Sea Crow Press Announces The Three Marks of Existence: Dharma Stories by Cassandra Passarelli

CAPE COD, Mass. - May 6, 2025 - PRLog -- Sea Crow Press is proud to announce the release of The Three Marks of Existence: Dharma Stories by Cassandra Passarelli, available June 2, 2025. This profound collection of twenty-eight short stories explores impermanence, dissatisfaction, and identity—the three marks of existence described in Buddhist philosophy.

Passarelli's fiction is spiritually resonant and globally situated, drawing readers into richly imagined settings from Guatemala and Greece to Myanmar and Mexico. With emotional clarity and lyrical precision, each story offers an intimate meditation on the challenges of being human in an ever-changing world.

The Three Marks characterise all existence. Passarelli's fiction engages with these themes not to mire us in suffering, but to offer glimpses of insight and freedom. Each story, born of an obsession with a moment, nudges us toward the liminal space where literature and spirituality converge.

Praise for The Three Marks of Existence:

"Cassandra Passarelli's short stories show a deep sensitivity to the human heart and soul. Presenting characters facing change, impermanence, and dissatisfaction, Passarelli explores Buddhist ideas of emptiness, compassion, time, mutability, and moral choice. Widely international... In each story, we are held by the original and humane voice of a vital new author."— Andy Brown, author of The Midnight Mechanic and Professor of Creative Writing, University of Exeter

"This mind-blowing book isn't about Buddhism, but it is about the Dharma... Like a gleaming net of jewels... these twenty-eight stories are riveting, dream-like, at times hallucinatory... Passarelli is a master painter of scenes."— Frank LaRue Owen (Inzan), author of The Temple of Warm Harmony

Cassandra Passarelli's stories feature a vibrant cast of characters—narco-bosses, Mormon mothers, Zen meditators, kidnapped children, and bitter lepidopterists—navigating moral ambiguity, spiritual insight, and transformation. Despite themes of impermanence and loss, the collection is ultimately a celebration of compassion and the richness of human experience.

About the Author:

Cassandra Passarelli is a writer and journalist whose fiction bridges global landscapes and spiritual exploration. Her work reflects a deep engagement with Buddhist philosophy and the liminal places where awareness meets narrative.

About the Publisher:

Sea Crow Press is a woman-owned independent publisher based on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Committed to amplifying underrepresented voices, Sea Crow publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and eco-lit with literary craft and social impact. Visit us at https://www.seacrowpress.com/

The Three Marks of Existence will be available in print and digital formats through independent bookstores, online retailers, and directly from Sea Crow Press.

Publication Date: June 2, 2025

Distribution: National Book Network (US & Canada), Gardners Books (UK)