I think you will greatly enjoy it based on this conversation. Here's a link:
As for your other question, I don't call myself an atheist, but others often do. I find the idea of most religions utterly silly and contrary to basic and rudimentary observation. Maybe it's closer to say I'm agnostic? But that's still inaccurate. The organized way of thought that comes closest to the way I think of and approach reality is definitely Taoism. I don't consider myself a taoist though (which is funny enough an extremely Taoist statement lol). I consider myself an ignorant ape creature who cannot and will not ever know anything resembling objective truth surrounding existence and non-existence. All of our ideas and conceptions and experiences, both environmental and psychonautical, are all the mind experiencing itself being a mind.
As for interdimensional or extraterrestrial beings existing. Odds are they do, especially, of course, extraterrestrials. We exist. So it's likely others in the infinite cosmos do too. When people say hey, look out in space. There is no other life! That is like scooping up a cup of water from the ocean and concluding there is no life in the ocean based on the contents of that cup. Except multiply that by endless factors to account for what is possibly infinite space (or at least very, very, very big) beyond the observable universe.
Thank you again to everyone who read my first book and encouraged me to keep writing! Here's a link for those interested:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZQ9P6JV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Edit:
Link reported to be broken, though it works for me :/
Here's another one!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZQ9P6JV/ref=dbs_a_def_awm_bibl_vppi_i1
You can also get to it through my site:
Link for those interested:
Back of book and review:
“When Matthew Willish wakes up on a cold steel floor unsure of how he got there, he begins desperately searching for answers. What Matthew doesn't realize, however, is that this is only the beginning of a journey that will ultimately send him searching other worlds for the answer to numerous profound questions, the most pressing being: is he living in reality or in a dream? Or is he just an insane man who desperately needs help? A Dream of Waking Life is a philosophical and psychological thriller that tells the story of one man's journey through space, time, and mind to not only discover his true identity but also the love of his life—a woman who keeps slipping through his fingers and into another reality. A thought-provoking meditation on the thin line between what is real and what is not, A Dream of Waking Life will leave readers questioning how far they would go to understand the nature of their own existence and how much they would sacrifice for love.”