Skip Distance

by LD Thompson

Skip Distance is a book of voices — caught on shortwave radio, scribbled in notebooks, and remembered just before they fade.

Part literary travelogue, part imagined broadcast, this collection drifts through quiet corners of the a rooftop in Kathmandu, a guesthouse above a print shop in Quebec. Each story is a first-person fragment, tuning into lives that pass briefly through the narrator's signal - moments of stillness, memory, connection, and wonder.

Threaded with invented microstations, echo transmissions, and messages that may or may not be meant for us, Skip Distance is about what it means to listen - to strangers, to the world, to yourself.

If you’ve ever searched for music between static, or held your breath for the voice at the other end of the line, this book is for you.

47 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2025

About the author

LD THOMPSON, author, filmmaker, social activist was born in Indiana and educated at Alaska Pacific University and Indiana University. In his twenties, a profound mystical experience dramatically instigated the beginning of his spiritual journey. Over the next few years he dedicated his time to deepening the transformation that he experienced, integrating the knowledge and wisdom imparted. Since then LD has been working with individuals and groups as a mentor and counselor.