Dispatched by his employer to a remote Scottish estate in order to investigate the purchase of an hotel, Scott gets a hostile reception from the management, but a warm welcome from the locals, and a very warm welcome indeed from Iona Macvie, the minister's daughter. Here, he discovers a small, idyllic community, but one also in revolt, at the mercy of remote corporate landlords, the life blood of its youth being inexorably displaced by a vast blanket of commercial forestry. There's somethi...

Writer Richard Graves arrives at La Maison du Lac, a remote hotel in the Swiss Alps, where he hopes to find the inspiration to begin the most important story of his career. It's here he meets the enigmatic Gabrielle, a beautiful Frenchwoman rebelling against her over-protective parents.As he comes to know more about Gabrielle he realises he must rescue her, and that the story he must write is the one he finds himself living. The story will be a far cry from anything he's attempted ...

Men are not alone in suffering from mental illness, but the fact they do suffer is effectively suppressed by everyone in society, including the men who suffer. There is a stigma about it, the result being men deny the facts and are afraid to seek help. There are of course many forms and degree of mental illness, not all of which end in tragedy. But all mental illness, especially if borne in silence, will not only thwart the life-chances others take for granted, it will deny us even the bas...

When news breaks of an incoming asteroid, newly met lovers Tim and Rebecca find themselves with an unexpected front seat view of the end of the world - but that doesn't mean there can't be a happy ending - it all depends on how you look at life.A jaded, cynical high-school teacher and part time shaman, Tim has a peculiar way with dreams. Rebecca persuades him they should use their remaining days to explore the strange and highly improbable world of shared lucid dreaming. As a forme...

Fleeing a toxic marriage and a job that's killing him, Finn winds up in the forgotten seaside town of Carrickbar. It's winter and, like Finn, the country is frozen and in crisis, pre-BREXIT-blues hanging over everything. All the old certainties have been blown away, and America has gone mad. Things don't look good for anyone, least of all him. But then he meets Hermione Watts, owner of the Sea View Cafe, a woman with an eye for suffering and a heart ever ready to heal. If anyone can fix th...

Matthew Rowan is exploring a lonely valley in the English Lake District when he meets meets Amanda, mistress of Cragside, an isolated cottage nestled deep in a fold between high fells. Amanda invites him to spend the night, and to play a game,...He is to become Joshua, the love she last saw a century ago, and who she's been waiting for ever since.Yes, there's something odd about Amanda - she dresses in Victorian costume and calls herself Beatrice. There's something odd abou...

When a beautiful young woman walks into Mike Garatt's bookshop, little does he know she's about to ruin his life, but since his life's not that great anyway maybe this isn't such a bad thing. A sworn bachelor, Mike recalls his past loves, careful always to avoid love in the present for fear of messing it up. Again. Literary and otherworldly, he takes comfort in the nostalgic contemplation of a past that probably never existed. But then anything's better than the ruin of the real world he w...

When Psychic Eddie takes to the stage he's so obviously a fake our hero, Derek, thinks it's painful. But when a pretty woman he's spied in the audience rings him up, he realises she's the real thing - after all, how else did she get his phone number? But what does she want with him? And how come after just being near her Derek can suddenly read minds too? And then there's the small question of the lottery ticket!Sunita's possibly the best thing that can ever happen to a man. She's ...

Phil Sampson gets more than he bargained for when estate agent, Adrienne Divine drives him to view a house on the remote Leven Isle. There's something about her that unsettles him, something unsettling about the house too. As for the effect he has on Adrienne... well, least said the better.Both bearing scars from past traumas, both apparently drowning in the obscurity of their small lives, little do they know they're about to discover a truth about themselves that proves there's no...

A story of unrequited love, of unexpected love, of love lost, and found again. With divorce and redundancy looming, our hero, Tom, is left facing middle age with the feeling he made a wrong turn somewhere in his past. Then, as if things aren't bad enough he's inexplicably haunted by memories of Rachel, a girl he had a crush on at school. With emotions bubbling up to the surface he realises the old business with Rachel has never really been forgotten and that before he can find a way throug...

A middle aged romantic, Richard Hunter has hit the buffers. Divorced and estranged from his children, he trains as a teacher and takes up a post in his home village, at his old school. Never more than arm's length away from a nervous breakdown, and hopelessly in love with his headmistress, Richard seeks solace in his boyhood haunt: Durleston Wood. But the wood now hides a secret, a mysterious woman kept hidden there as the apparent "property" of a villain. As he learns more of her fate, an...

In an era where meaning feels increasingly elusive, many search for purpose in external achievements, rigid ideologies, or fleeting distractions. But true growth comes from within, from understanding the unconscious forces that shape our lives.The Morpheus Code is a practical guide to Jungian dream-work and the Individuation process. It explores how dreams—often dismissed as random or obscure—hold profound insights that can help us navigate life's challenges, integrate our...