“The slipstream of a moving object is a region of reduced pressure or even
suction (negative pressure), exerted in the neighborhood of the object and in the
direction of its movement, and... More > caused by its movement through a medium.
The term "slipstreaming" is most often used in relation to objects moving through
air, though not necessarily flying. If a following object, moving at the same speed,
can position itself within the slipstream, it will require less energy to maintain its
speed than if it was moving independently, because the front object blocks a
significant amount of air resistance. Using this principle is called slipstreaming.”< Less
Slipstream Stories is a book of lovely stories about the adventures of a life jettisoned from the movie making biz of Los Angeles to the south Asia seas and mountain peaks of India. Colorful photos... More > show the way of a simpler life where revelations are found around every corner.
Part awakening to a better way of life and part pilgrimage to sacred places, Slipstream Stories ultimately finds union as a journey into the heights of spirituality found at the source of the Holy Ganges River and beyond to Tapovan, the meditation jungle.< Less
Slipstream Stories is a book of delightful stories about the adventures of a life jettisoned from the movie making biz of Los Angeles to the south Asia seas and mountain peaks of India. Colorful... More > photos show the way of a simpler life where revelations are found around every corner.
Part awakening to a better way of life and part pilgrimage to sacred places, Slipstream Stories ultimately finds union as a journey into the heights of spirituality found at the source of the Holy Ganges River and beyond to Tapovan, the meditation jungle. (full-color)< Less
Part awakening to a better way of life and part pilgrimage, Slipstream Stories ultimately finds union as a spiritual journey to the Source.Eleven interconnected stories told with text and photographs... More > transport the reader from Venice Beach, California by air, sea, bus, motorbike and foot to the source of India’s Holy Ganges River and beyond.Preview at: www.slipstreamstories.comHighest Road - BootsnAll Top Ten Travel Stories, September 2006Bambu House - InsideOut Travel MagazineBlack & white printed book< Less
By turns unsettling, absurd and poignant, the splintered universe of John Travis, is a surreal, many-hued merry go-round of the imagination where reality, fantasy and hallucination meet in... More > explosions of nightmare and wonder. Here you will meet the man who nailed himself to a bench, some very sinister stationery, a vampire with an embarrassing weakness and the widower who could not let go. Take a walk with a feline detective down the mean streets of a world where humanity has been usurped by its pets, make sure you say your prayers before getting into bed lest you end up in the terrifying world of Pyjamarama…
"...you are present at the flowering of wonderful new talent - an inspired and truly gifted writer by the name of John Travis." Simon Clark.
"John Travis is one of the most imaginative and original new voices in dark fiction. His work is insightful, often surreal, and always moving." Tim Lebbon.
Cover art by Faye Grimwood< Less
By turns unsettling, absurd and poignant, the splintered universe of John Travis, is a surreal, many-hued merry go-round of the imagination where reality, fantasy and hallucination meet in... More > explosions of nightmare and wonder. Here you will meet the man who nailed himself to a bench, some very sinister stationery, a vampire with an embarrassing weakness and the widower who could not let go. Take a walk with a feline detective down the mean streets of a world where humanity has been usurped by its pets, make sure you say your prayers before getting into bed lest you end up in the terrifying world of Pyjamarama…
"...you are present at the flowering of wonderful new talent - an inspired and truly gifted writer by the name of John Travis." Simon Clark.
"John Travis is one of the most imaginative and original new voices in dark fiction. His work is insightful, often surreal, and always moving." Tim Lebbon.
Cover art by Faye Grimwood< Less
In the blink of an eye, the world is made new ... How will you live?It had to be a prank. A letter to Dr. Hirofumi, from a patient of his who’d died three years ago—now inviting him to... More > come out to the country and spend some time there!
Then he followed the letter to its source, and realized all too late that he’d slid into a new world—one shaped by the fears and desires of all those who were lucky enough to survive the journey.
In that “changed place,” as those who live there call it, he discovered the new powers to be awakened within himself and others. He found friends and loved ones, both new and old—and he came to understand his new world far better than he had ever dreamed.Click here for a PDF preview.See the official website!< Less
"The outside of the note-card envelope bore a postmark from one week ago, and the return address of a man who had been dead for three years."
In the blink of an eye, the world is made new... More > ... How will you live?
It had to be a prank. A letter to Dr. Hirofumi, from a patient of his who’d died three years ago—now inviting him to come out to the country and spend some time there!
Then he followed the letter to its source, and realized all too late that he’d slid into a new world—one shaped by the fears and desires of all those who were lucky enough to survive the journey.
In that “changed place,” as those who live there call it, he discovered the new powers to be awakened within himself and others. He found friends and loved ones, both new and old—and he came to understand his new world far better than he had ever dreamed.< Less
A collection of irreverent fantasy satire stories set in the “multiverse” follows the adventures of various slimy and undesirable characters. Lil’ Skippy Shitler enacts a war on... More > anyone over two feet in height (Skippy’s a little jealous of people taller than he); Bulldozer Bertha Bustanut makes an unscheduled stopover in the village of East Mudbucket; Timidly Blurry, the king stoner, is brought back from the dead to promote one last multiversal “rok” concert; Doktor Froggenstein conducts a terribly horrible nasty experiment; Billy Space Dude…eh, yeah, there was an unfortunate time warping accident that change him. Yeah, these strange characters and other such nitwits exist in the multiverse. May the gods of the Church of the Holy Shaggaho help us all.< Less
