Our realm and the Spirit Realm are definitely closer than anyone thinks, with a surprisingly permeable border. In addition to gates that can be opened and closed, there are some very well-hidden permanent pathways used by a select number of beings who treat one world or the other like some sort of commuting town. Then there’s incursions : Those rare and often-disastrous meetings-of-realities that happen when tides that no man or woman can predict sweep two realms into the same cosmic or celestial neighbourhood. Among the worst types of incursions are Sinkholes . They’re not as big as other incursions, and they’re not intentionally created, but their chaotic nature means they can lead anywhere : Even to the deepest, darkest, trench on the other side of the curtain. If we’re lucky, they only pull things down and through - hence the name - but occasionally something digs its way up from the other side. x We took a van down to a random spot on the Waterford coast and arrived before midnigh...