An emotional and philosophical journey about a young boy who sees sadness everywhere he looks. His grandfather Abe meets him in it — bluntly, lovingly, and unconventionally — and hands him a 12-perspective process for examining any pain point until it can no longer hold him. A Siddhartha-style awakening for the world we actually live in, told as an illustrated fantasy with close to seventy original images.
Spun as a fantasy with close to 70 carefully crafted images by the author, the 13+ edition deliberately pushes into sensitive ground — including sex, religion, race, pain, and the subconscious. Grandpa Abe is not gentle in the conventional sense. He is unorthodox, sharp, funny, loving, and sometimes almost raucous in the way he tries to wake Elijah up.
Beneath the surface, Elijah begins to explore the deeper structure of the human mind. Through Abe’s guidance, he encounters ideas like the collective unconscious and the archetypal roles we all carry within us — the hero, the orphan, the rebel, the caregiver, and more.
But Abe is not just teaching Elijah how to understand himself. He is chasing something bigger: a belief that the universal spirit of unity can be awakened and expressed here on Earth — and that understanding ourselves is the first step toward making that possible. In many ways, this is Abe’s purpose — his reason for being. And maybe… it’s something each of us is meant to discover.
Grandpa Abe instills a 12-perspective process for looking at painful issues, and resolving them internally toward never being sad again.
A high-chroma, all-ages companion to the novel — the same heart, presented for readers who arrive earlier in the journey. Below are the two newest issues; visit the full series page for everything else.
The world is much brighter below
A rhyming, illustrated wake-up call about screens, attention, and what kids quietly trade away. Nia’s friends are physically at the park but mentally gone — drifting in floating clouds of pixel-dust. Backed by real research on young brains and the cost of going through life through a screen.
What matters most can’t be bought
A quiet boy stands at the edge of the playground in worn shoes while the other kids show off their new stuff. Elijah notices — and kneels down beside the chalk castles the boy is drawing alone. By sundown, the whole playground has built a cardboard kingdom together.
A deeper exploration of identity, purpose, archetypes, conflict, and the spiritual search for unity. Available as eBook, paperback, or hardcover.
Hardcover: 979-8-9955938-0-5 · Softcover: 979-8-9955938-1-2
