Stories from the Cosmic Grill: It's Fiction for the Unconscious Mind
Are you ready to read some true stories, told differently? No shame. No embarrassment . . . Well, maybe a little embarrassment, but just enough to make you smile. You’ve spent your entire lifetime telling yourself stories. Romance. Tragedies. Snarky little things. Epic dramas. Each one was the absolute truth, because everything you tell yourself is the absolute truth. Of course, your absolute truths evolve as you do. That’s what keeps your stories fresh. Yet, many of the stories you tell yourself probably feed your inner dragons far better than they feed your soul. And that is why this book exists. Stories from the Cosmic Grill is a collection of 50 short stories that re-imagine how we define ourselves and our place in the grander scheme of things. They are honest. They are prescriptive. And each one speaks to just one person - YOU. This book is filled with doorways to new beginnings, new endings, and the limitless choice that lies between the two. It is a book that sees the stories you tell yourself for what they are - STORIES - and helps the imagination reframe those stories so you can stop tripping over them. Stories from the Cosmic Grill is not fiction the way you tend to think of fiction. There is very little dialogue. And aside from the fact that everyone who works at the Grill is called Sal, there are almost no named characters. Instead, this book talks to the unconscious mind - that place where the storyteller weaves inner tales that draw and redraw your picture of the world. It asks little but that you consider what might be possible - however difficult the subject. Then it takes you to the edge of all you believe to be true, and invites you to play.
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Stories from the Cosmic Grill: It's Fiction for the Unconscious Mind
Are you ready to read some true stories, told differently? No shame. No embarrassment . . . Well, maybe a little embarrassment, but just enough to make you smile. You’ve spent your entire lifetime telling yourself stories. Romance. Tragedies. Snarky little things. Epic dramas. Each one was the absolute truth, because everything you tell yourself is the absolute truth. Of course, your absolute truths evolve as you do. That’s what keeps your stories fresh. Yet, many of the stories you tell yourself probably feed your inner dragons far better than they feed your soul. And that is why this book exists. Stories from the Cosmic Grill is a collection of 50 short stories that re-imagine how we define ourselves and our place in the grander scheme of things. They are honest. They are prescriptive. And each one speaks to just one person - YOU. This book is filled with doorways to new beginnings, new endings, and the limitless choice that lies between the two. It is a book that sees the stories you tell yourself for what they are - STORIES - and helps the imagination reframe those stories so you can stop tripping over them. Stories from the Cosmic Grill is not fiction the way you tend to think of fiction. There is very little dialogue. And aside from the fact that everyone who works at the Grill is called Sal, there are almost no named characters. Instead, this book talks to the unconscious mind - that place where the storyteller weaves inner tales that draw and redraw your picture of the world. It asks little but that you consider what might be possible - however difficult the subject. Then it takes you to the edge of all you believe to be true, and invites you to play.
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Stories from the Cosmic Grill: It's Fiction for the Unconscious Mind

Stories from the Cosmic Grill: It's Fiction for the Unconscious Mind

by Gail McConnon
Stories from the Cosmic Grill: It's Fiction for the Unconscious Mind

Stories from the Cosmic Grill: It's Fiction for the Unconscious Mind

by Gail McConnon

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Are you ready to read some true stories, told differently? No shame. No embarrassment . . . Well, maybe a little embarrassment, but just enough to make you smile. You’ve spent your entire lifetime telling yourself stories. Romance. Tragedies. Snarky little things. Epic dramas. Each one was the absolute truth, because everything you tell yourself is the absolute truth. Of course, your absolute truths evolve as you do. That’s what keeps your stories fresh. Yet, many of the stories you tell yourself probably feed your inner dragons far better than they feed your soul. And that is why this book exists. Stories from the Cosmic Grill is a collection of 50 short stories that re-imagine how we define ourselves and our place in the grander scheme of things. They are honest. They are prescriptive. And each one speaks to just one person - YOU. This book is filled with doorways to new beginnings, new endings, and the limitless choice that lies between the two. It is a book that sees the stories you tell yourself for what they are - STORIES - and helps the imagination reframe those stories so you can stop tripping over them. Stories from the Cosmic Grill is not fiction the way you tend to think of fiction. There is very little dialogue. And aside from the fact that everyone who works at the Grill is called Sal, there are almost no named characters. Instead, this book talks to the unconscious mind - that place where the storyteller weaves inner tales that draw and redraw your picture of the world. It asks little but that you consider what might be possible - however difficult the subject. Then it takes you to the edge of all you believe to be true, and invites you to play.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780983441625
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 11/23/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 344
File size: 436 KB

About the Author

Gail McConnon is a writer and certified life coach, with too many degrees for her own good and a work history that is at best tangential to all of the above. She spent five years as her mother's primary caregiver - the most difficult yet fulfilling job she has ever held. A big picture thinker (i.e., Details make her just a little crazy.) Gail delights in the creative power of metaphor to stir up emotions and create change. She thoroughly enjoys exploring and giving written voice to the stories we tell ourselves about aging, relationships, our bodies, our health, our values, care giving, and the environmental, socio-political, and family issues through which we define our lives and the world around us. Beyond that, Gail is a lover of all things tailed and caffeinated - particularly dogs, cats, coffee, and chocolate - and many things that are not.

Table of Contents

In the Beginning 1

I Inside the Cosmic Grill 3

The Children's Table 6

Musical Chairs 11

Fishbowlology (i.e., Food For Thought) 16

Reunion 21

Monochromium Glutamate 36

Fishing For Meaning 44

The Auction 50

Who Knows Where The Mind Goes? 57

Puzzling 62

Minding The Gaps 67

II The Sal Chronicles 71

Salvation 73

Galaxy Stew 78

The Cosmic Cat 85

Hello … Is Anybody Out In There? 90

Parked 96

Salamander 103

Sacred Space 105

The Lounge Singer 109

Salaam 114

Sultry Sal_ly 118

The Gleaner 123

Waitress to the Stars 133

III Unfoldings 139

It's a Drive-In! 141

Life Support 146

Stuff 152

The Box 159

1 And Everything Stopped 159

2 It's a Planning Nightmare! 164

3 Unpacking and Repacking 171

4 A Matter of Balance 176

Wrinkles and Creases 181

Luck Of The Draw 188

Origami! 194

Parallel YOU 199

Dust To Dust 208

IV The Universe, Life, Humanity 211

Unravelling 213

BANG! 216

Awakening 226

Return To Sender 234

Black Hole 242

The Package 251

Inspected And Rejected By #22 254

Running Out Of Space 258

Spark 262

Dog Star 265

The Thinking Star 274

Luna 277

BURP! 279

Nap! 285

V Notes from the Edge 291

Over The Edge! 293

Rage 299

The Old One 309

Last Show At The Last Stop On The Raptureville Express 316

Omega 324

In the End 329

About the Author 331

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