John Mack explored alien encounter experiences deeply revealing a world of meaning and power that can revolutionize our understanding of who we are and our place in the cosmos. Dr. Mack suggests that such experiences reveal to us a universe which is filled with intelligence and life though this may not always take the densely embodied form with which we are most familiar. This book brings us to the edge of material reality and beyond shattering the boundary that has separated matter and sp...

"Altogether superb; a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past."--Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewIn 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutrality; to live in peace from the imperial wars waged betwe...

Poems from Inside. Poems and short oddities originating from my time as a guest of the Acute Psychiatric Unit.

Short fiction. Fame is a long, hard road. Sacrifices must be made. But when you've earned it, it seems everyone wants a piece of you.

A Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John E. Mack, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than 60 cases he has investigated, and examines the implications for our identity as a species. These mesmerizing and thought-provoking stories of alien encounters from a Harvard professor take you through actual case studies of people from all walks of life and ages who have had challenging, sometimes disturbing, ...

Short story. Erasmus stalks the halls of his lonely ancestral manor, awaiting the visit of his estranged brother, Leopold, and Leopold's new bride. But what else does the prodigal bring home with him?

"I forgot to ask you where you work.""I'm a mermaid.""A ... beggin' your pardon?"She laughed, fluttering her fingers over her mouth."I'm an attraction here at the park. I dress up in a costume with a tail, and there's a big fish tank rigged so it looks as if I'm lying underwater, and people pay their dime to come look at me. I get a dollar a week and a place to live. It's not much to do, but it lets me daydream all day."***Featured as Daily Literat...

Short fiction. "So I left him for dead, and I ran. I had no choice." The hunt has gone on for centuries. But tonight - tonight, one way or another - it ends.

Short story. All they wanted - all any of them really wanted - was a family. A family of their very own.

Short fiction. If you could change anything about your life - anything - what would you change? And what would you sacrifice?

Short fiction. Two orphaned children, plucked from the streets by a cruel master, escape into their art.

Short story. A man returns to the aboriginal community where he first learned the indigenous legend of the mermaids.