Category Archives: Fantasy

100-Word Flash(ing) Fiction

Posted on August 30, 2019 by colonialist

  I have had a yearning, recently, to keep my hand in on Flash Fiction and have been looking for a home for such pieces. After failing to find one quite suitable, I thought of doing it anyway. The first … Continue reading →

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Immy-agination in Art

Posted on April 22, 2019 by colonialist

GloPoWriMo Day 22 Prompt is as follows: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Colonialist, verse, writing, music composition, fantasy, Africa, journal., Fantasy, GloPoWriMo, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Utter Noun Scents

Posted on April 21, 2019 by colonialist

GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 21 Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that incorporates wild, surreal images. Try to play around with writing that doesn’t make formal sense, but which engages all the senses and involves dream-logic. Where … Continue reading →

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The Goddess of the Devil Progresses

Posted on March 21, 2019 by colonialist

Interest in the promotion for The Goddess of the Devil continues, and the YouTube here  has now received going on for 1.6 million views. With that amount of notice, the next step is to make it known that the book … Continue reading →

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Out to Launch With Lunch

Posted on November 16, 2018 by colonialist

The latest of my launch dates was by invitation to an affair this morning hosted by District Six of the Durban Library network as part of their initiatives following Durban’s selection as the only UNESCO City of Literature in Africa. … Continue reading →

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The Magic Show Riddle

Posted on September 16, 2018 by colonialist

  Drive your strength to seek ten letters The buzzer goes when finish raffle, Instinct, speed, will blow out betters, On-stage, your spirit brains will baffle.     © September 2018 Colonialist    

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Sighence Friction Phantasy

Posted on June 26, 2018 by colonialist

Wordle 358                   In limbo, images rattle through ring; Safe, will fold into nowhere, but will bring A gasp if from the pit their shell reforms; Split pill with blade: protect from … Continue reading →

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A Postal Exorcise to Stamp Out Demons

Posted on May 26, 2018 by colonialist

Invisible creature close by; corners skip behind — Belong in Hell to roam — Strip from hiding and laugh as you find; Put in cardboard, paint black, post home!   © May 2018 Colonialist

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TWADDLE in Really Awful Rhyme

Posted on May 19, 2018 by colonialist

    I used the 98-word Twaddle challenge to start writing anything, stop when I thought I’d got to about 98, and then do a little fine-tuning, pruning and swooning:-       So twaddle we send our writing efforts … Continue reading →

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Rufus Leering at Edward Again

Posted on May 10, 2018 by colonialist

© May 2018 Colonialist

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