Cosmic Surfer

Peter Langman is a professor trapped in a tenured position at a Midwestern university. His interactions with students do nothing to assuage his dissatisfaction, and he finds himself questioning if he really wants to stay in his current position for the rest of his life. Further exchanges with a colleague who recently suffered a stroke and another associate on the verge of retirement, only help to solidify an already fatalistic view of the world. Faced with this existential dilemma, a series of subsequent encounters ultimately lead him to make the life-changing decision to retire early—and venture out into the real world before it’s too late.

An accomplished body surfer, Langman knows that the perfect ride can only happen when the body is in harmony with the waves…so he opens himself up to life and casts himself into the cosmic surf. Will it carry him into a blissful discovery of the unknown? Or will it crash him back onto the rocks of uncertainty?

Fans of Henry Miller and Anais Nin will find Cosmic Surfer an enchanting fictionalized autobiography based on the author’s personal search for life, joy, and meaning.