SUZANNE CLORES is the author of Memoirs of a Spiritual Outsider and the creator of The Extraordinary Project Podcast, an exploration of our relationship to otherworldly encounters. Her work has appeared and aired on The New York Times, NPR, Salon, Elle, The Rumpus, and many other outlets. She lives in Evanston, IL with her family. find out more >

The Extraordinary Project Podcast

A podcast about the exceptional moments between us.

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But I am here, headed to a gambling conference. I recount the small sum I am willing to spend, to fritter away on a dream. For nearly an hour we cruise. Hot, unpopulated strip malls, distant red rockscapes. At some point we drive up into pooled and palm-treed hills, upscale and residential, where I am safe from heat and greed but not the question that beats like a low, steady drum. Why did you come?