Published in Scrittura·PinnedMember-onlyWhose is it anyway?Notes on a life — Poetry1 min readPhoto by Ton Nettos on UnsplashWhose is it anyway?Notes on a life----10
PinnedMember-onlyYou can’t unsee it.Ladies and gents, my first novel. It is what it is. — Update: The book is now live on Amazon — read on for details. Today, on my eldest sister’s birthday, another firstborn entered the cold light of day amid the Human collective of genetic wildcards. I’m talking about my first novel in a twisted, anthropomorphic way. And here it is! You can get it on Amazon, in Kindle or paperback, and if you’re so…Novel3 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·2 days agoMember-onlyChapter 22: Round 3 — For LoveA serialised novel — < Ch 21 < ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE You could say the absinthe drove a wedge between Jessica and me. By now we’d returned to SA — to buy a house in the suburbs, raise the children and get to know and love each other properly. Except, nope; we fought…I Love You We Said9 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·5 days agoMember-onlyChapter 21: My Brother, My HeroA serialised novel — < Ch 20 < > Ch 22 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE Which brings me around to the second bizarre thing to bring my time at varsity and Kiepersol male residence to a close. As I left my post as telefoontiffie, I heard someone call out from the other side…I Love You We Said8 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Sep 23Member-onlyChapter 20: Very Funny, Punk RockA serialised novel — < Ch 19 < > Ch 21 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE The next year Rudi’s brother died in a car crash, and it was as if someone had hit the product recall button with him. …I Love You We Said9 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Sep 20Member-onlyChapter 19: The Scalding Words Don’t CauteriseA serialised novel — < Ch 18 < ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE Someone said we were a beautiful couple. A harmless compliment, but it made me feel the uninvited eyes on us, appraising, envious or mocking. (Embarrassingly just then we were dressed the same, in white shirts and light denim.) It put us in…Theauthe7 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Sep 16Member-onlyChapter 18: The Universe, the World, History, Circumstance, the Heavens, my Luck, GodA serialised novel — < Ch 17 < > Ch 19 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE After the kicking-in of my door I didn’t feel like I owed anyone any debt of civility. ‘Punk Rock thinks he’s better than us,’ said someone. I stopped and turned around, my neck and shoulders bunched up and…Novel7 min read
Sep 14Member-onlyFilm Review: Cop CarWell, lookee — another fantastic movie that I’m absolutely sure nobody in my family will like, so now I have to tell you about it. This is Cop Car, and what’s great about it is the script — not the story but how it’s put together, and not in what’s…Film Reviews3 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Sep 13Member-onlyChapter 17: ‘Ben Human, aus Coltrane.’A serialised novel — < Ch 16 < > Ch 18 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE I headed down to the Arts & Humanities Faculty and made a beeline for the VJ Koopman building, erected in commemoration of His Excellency the Agricultural Minister’s tragic death and summarily co-opted into the campus vernacular as “the…I Love You We Said7 min read
Published in The Power of Poetry·Sep 10Member-onlyThe Day is Drawing NearFor one reason and another, both my girl, nearing 20, and my little boy, 18 months younger, are heading off to university, in less than two weeks. It’s the day we parents dream of, dread, but that never quite seems real until it’s so close you can touch it, and…Poem2 min read
