Books, articles, and field guides

Books and field guides for seeing the systems people get trapped in, and finding a way back out.

Start with the work that fits the room you are in: leaving a system that feeds on you, rebuilding the man beneath the mask, or reading the wider catalogue.

Flagship field guide

Stop Feeding the System

A field guide for recognising and recovering from narcissistic abuse — the system that feeds on reaction, explanation, rescue, and self-doubt.

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Private room

ManOS

A private, selective room for men who built the life and cannot say what it costs to hold it together.

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Books

Current and forthcoming work

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Field guide · Published

ManOS

A book for men who built the life and cannot say what it costs to hold it together. Rebuilding self-trust beneath the mask.

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Novel

LOADED

A post-human intelligence audits the archive of humanity from a station at the bottom of the Pacific.

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Field guide · Forthcoming

Stop Feeding the System

A field guide for recognising and recovering from narcissistic abuse. For the reader who already knows something is wrong and needs to see the system clearly.

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Systems builder

Founder of Scrivener for Windows and OneStop for Writers, now working through Lumen & Lever on institutional systems.

Writer

Books and articles about the systems people find themselves inside, at personal and institutional scale.

Artist

A continuing art practice in painting and mixed media, available through the quieter gallery branch.

Art

The gallery remains open.

Original works and private viewing inquiries are still available, but art is no longer the front door of the site.

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