Published in Scrittura·PinnedMember-onlyWhose is it anyway?Notes on a life — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 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 readNovel3 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·3 days agoMember-onlyChapter 36 — A Sandwich of its TimeA serialised novel — < Ch 35 < ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE Author’s note: This is the last instalment in the serialisation of my debut novel, I Love You, We Said, for 2022. Normal publishing will resume in January 2023. I’m kidding, of course. Jessica was a perfectly normal white girl from England. Beautiful…Fiction10 min readFiction10 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·6 days agoMember-onlyChapter 35— I Love You, We SaidA serialised novel — < Ch 34 < ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE Author’s note: This serialisation of my novel, I Love You, We Said, will be on pause until the new year as of December 2nd, 2022. The normal publishing schedule of 2 chapters per week will resume in the second week of January…Fiction6 min readFiction6 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Nov 26Member-onlyChapter 34 — For AscendancyA serialised novel — < Ch 33 < > Ch 35 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE We truly became strangers then, Jessica and I. Adversaries, if I’m honest. Poorly matched too. Every exchange a battle, and her winning each one. …I Love You We Said6 min readI Love You We Said6 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Nov 23Member-onlyChapter 33 — You End up Sorry ForeverA serialised novel — < Ch 32 < > Ch 34 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE The next day, before I left for Cape Town, I thought I’d go say goodbye to Rudi. Like me, he’d moved to Johannesburg in search of his fortune and was working at the Mail. To be honest I…Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Nov 18Member-onlyChapter 32 — Oh BennieA serialised novel — < Ch 31 < > Ch 33 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE Taking stock was painful: Recent double graduate. Advancing age (twenty-nine). Denied full entry by two professions. Slightly damaged by previous owner (father). Savage as fuck. Simple as fuck. …Fiction6 min readFiction6 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Nov 15Member-onlyChapter 31 — Life Coaching 362A serialised novel — < Ch 30 < > Ch 32 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE Being jobless, I didn’t really feel the need to attend the sessions my employer had got me with a life coach anymore. I’d been going with the best of intentions, but a heavy heart. Not because of the…Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Nov 12Member-onlyTaking 🕷 to France🕷’s pregnant she is beautiful… I feel quite close to her for someone so afraid of her ilk I feel bad about leaving her I bet the new occupants give her one look, her ochre, stripey legs her throbbing belly and shriek, sure that their unfounded fear trumps the right to life of such…Fear2 min readFear2 min read
Published in The Authentic Eclectic·Nov 11Member-onlyChapter 30 — A Very Difficult PositionA serialised novel — < Ch 29 < > Ch 31 > ALL CHAPTERS TO DATE So I think I’ll spare you a taste of what that was like — day-to-day life as Agrarian Weekly’s all-new junior reporter. Suffice to say I was thrown into various esoteric agribusiness beats I’d never heard of —…Fiction8 min readFiction8 min read
