MISSION
Worlds that invite curiosity, imagination, and the courage to look again.
Creative work with softness at the center, made for complicated hearts.
Humor, hope, and strange beauty for surviving the human story.
Confuse Us Says
101 original quacks of crooked wisdom about work, money, marriage, family, food, aging, faith, and the everyday disasters of being human—illustrated with dry,
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The Weedles of Wickerwell’s Wall
Everyone in Sandalwood thinks Patch Wickerwell works alone. But behind the loose boards of his crooked workshop lives a tiny family with a very big job. The
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Mudpies and Dandelions: A Journey from Scraped Knees to Letting Go
A warmhearted illustrated picture book about childhood summers and letting go. Written by Brian Edward McDermott, RN. Paperback $17.99 | Ebook
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Fed on Purpose
Some books you read. This one you taste. Fed on Purpose is a “foodoir” — part memoir, part family cookbook — built from the meals that made a man. It begins
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Otto the Outta Not Otter
Every night the otters of River Browns Marsh sleep in a raft — not a raft made of wood, but a raft made of each other — floating on their backs with their toes
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EXPLORE
Five creative doors into the stories, sounds, and future worlds of BYION Enterprises.
Locked Ward Ink
Literary fiction, poetry, and adult works with emotional depth.
BYION Sound
Music, audiobooks, and creative listening experiences.
BYION Vision
Animation, visual storytelling, and future screen projects.
Brian Edward McDermott is an author, nurse, entrepreneur, and founder of BYION Enterprises LLC. His work blends children’s literature, poetry, therapeutic writing, family stories, humor, grief, resilience, and hope into books created for readers who need something honest to hold.
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