Barry Brilliant has never been content with just one reality.
An author, inventor, performer, and deep thinker with a master’s thesis focused on Franz Anton Mesmer and the forgotten frontiers of consciousness, Barry’s life has been a lifelong exploration of the strange and the possible. His debut novel, Slip Back – Push Forward, weaves threads from his decades-long study of history, quantum mechanics, comparative religious philosophies, and the metaphysics of resonance—a term he doesn’t use lightly.
Long before multiverses were in fashion, Barry was experimenting with them. Not just in fiction, but through his work in stage magic, hypnosis, and alternative healing modalities. His personal research spans animal magnetism, the energy theories of Wilhelm Reich, and the frequency-based medicine of Samuel Hahnemann. Each chapter he writes is charged with the hum of that curiosity: the idea that emotion itself might be a force that shapes the fabric of time.
In addition to being a writer, Barry has spent years inventing machines: from vaporizer technology and cannabis extraction systems to patented packaging designs and conceptual tools meant to bridge mind and matter. He’s helped launch and collaborate with companies such as Vapertip, SIPit CBD, and Gemstx, where wellness, design, and cannabinoid science converge. His work with Calyxa Terpenes explores the subtle power of scent in emotional modulation, while Kind Supply Direct serves as a platform for packaging innovation and inventor partnerships. Through his creative friendship with TrueForm Design, a CNC innovation lab, Barry has brought many of his more speculative prototypes into physical reality—proof that dreams, when engineered carefully enough, can take shape.
At heart, he is a magician—not just of cards or illusions, but of perception. Whether it’s through fiction, invention, or philosophy, Barry is always searching for the invisible threads that hold reality together.
If you’re the kind of reader who likes your science speculative, your time travel philosophical, and your characters pulsing with emotional charge… Slip Back – Push Forward is your next read.
