Wonders of My World

Based on the true story of Aroslav’s erotic journey across America and around the world as told to Devon Layne

“As Billy Joel sang, ‘Sold the house, closed the shop, bought a ticket for the West Coast.’ It was the summer of 2013. I’d had an epiphany. I’m an author. I could do this from anywhere! So why was I doing it from a basement in Seattle? By July, I was in an F150 and a travel trailer with no destination but the road in front of me. This memoir in three volumes is based on the true story of my travel down U.S. Highways since then and my life before. Only the names, places, events, and activities have been changed to protect me—I mean the innocent. And to keep several wonderful women I’ve known from tracking me down!”

Under the guise of a travel memoir, this series jumps from sexual escapade to impossible love affairs as we bounce through the life of Aroslav: The avatar of the pseudonym of the alter ego of an author. Truth and fiction are so tightly interwoven in this adventure that you are never quite sure which is which. Actually, Aroslav is never sure. His imaginary friends are as real to him as his real friends. But, as Alice says, “Ari lies for a living. He calls it writing fiction.”

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U.S. Highways

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Suddenly cut loose from life as he’d known it, Aroslav strikes out aimlessly across the country, towing a small travel trailer behind his pickup truck. All he knows for certain is that he hates freeways. Freeways are for people who have a destination. For Ari, it is not about the destination, but about the journey.

Only a few weeks away from his one-time home in Seattle, he stops to have his truck washed by a team of bouncing cheerleaders fundraising for their team. Honestly, he only stopped because the truck was dirty, not because his mind was. Much to his surprise—and pleasure—he meets the young woman who will become his friend, lover, and muse as he remembers the journey of his life.

Pretending to be a travel memoir, U.S. Highways jumps from sexual escapade to impossible love affair as Aroslav makes his first circuit around the country, ultimately fulfilling a lifelong fantasy of following U.S. Highway 20 from coast to coast. And, if you believe him, fulfilling a number of other lifelong fantasies along the way! Who wouldn’t want a cute submissive blonde bikini model running around naked in his life? Unless sex was off limits. Sigh.

18 months, 35,000 miles, 36 states, 3 provinces, 7 lovers, and many, many memories.

American Backroads

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After eighteen months on the road, Aroslav continues his journey, noting that he missed a few states on his first time around. His muse, Alice, decides to invite herself along and spice up the journey a bit. Meeting old friends and relatives keeps Ari moving, but remembering adventures from his youth sometimes holds him transfixed, unable to separate one reality from the other.

One of the most productive writing times in Ari’s career, many of his characters trigger memories of the real people and events that inspired them. Whether they are all completely true or are just the way Ari wants to remember them is open for debate. After all, this is the memoir of the avatar of the pseudonym of the alter ego of the author. Believe what you dare!

Based on the true story of Aroslav’s erotic journey around America as told to Devon Layne.

Now up to 34 months, 55,000 miles, 45 states, 3 provinces, 12 lovers, and many, many memories.

Volume 2 of Wonders of My World

Border Crossings

Now available as a free online serial!

Aroslav was in Hawaii for the winter when he realized he was halfway to Japan. That inspired him to keep going, traveling through sixteen foreign countries as he worked his way around the world. And as he worked his way through half a dozen beautiful women. Originally titled “Seven Wonders of the World,” this was the first volume that his muse, Alice, enticed him to write. Now fully illustrated with photos from his journey (and a few filled in by others), Aroslav touches down in Japan, Thailand, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, Germany, and Iceland—each with its own adventurous woman to expand his horizons.

Pretending to be a travel diary, this over-the-top adventure story is the memoir of the avatar of the pseudonym of the alter ego of the author. You can only believe what you dare to believe. The story of his journey is interwoven with fond memories from a past he might have lived.

Based on the true story of Aroslav’s erotic journey around the world as told to Devon Layne.

“I was halfway to Japan, so I decided to just keep going West for four more months.”

Volume 3 of Wonders of My World

Lay of the Land

New collection of stories on the road! In progress

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