Eyes of Iris, by Joshua A.H. Harris (Mali 1996-98)

Eyes of Iris, by Joshua A.H. Harris

Book Description

What did Iris see? Was it an accurate vision of the future or merely a drug-induced hallucination?

Iris, a twenty-year-old genius, stumbles into the ER after participating in an Ayahuasca ceremony, claiming to have traveled to the future. Dr. Kairos–the hospital psychiatrist on call that day–surreptitiously hits record on his iPhone as she begins recounting her time-travel tale.

Iris’s vivid descriptions of Earth circa 2300, its bizarre inhabitants, and her harrowing escape are far more detailed and imaginative than any delusional story Dr. Kairos has ever encountered. By the end of the interview, he believes he’s captured one of the most important delusional accounts ever told. But little does he know, her story–and his role within it–may, in the end, alter the fate of humanity.

Inspired by H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, Eyes of Iris challenges our perceptions of reality and explores humanity’s complex relationships with technology, our collective future, and each other.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DW4FW72G

Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 25, 2025

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About the author

Joshua A.H. Harris is the author of Eyes of Iris, Atmosphere Press (2025), and Unorthodoxy, Atmosphere Press (2019), which won an IPPY award for popular fiction. He is a father, teacher, and recovering environmental attorney. He grew up in Laramie, Wyoming, served in the Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa, and currently lives in the Bay Area. He holds a B.A. from Brown University, a J.D. from UC Davis, and an M.A. English/M.F.A Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. His writings have appeared in Common Ground, East Bay Times, Gravitas (Pub House Books), Berkeley Times, and Ars Poetica. He also wrote Out of the Fog (2014), a serialized novel released one chapter per week over the course of a calendar year (available at outofthefogjh.blogspot.com), and Common Sense 2019: A Bipartisan Call to Take Back Our Government, a political pamphlet that addresses the fundamental problem of money in politics. In 2017, he served as an associate editor for La Vil: Stories from the Streets of Port-au-Prince, Voice of Witness (San Francisco). For more information, visit his website at www.joshuaahharris.com and subscribe to his Substack: www.joshuaahharris.substack.com.