“At a time when sweeping sagas hold sway and the Big Book dominates literary spheres, a Small Book telling the story of shadow lives appears like a grain of sand on a vast shore. But that’s if we go by appearances alone. In Seductive Avatars of Maya, Mark Ulyseas uncovers a world in a grain of sand, ferreting out intensely experienced moments in the lives of people caught in a limbo of obsessive reality.” - Randhir Khare, Celebrated Indian Poet, Writer and Playwright.