Being Our Own Gods: Drug Memoirs of an Artist, 1970-75

70s drug culture meets The Fool, out on the highway, coast-to-coast, Canada, and the Caribbean, the anti-hero rides his rocket thumb through all the drugs, sex, and rock-n-roll he can get his grubby hands on.

Eric, aged 18 to 23, neither shies away from nor becomes defined by the organic needs of the times.

The book is non-linear, composed of 24 story / chapters divided into four geographical sections that piece together to form a mosaic whole. The stories range in length from 1300 words to 8000 words. The reader can potentially choose to begin with any story, in any section: Coast-to-Coast and Canada, Jamaica, Florida, and Boulder. Or they can simply read in a linear fashion.

This is a non-violent book with graphic, mostly psychedelic drug-use and sexual content.

There is one death in the entire book.

The gritty tales told do not shy away from any content.

Mr. Aker lives and plays in Portland, Oregon. He has published two, sequential crime novels, "North Of Likely" and "Delusion," available on Amazon and other digital platforms.