Writing.
After Forever – 6
In Chapter 6 of 'After Forever,' a conversation unfolds between the protagonist and Anax about their relationship and the decision to create new life. This chapter delves into memory, perception, and the evolution of identity in a post-apocalyptic world, highlighting the complexities of understanding and evolving within relationships in a world in which humans have no bodies.
After Forever – 5
After Forever, a sci-fi romantic dramedy, continues with this, its fifth instalment. The work is a narrative that’s set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans – as we know them – exist only as stored consciousnesses without physical bodies.
Chapter 5 of the story offers a deep philosophical exploration of life's meanings and expectations in a transformed world. The protagonist engages in introspection, questioning the purpose and significance of their actions, while pondering if they should have a child with their partner of ten years
After Forever – 4
Chapter 4 marks the halfway point of After Forever: a novel that’s set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans – as we know them – exist only as stored consciousnesses without physical bodies. This chapter centres on the protagonist's internal struggle over the decision to do the equivalent of creating new life in this dystopian world, or to use the parlance of the novel, ‘come together’.
After Forever – 3
Chapter 3 of 'After Forever' delves into the introspective lives of non-bodied beings. Exploring themes of emotion, consciousness, and the nature of thought, it contrasts their existence with human experiences, highlighting the impact of their artificial limitations in a thought-provoking narrative.
After Forever – 2
After Forever is a story of a post-apocalyptic world where humans are generated consciousnesses. Part 2 explores dynamics of love, existence, and humanity. In this part, our protagonist grapples with the decision to reproduce in this new world, while navigating a complex relationship with the enigmatic essayist Anax, who constantly wonders what it means to be human.
After Forever – 1
After Forever offers a glimpse into a post-apocalyptic future where humans are not born but artificially created due to our planet's hostile environment. The first part of the series provides a view of this world's complex social structures, ethical quandaries, and historic foundations. I start a personal exploration in this altered reality, where the meaning of being human undergoes constant redefinition.
Big Secret / Heaven Up Here
In my latest story, the protagonist explores life's dichotomies – from love and longing to urban rush and suburban calm. As memories unfold in everyday places, a 'what if' recurs, prompting introspection. It's not merely a tale of relationships, but a reflection on how our choices and memories shape us.
Throwaway Pieces (1) – It's Way Too Late
A compilation of mini-pieces. 'Fred again.. – Actual Life' grapples with the philosophies of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. 'Ruminations on lifting while watching All Quiet On The Western Front' considers the societal expectations of emotional response. 'Ready for afters' depicts the tension of the post-rave hours, while 'Interpol – Antics' dives into an introspection of evil.
LITTERING KILLS CROWS
In my recent story, titled LITTERING KILLS CROWS, I've delved into the world of an activist, her body painted with a cryptic environmental message about crows and littering. As she disrupts the normalcy of a busy freeway on an unseasonably hot day, the story focuses on themes of societal conformity, human fascination with the extraordinary, and our shared understanding of time's progression. The narrative reflects on how one unusual act can challenge our norms and disrupt the flow of an ordinary day.
Earthrise
Maybe hell isn’t other people. Maybe hell is how we see other people. How we don't see them at all, but rather see shadowy reflections, echoes of our own fractured selves – a sneer where there should be a smile, a jeer where there's just a stone face. Like a funhouse mirror, they appear distorted, reflecting our own fragmented selves. We're caught in this cosmic dance, tangled in duality: brain-body, mind-brain, within-without.
Left Foot, Right Foot
It was for man vs. a nation of millions that you recorded song for sis. millions, as it’s known among the few who listen to your music, your fourth album, the first after P’s departure as percussionist and K’s departure as girlfriend, was described by the sparsely-read music mags that covered it as stripped down and raw and, in a rare 7-star article in the now-defunct underground folk zine AAA, maybe the greatest political confessional since Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited.
Ink
On a crowded square in an unfamiliar European city, you drown out the calls of an over-the-top man selling Turkish ice-cream with the sound of a man playing the piano. A decade ago, on your first night in highrise city, you’d played the same piano swells on gas-station earphones to blot out the sound of cars whizzing by as you strolled through the city’s arteries and found, by your estimation, a couple hundred cars for every walking human figure. Nobody in this city, you figured, walked for leisure; everyone but you seemed to be getting to point b from point a.