Böcker av Nathan Elias

"Equipped with a copy of Walden, notebooks of Buddhist philosophy, and a loyal friend, a young man seeks an adventure of freedom and independence with a cross country hitchhiking trip to the ocean where he hopes to recover from the death of his mother. Thinking that a myriad of roads will lead him to his destination, he learns it's a simple road of family ties that gives him all the grounding and connection he really needs." -Jane Bradley, author of You Believers "This is a road trip journey that opens the heart, breaks the heart, makes us laugh and weep, then laugh again." -Alma Luz Villanueva, author of Song of the Golden Scorpion "I read this first work by Nathan Elias with great pleasure. I predict for him a bright future." -Kyle Minor, author of Praying Drunk NATHAN ELIAS is a writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. His writing has appeared in The Blotter, Red Fez, Hobart, Eclectica Magazine, Literary Orphans, Birdville Magazine and elsewhere. His films have been selected by Cannes Film Festival, Glass City Film Festival, Texas Independent Film Festival, and other venues. He has served as fiction, flash prose, art editor, and blogger at the literary journal Lunch Ticket. This is his first published book. Visit www.TheNathanElias.com for more information about the author. https: //www.cleavermagazine.com/a-myriad-of-roads-that-lead-to-here-a-novella-by-nathan-elias-reviewed-by-kelly-doyle/ "This novella provides readers who have experienced loss an opportunity to see their own feelings of confusion, fear, and disorientation reflected in a character's search for rightness in a world that feels anything but."

"Coil Quake Rift deals, in an ambitious and imaginative way, with not only space, time, and memory, but also with the yearning we all have to love and be loved. Nathan Elias is a damn fine storyteller."- Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Devil All the Time and The Heavenly Table "In Coil Quake Rift, four characters connected by a history of love, betrayal, and loss, come together and fall apart in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that opens a portal in space and time. With clear, confident prose, Nathan Elias sets these characters on a poignant and emotional metaphysical journey that forces them to grapple with regret and possibility; the destination is extraordinarily satisfying. Coil Quake Rift is a gift for anyone who has ever asked: what if?"- Tiffany Quay Tyson, author of The Past is Never and Three Rivers "Coil Quake Rift is a cinematic, contemplative, reality-bending page-turner deepened by its vivid Los Angeles setting and its intriguing questions about multiple universes and the afterlife."- Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of Annie and the Wolves When Margot learns she is carrying her husband Knox's child, she questions if she can bear another loss after a failed pregnancy divided her and Jason. Knox celebrates the news-despite the sorrow and guilt still lingering after his astrophysicist ex, Tiffany, died one year ago- until an earthquake jostles their Hollywood apartment and strips them of power. Moments later, when a small fissure opens in Venice Beach, Jason discovers an abandoned little girl outside his home. As authorities prove unable to help them, Jason determines that the already-fraught city and child are both worse off than he initially imagined. And Tiffany? After the sting of Knox's betrayal, she programmed the RIFT-a byproduct of her particle collider-to activate after her suicide. Thus, a ground-opening black hole is created, into which Margot, Knox, and Jason must descend. In multiple hall-of-mirror-like alternate universes, they are confronted with a choice: Accept the true pain of losing someone you love, or live a lie wherein the loved one was never lost?