Michael A Susko
1) Alien Ally
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Two lone survivors of a battle fleet make alien contact. Befriending and understanding an alien becomes the key to their survival as they encounter even more remote aliens who are in disembodied form. This is the start of an Odysseus-like tale, in which the survivors meet aliens in ever more exotic forms.
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The exploration of a monumental stone formation at Penn Bluff, Alabama continues with using ImageJ software. Here, 3-D surface plots of the stone formation reveal different aspects of the site.⍾⍾What we find is that mystery and beauty are intertwined, as we try to discern the nature of the mystery form before us.⍾⍾Come explore this site with your third eye and become tuned to the essences found at Penn Bluff.
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Finn, retired from researching, attempts to time travel in the outback of Australia. He stays in the present, however, and encounters an indigenous person who's following dreaming tracks. The two are captured by an outlaw group, who fight for indigenous rights, and Finn finds himself becoming their leader. Facing the military, Finn and his group must somehow overcome overwhelming odds. The key to survival is the help of a dreaming animal, a maruspial...
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In this work Street Images, we are struck by the passion of the persons who speak through a variety of their lived experiences. One poet, who titles his or her poem, Anonymous, says: So do not ask Why we pass unknown... It is enough that we blaze.... These work are from many who have been "On the Street" and "Behind Closed Doors." There's real pain, real joy, real triumph and real defeat in these writings....
5) Sleek Back
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In the outback of tropical Queensland, Australia. Finn discovers an archaic preserve. There, a Giant Salamander takes him on an evolutionary adventure through the land of the dinosaurs. This story embraces the paradox of how seemingly weaker animals, like mammals, survived. Finn lives to tell his story and to be coaxed back to sanity, as he explains his wounds to his friends. Read this story to have a fun adventure and deeper insight into our evolutionary...
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In human prehistory, children who were born early were the evolutionary future, but they needed special care to survive. Kinder is such a child and her mother, Bough, is a fierce defender. But because the father is absent, she offers her child to the Elements. A second child, Huntress, helps them survive by making an alliance with a young wolf. Dangers in prehistory abound, as adults were the size of pre-teens today, and had to face many predators...
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A mystery stone was found in the vicinity of Paleoindian sites along the Shenandoah river, near Berryville, Virginia. Photographs and computer images generated from them reveal enigmatic forms. They make for a cosmogram, an alternate way to look at the universe, and one that reveals Indigenous thought. The Haikus reflect on possible meanings of the designs and will often pose a question for you to answer. We invite you to aid in the discovery of this...
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Alwon begins his journey with a longing that takes him on an archetypal voyage. He experiences alternate realtiies in the three dimensions of overworld, this world, and underworld. To help in his journey he encounters a vareity of spirit guides. Following him along is his shadow side from which he must find resolution. In the end the success of his spirit journey does not soley depend on himself.
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This work explores the use of a time chart based on generations as a way to understand history. A sole reliance on yearly dating tends to obscure the historical reality and deter us from further exploration. However, patterns are revealed if we number generations, and we become intrigued by the connections and hypotheses raised. The author uses 15-year intervals to date events and mark when people turn 30 and tend to enter history. The 15-year generational...
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This work features butterflies and their sense of mergence with flowers. Taken from a friend's and a school garden, the Swallowtail is most often conveyed. You are invited to imagine living in a world of color, delicacy, and magic which the butterfly inhabits.
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This work offers a guide that sums up years of dream interpretation. We are given both general guidelines on how to approach our dreams and specific tools to understand their symbolic significance. Each of these is illustrated by the author's own dream life. Not only will we discover how to find meaning in dreams, but we will come to see the value of their beauty and mystery. The net result is that we will become comfortable handling the dream world,...
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Detinna and Delphi go to Guatemala to gain access to another world, so they can free the Time Thief imprisoned in a deep cave. The journey is an incursion into the beautiful landscape of Guatemala, interfaced with the spirits of olden times. The Lady of the Falls and the Spirit of Air are archetypal companions who would help them battle the Cave God who has more power than them all. In the end, the couple discovers something more important than life...
15) Street Images
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Those on the periphery of society are not necessarily culturally or spiritualy poor. "Street persons" can harbor a rich life-story and genuine philosophic concerns. This work seeks to make public this hidden cultural wealth. We invited persons with hardship to create fiction or, in recounting an experience, to offer an image of hope.. From Clem who writes as he recovers from frost bite in the hospital the humerous "My Little Spot," to Theodora who...
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A remarkable stone formation has been found on Penn Bluff next to Penn Creek, near Addison, Alabama. Its forms convey a sense of presence, making for a hot spot. Indigneous artifacts have been found atop the bluff and Native American symbolism is echoed in the natural formations below. Take this journey and see what forms and meaning is presented to you. Such a journey is not confined to one location, but you may be gifted with similar places in which...
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Zoe and Tod meet Mac, a homeless person, who they knew as Rock Man from a fantasy realm. Together, they try to help a runaway teenager, who has dissociated -- gone "up above" into a symbolic world. Things become even more complicated when their lives intersect with a doctor, in need of a human subject for a risky experimental procedure. In the end something uncanny happens, which show Zoe and Tod that their fantasy has some basis in reality. This...
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This work shares a contemplative journey with an imaginary friend, a spiritual being that is a soulmate. The author wrestles with issues in his spiritual life: how to love, how to integrate one's body, how to face failure and how to finish what we are given to do upon this earth. Often it is a crisis that brings us to awareness of the answers to these questions and the doing that would fulfill them. While writing this, the author is informed about...
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This set of photographs and Haikus documents the author's trip to Berlin some years ago. In these he explores signs of the city's dark past and its more recent history of light in a reunified Berlin. His friend, who had escaped from the iron curtain and headed a cancer institute, served as his guide. Examine this book to consider the dramatic sides of Berlin.
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A scientist encounters a being on a petroglyph and allows the form to speak and take the author/reader into another dimension. A wide cast of beings appear in consort with the shamanic half-skeletal being, guiding you on an adventure that leaves you wondering if these worlds exist. Come journey with us, following the continuing inspiration from the Mystery Stone from the Shenandoah.