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© Ryan Espinera

GROUNDSWELL

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Welcome to Groundswell: a psychodynamic novel! This is an instruction book to enter the world of fiction. You learn how to negotiate this layer of your own experience.

 

Book One introduces you to an unnamed writer and his challenges.


(Click on chapter title to read pdf file.)

 

 

BOOK ONE: INTRODUCTION

I, 1

On the Road

I,2

Monroe

I,3

Ray

I,4

Rebecca

I,5

Sara Gordon

I,6

Ray Again

I,7

Ray Eats Humble Pie

I,8

Max

I,9

Jack’s Revelation

I,10

Blind Coincidence

 


BOOK TWO: The writer gets his book published. He had no idea about the complications.


 

 

BOOK TWO: THE WRITER

II,11

Steven Fisher

II,12

The Readers’ Group

II,13

Donna’s Copy

II,14

Joy Reads

II,15

Ghosts

II,16

Shame

II,17

Politics

II,18

Movies

II,19

Posterity 

II,20

The Last Man

                            

 

 

BOOK THREE: CHLOE

III,21

Chloe’s Burden

III,22

The Shadows Talk Back

III,23

A Rose by Any Other Name

III,24

Memories of Me

III,25

Caught

III,26

No One to Tell

III,27

Taking My Chances

III,28

Too gFar Out

III,29

The Refugee

III,30

Totally Alone

                                      



 

 

BOOK FOUR: CHLOE READS

IV,31

Good Morning, America

IV, 32

The Working Week

IV, 33

One Mississippi

IV, 34

Food for Thought

IV, 35

The Eyes of the Soul

IV,36

A Bad Presence

IV, 37

The Way of the World

IV, 38

The Pursuit of Happiness

IV, 39

Visions

IV, 40

Isolation

                                      



 

 

BOOK FIVE: THE CHASE

V,41

Homeward Bound

V,42

Through the Looking Glass

V,43

On the Other Side

V,44

Friends

V,45

A Fatal Error

V,46

Denver

V,47

The Cody Brainerd

V,48

Harriet Fleming

V,49

Cat and Mouse 

V,50

Nameless

                                      


 

BOOK SIX: A villainous Brian tries to influence the telling of the story.


 

 

BOOK SIX: EVA

VI, 51

Designs

VI,52

Attention

VI,53

The Show 

VI,54

Significant Otherness

VI,55

Childhood’s End

VI,56

The Education of Eva

VI,57

Force

VI,58

The Confession of Eva

VI,59

Torture

VI,60

Harriet’s Critique

 


BOOK SEVEN: Alida explores the watery depths.


 

 

BOOK SEVEN: ALIDA

VII, 61

Until Hell Freezes Over

VII, 62

Small Wonders

VII,63

Faint

VII,64

The River

VII,65

Exposure

VII,66

Recovery

VII,67

Miracles

VII,68

The Eternal Night

VII,69

A Rainy Day 

VII,70

Trials



BOOK EIGHT: Alida creates her wonder.



 

 

BOOK EIGHT: ALIDA TALKS

VIII, 71

The Garden

VIII, 72

Flowers

VIII, 73

Roses

VIII, 74

Theory

VIII, 75

Puzzles

VIII, 76

Crystals

VII, 77

The Library

VIII, 78

Medicine

VIII, 79

The Long Walk

VIII, 80

Tinsel Town

                                                 

BOOK NINE: Alida’s story becomes ephemeral.

 

 

BOOK NINE: ALIDA CONCLUSION

IX, 81

The Flavor of Happiness

IX,82

The Liquid Element

IX, 83

The Great Storm

IX,84

The Myth

IX, 85

Solitaire

IX, 86

The Healing Waters

IX, 87

Royal Dreams

IXI, 88

The Summit

IX, 89

A World Underwater

IX, 90

Doctor’s Orders