Unholy Bargain has been released as an eBook and is also available in paperback through Lulu. Although the story itself only spans a few weeks from start to finish, the material that I drew from came from selected experiences over the course of my life.I grew up in a rural, mountainous community before Nintendo, before Atari, before Pong, the internet, household computers, DVD and MTV. Adventure came with everyday living, and doing. Expanding the imagination, exploring new places, having new experiences—came from gearing up, opening the front door, and getting to it. With it carried dirt and grease, cuts and bruises, and the occasional broken bone. Carpal tunnel syndrome and computer eye strain were unheard of.Adventure also came from books.Don’t get me wrong, I surf the net and shop and use it to my advantage as much as the next guy. I watch television, stream movies off Netflix, and indulge in my share of digital entertainment, but my first love will always be books.A story by any medium is a work of art meant to be shared, like lyrics meant for a melody, and then naturally and unavoidably becoming integrated into the reader’s human experience. The reader carries that story much like a real experience. In fact, the brain’s biology and chemistry don’t know the difference. When a great story brings tears to the eyes of the reader, or a wave of joy, that physiological process in the brain is the same as a real experience that evokes that very emotion. A great story leaves an indelible fingerprint on our soul.Isn’t that who we are? An amalgamation of stories?  Isn’t that what defines us? We—our lives—are great stories, in and of themselves, yet we are part of another great story. A story of creation, of evolution, the universe, infinite experiences—all expanding across time and space, interconnected in a grand, intelligent, divine design (another great story).Experiences and stories: a rich and fulfilling life has both. They blend and meld, strike and parry, battle and embrace, and form the dance of life. Everyone’s experiences are different. Even when the activity is the same, the individuals' perceptions mold it into a different interpretation. Thank God for that.Experiences are never hindrances. As mundane and trivial as one may think, those experiences are themselves rich and personal…and tell a story. No better or worse than any other; they’re just different. They are profound, unique, and of no less value than another. (Yes, I know. Having dinner on a dock over the ocean in Bora Bora isn’t as glamorous as staying up all night when your daughter has the measles. But then, Bora Bora can’t look you in the eye and rock your world with a soul-soaring, “I love you, daddy.”)Some events in our lives don’t follow the rules and are left unexplained. Some people are content with leaving it at that; I’m not one of them. Under my belt I have eight years experience in the military, world travels, twenty-two years working in the criminal justice system, residency in six different states, countless conversations with mystics, and years of personal research into what lies beyond our five senses. I've seen and heard a lot. I've read about even more. All that fuels my imagination which elevates the possibilities to another level.That sums up Unholy Bargain fairly well. It is an amalgamation of my life's experiences, learning and research, with a healthy dose of imagination stirred in. This blog is about those experiences that inspired the novel. Lucid dreaming and astral travel (AKA out of body experiences) are among those and will be my first topics. So stay tuned.But, it’s not all about me. I welcome your unusual, bizarre, unexplainable, relevant experiences too. Send them to me via email. I'd love to hear from you. Be forewarned; it may find its way—in part or paraphrased—into my blog. Nothing to worry about though, you're with good company in the arena.