My main work in progress is The Last New World, a novel about philosophy, the galaxies between our ears, and the continuous struggle to grow up. Oh, and what might happen if the walls between reality and fiction stretch too thin. You’ll find answers to questions you never knew you had like: who was Orson, and why doesn’t he wear clothes? What’s the most depressing thing Dostoevsky wrote? and What happens to a “hero” after a quest ends?

Put Kurt Vonnegut, Jasper Fforde, and Søren Kierkegaard in a blender, and you might get something similar—as well as a long prison term.

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Early thoughts from test readers:

“I missed my bus reading The Last New World”—Happy (?) reader

“Holy shit, Brian…this is great stuff”—Person who received no financial compensation

“I simply couldn’t put it down”—Man with glue on his fingers

“I helped write it!”—Robin the keyboard-walking cat