RELEASING CONTROL / RELEASING KNOWING The HALL OF SOULS - maybe I did choose this life Making a baby - RIDGE wheezing DESPERADOS No hope, without hope can't be redeemed - nothing to lose What are they going to do - sentence me to...

WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LIFE? He's on a cruise. Thirty-eight. Joe McAllister. He has hopes and dreams for the future. He's with his girlfriend, who he's thinking of making his fiancee. Proposing to her. If she'll accept. The first night on the cruise, with their two friends Marlo and Roger who have come along, also, Joe excuses himself and goes to the bathroom, then, when he comes out, everything has changed. He's an old man now; he's lost forty years of his life. He no longer remembers them, those forty years. They take him to the infirmary; they do tests. A DNT scan, which is, apparently, some...