What if your
subconscious determined the fate of nations?
No one but her uncle would hire Nancy, considering her habit of snapping out of amnesiac fugues, wondering where she got her bruises and the scent of men's cologne. When she sees a crime of poison in progress at his company, she chases the truck carrying away the chemical legally deemed too deadly either to use or to dump. Her pursuit leads to more earth-shaking discoveries than she'd imagined, in a convoluted secret world of political intrigue she's determined to set right – though her imagination is what holds that world together.
This political conspiracy novel introduces a beautiful woman with an ambiguous past and an incomprehensible present involving herself, with one layer after another of her psyche, in a killer organization.
While Nancy tracks down what she suspects to be an environmental crime, a little girl carries her toy dog into the inner sanctum of a snake-handling church and a tarted-up woman seduces key players in a very dangerous game. An ancient occult spy code unlocks passageways, sinister boxes, mystery school rituals, and the mind itself.
The Agents of the Nevermind series dares to explore the edgiest controversies and the convoluted lives of secret agents as they create bizarre delusions for the world in order to hide the truth. This intimate portrayal of a strong female protagonist introduces the propagandistic branch of Intelligence performing occult social engineering -- unless the gullible populace wises up and bravely resists the mind control. Heart-pounding entertainment illuminates the shadows of our reality with glee.
Here is the website devoted to Glossolalia: Psychological Suspense which the FB people are guessing about above, with images of most of the main characters. All the blogger, pro and Amazon customer reviews can be found there.
"Glossolalia is a 60-foot tall blender, set on high, with equal amounts Tom Robbins, Philip K. Dick, and Carlton Mellick III. In the shadow of the giant pink flamingo god, Bennu, the truth will be revealed. Buckle up."--Richard Thomas, author of Disintegration and Breaker
You may be familiar with the celebrated author, Richard Thomas. His most recent book of seven, Disintegration, is on the top books of 2015 list from Entropy and Culture Vulture. Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press, Storyville column at LitReactor.com, book reviews for The Nervous Breakdown, and articles for BuzzFeed and Flavorwire. He has taught creative writing at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Story Studio Chicago, and LitReactor.com. He won awards from ChiZine, Cafe Doom, co-edited a Bram Stoker-nominated anthology and his short story collection was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award.
"Glossolalia is a 60-foot tall blender, set on high, with equal amounts Tom Robbins, Philip K. Dick, and Carlton Mellick III. In the shadow of the giant pink flamingo god, Bennu, the truth will be revealed. Buckle up."--Richard Thomas, author of Disintegration and Breaker
You may be familiar with the celebrated author, Richard Thomas. His most recent book of seven, Disintegration, is on the top books of 2015 list from Entropy and Culture Vulture. Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press, Storyville column at LitReactor.com, book reviews for The Nervous Breakdown, and articles for BuzzFeed and Flavorwire. He has taught creative writing at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Story Studio Chicago, and LitReactor.com. He won awards from ChiZine, Cafe Doom, co-edited a Bram Stoker-nominated anthology and his short story collection was nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award.
Glossolalia is a fast-paced, quirky book that lives up to its tagline of being a “psychological suspense thriller” while also being extremely fun to read. Bensko balances the heavy themes of sexual abuse, mind control, nefarious companies that are destroying the environment, and government conspiracies with tongue-in-cheek humor and a surreal edge. I empathized with Nancy as she uncovered and dealt with the secrets of her past buried in her own head, and I laughed along with her when her gluten- and sugar-intolerant body insisted on eating desserts–and lusted after the handsome Julio. Glossolalia sparkles with Bensko’s unique prose style, and ultimately left me feeling uplifted, even as I found myself thinking about the things we all might prefer to keep buried.
-- Deborah Steinberg
Fiction Editor, Rivet Journal and Red Bridge Press
-- Deborah Steinberg
Fiction Editor, Rivet Journal and Red Bridge Press
Really enjoyed it! You have a real sense of how to follow the inner dialogue. My feeling as a reader actually reminded me of when I was 18 and first read Djuna Barnes' Nightwood. You're a talented writer.
-- Elana Freeland, author of SubRosa America
-- Elana Freeland, author of SubRosa America
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Read a PDF of the first chapter, with images of the characters as they're introduced: Give It to Me.