Books tagged: synesthesia

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Hume's Fork    by Ron Cooper
Price: $9.99 USD. 100710 words. Published by Bancroft Press on November 18, 2009. .

A comic drama about philosophy, family, religion, and, of course, professional wrestling. Barely adequate philosophy professor Legare Hume has a mind-body problem. No matter how far he goes, no matter how hard he thinks, he can’t escape the world he lives in. Hume’s Fork is a brilliantly satirical and philosophical novel, every bit as funny as it is intelligent—a true original.
Little Box of Horror    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $3.99 USD. 15330 words. Published by Olo Books on June 15, 2011. .

Award-winning author Melissa Yuan-Innes gathers three of her most disquieting tales, "Skin Song," "The Dormitory of the Friable Little Girls," and "Mrs. Marigold's House" for your reading (dis)pleasure. From a medical student rightfully afraid of dissecting a cadaver to sadistic nuns and vampire schoolgirls, come in and open this little box of horror.
Skin Song    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $1.99 USD. 5430 words. Published by Olo Books on July 6, 2011. .

"[A] medical student who is anything but ordinary... Kyla has a strange gift: she can hear skin songs. To her, a person's skin has a song and each person sounds differently. On arriving at med school she finds herself in a quandary: does the skin song continue after death? Mixing mystery in with sheer humanity and splendid characterization, Yuan-Innes's story is a delight." -Alicia Curtis
The Ferro-Erotic Roaches of Kiki    by Alistair Ainscott
Price: $2.99 USD. 6980 words. Published by ainscott on February 15, 2012. .

The Kiki dwell contentedly in their hive until the odd roundy beasts plummet to the surface. Chantelle and James, marooned on an alien world of banded stone and gaping chasms, take refuge in the warrens of the roach-like denizens of the planet. They find a peaceful, if uneasy, co-existence. Until the baby arrives. And they call again for help. And Chantelle must choose: her baby or her life.
Some Notes on Field Theory, Albert's Mind, and the Status Quo: The Necessity of Contextualism in Psychology    by JZ Murdock
Price: $0.99 USD. 13630 words. Published on July 29, 2012. .

A brief history of Psychology and the Sciences as related to field theory. Also include an article on Synesthesia / Schizophrenia.
Psycho-neurologically Approaching a Field Theory Understanding of Schizophrenia via Research of a Non-normative, Non-pathological Syndrome: Synesthesia, and the need for more information    by JZ Murdock
Price: Free! 7590 words. Published on July 29, 2012. .

In past years the study, control, and understanding of schizophrenia has been greatly hampered by lack of information, inappropriate tools (like no computers of sufficient complexity for handling of compilation and dissemination of data), obviously a lack of appropriate software for such research and perhaps most simply, the incorrect approach. Also included in my 99 cent ebook on Field Theory.
The Strange and Mysterious Life of Opal Whiteley    by Lili Marlene
Price: $0.99 USD. 2750 words. Published on August 31, 2012. .

Opal Irene Whiteley was born in 1897 in Washington and was raised in Oregon, and died at the Napsbury Hospital in England as a psychiatric patient, at the age of ninety-four in 1992. How did a brilliant young American girl with a passion for geology and nature study come to end her life institutionalized in England?
The Mysterious Mind of Opal Whiteley: Four Unique Lives Compared    by Lili Marlene
Price: $1.99 USD. 15400 words. Published on September 15, 2012. .

Opal Whiteley (1897-1992) remains a mysterious figure. Her life began as a brilliant girl with a passion for nature living in logging camps in Oregon, and ended as a psychiatric patient in the Napsbury Hospital in England after decades of institutionalization. How did this happen? Can the riddle of multi-synaesthete Whiteley be solved by comparing her life with other famous and enigmatic people?
Universal Constance: The Haunted Shadow    by Leon Gower
Price: $1.99 USD. 80980 words. Published on November 21, 2012. .

Strange events surround Constance. She sees shadows and gains time. Key moments in her life become entangled with bizarre distant worlds. As you enter the reality of Constance normal events take on deeper meanings. Alien abduction, near death experiences, drug induced hallucinations and terminal illness, all become gateways to a distant world.
Ana of Acheron    by Sam Seudo
Price: Free! 5610 words. Published on December 1, 2012. .

Born in the undersea city of Acheron, Rafa’il transports often ilegal cargo between cities for a fee. Unable to connect with others, Rafa’il was plagued by loneliness until he discovered the drug called “ana.” Now in addition to avoiding law enforcement and legitimate transporter agencies, Rafa’il struggles with the threat of addiction. It’s a battle that he’s losing…and may not even want to win.