Author Archives: Trish and Rob

N.F.D.

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Years ago, an editor asked me if I would be interested in completing a novel for an author who had died. He was forty and passed on very suddenly of a heart attack. He’d written four chapters and left behind … Continue reading →

Posted in c6, creativity, ghostwriting, trickster, writers | 9 Comments

Book sale synchronicity

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Here’s an interesting and somewhat humorous synchronicity related to the sale of our book proposal on synchronicity. Last week, an editor who heard that we had an offer decided to immediately pitch the book to the sales staff. She was … Continue reading →

Posted in books, publishing, writers | 8 Comments

Hexagram 51

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Trish and Rob

For anyone familiar with the I Ching, the hexagrams you throw are sometimes eerily literal. Such was the case for Kysha Jackson, a sales rep who lives in West LA. On May 15,Kysha was using an online site for the … Continue reading →

Posted in divination, earthquakes, hex51, I Ching | 4 Comments

Our Book Proposal Sells!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Trish and Rob

At 10:16 a.m. PST, June 15, we found out that we had a deal. Our synchronicity book will be published by Adams Books. One other publisher also made an offer, but Adams topped them.Rob & Trish

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Vox Piscis

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Trish and Rob

We’re traveling this week so we’ve availed Robert Ripley’s Giant Book of Believe it or Not a couple of times. Here’s another one.*** In 1626, a fishmonger in Cambridge, England pulled out a book that was bound in sailcloth from … Continue reading →

Posted in books, fish, heretics, word seriality | 7 Comments

Dueling Phone Calls

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Natalie sent us this story June 3 about synchronistic and simultaneous telephone calls. As you’ll see, almost everything about these two calls was synchronous. Natalie also noted that I had the same initials, R.M. as the two male callers. Rob*** … Continue reading →

Posted in clusters, communication, names | 3 Comments

Dead man’s hand

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Trish and Rob

I’ve come across this story a couple of times on the Internet. It appeared in Robert Ripley’s Giant Book of Believe it or Not, Warner Books, 1983. *** In 1958, a poker game turned deadly. It seemed a man named … Continue reading →

Posted in fathers, murder, poker, sons | 4 Comments

Oregon Tale

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Trish and Rob

The night before we left for Oregon this Tuesday, our daughter, Megan, was about to go meet a friend. She was backing out of the driveway when I stopped her and told her to take our Mazda Tribute because one … Continue reading →

Posted in cars, travel | 1 Comment

Ripples on a pond

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Trish and Rob

Steve Duffy wrote to tell us about a three-volume book by Peter Lavenda called Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft. Sounds sinister and grim – lifting words from the title. We’ve never heard of the books, but Steve … Continue reading →

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Dream Snake

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Trish and Rob

This story was sent in by a mechanical engineer, who calls himself Slim Jim. He’s a left-brain, scientific type, an atheist. In his free time, Slim Jim explores caves, underground mines and other hidden places. The abandoned building is where … Continue reading →

Posted in dreams, precognition, snakes | 9 Comments