One Wild Ride

From Bliss to Baby

By: MARION JONES

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

What if the afterlife was… kind of boring? In a realm of eternal bliss, a group of sassy, sarcastic spirit-beings have had enough of floating, glowing, and singing cosmic harmonies. Bliss? Meh. They want the real thrill ride — life as a human. One wild, messy, chaotic, magnificent lifetime. Diapers, taxes, heartbreak, TikTok and all.

Against the advice of the cautious elders, they line up like kids at a theme park, waiting for their number to be called and their souls to be dropped — quite literally — into newborn bodies. Meet Jaxx, a wisecracking soul with a thirst for drama and a birth plan that includes existential poetry and mild lactose intolerance. But the moment he’s born, the memories vanish… and the weirdness begins. From baby babble with cosmic insight to middle school prophecies and accidental TikTok fame, Jaxx struggles to make sense of a world he swears he’s seen before. With the help of a fellow old-soul named Rae, he sets off a movement that might just wake the sleeping world.