Dust Within a Thought

In the Novel, Dust Within A Thought… Dr. Kat Sheroki is in her early thirties and recently divorced. By all measures, she is an effective psychiatrist, yet maintains a cool and comfortable distance from others including her patients. An intelligent, organized and tidy person, she treats life with cold indifference desiring to control people and thus gain better control over herself. She is fascinated by and feels an immediate connection to a new client, Calvin Szymanski.
Calvin Szymanski, in his late thirties, suffers with a long history of mental illness and lives his life in constant delusion. Solitary and kindhearted, he desires a complete escape from reality for him to try to control his life. He also feels an instant connection to Dr. Sheroki.
After their initial appointment, both Kat and Calvin have differing issues. Calvin experiences a panic attack on his way home nearly hitting a child on a bike. Arriving home, he escalates to a violent episode but eventually calms down. He craves peace and solitude and visits a patch of vineyard woods once owned by his family. Though seemingly placated, he experiences a psychotic episode resulting in an accident that ands him in the emergency room and an eventual stay in a psychotic ward.
After her initial meeting with Calvin, Kat relaxes at her home with a drink and reflects on her life. Her cat knocks over a vase resulting in a pile of glass and water. While attending to the issue, she cuts her hands on the glass causing her to hit her head into a coffee table. The blood causes her to become emotional and somewhat delusional. Believing the internal stress of her life is the cause she struggles to stay intact both physically and emotionally.
During the following days, Kat begins to spiral as she obsesses over Calvin and acquires new struggles beyond her control. Her ability to remain stable is brief.
Both begin to question reality … their reality … and that of each other. As they share each other’s experiences and develop their own perspectives, we find Kat and Calvin might not exist, at least not outside the imagination and the pages written by the author of the story. The ending connects both Kat and Calvin directly to the writer of this novel, his personality, characteristics, and experiences in a surprising conclusion.