Out of the blue. If you search for The Turtle Club on Google, you’ll find various results. Sometimes it’s a restaurant, but to me, it’s simply a club for those who are slow and really like turtles.
I recently received a compliment on social media about the artwork for the cover of The Stoned Theory Of My Own Destruction. I appreciate the cover’s recognition, especially considering the time and thought that went into its presentation. But the artwork was never most important about the book. The cover might catch someone’s attention, but the literature is what I wanted people to discover.
I spent decades writing, developing and refining the fiction and the story itself. This was never just about creating an attractive book cover; it was about creating the best possible piece of literature I could produce. The artwork introduces the novel, but the real work, imagination and commitment are found in the writing. That’s where I invested my time, and that’s what I’m most proud of.
I just want to get the record player out and go wild.
Top 5 Songs:
- “Hey Jude” by The Beatles ‧ 1968.
- “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter” by Pearl Jam ‧ 1993.
- “The Mob Rules” by Black Sabbath ‧ 1981.
- “Caught In A Mosh” by Anthrax ‧ 1987.
- “HandClap” by Fitz and The Tantrums ‧ 2016.
There are so many songs out there. And there are so many spiders. Thought more about spiders lately. Have you ever stopped to imagine what it would be like to be reincarnated as a spider? Not just seeing the world from a different perspective, but actually waking up in another life, with eight legs, a completely different existence, and a whole new set of fears. I did exactly that. I took the idea and turned it into a story in the Technossance Magazine, exploring what it might mean to leave one life behind and find yourself living another. It’s a strange thought, perhaps even a disturbing one, but there’s something fascinating about it.
What surprised me most was how much I enjoyed writing Reincarnated. What began as an unusual idea became one of my favourite stories, touching on fear, mortality, reincarnation, and the mystery of life after death. There’s something unsettling about the possibility that death isn’t necessarily the end, but rather an entrance into something we could never have imagined. And perhaps the greatest fear isn’t dying at all, but discovering that there’s another life waiting for us on the other side.
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