My second novel, The Rot, is now out.
It’s about the end of the world.
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The blurb:
What do we have for today, It’s called the rot, Does it say anything else, It says in the back, the world is ending, can you see it, That’s cryptic, Should we ask the seniors, But they never tell us anything important, We should try anyway…
Oh, that one, yes, we remember, What’s it about, It says right on the back, it’s about the end of the world, Which one, The one the people in the story live in, of course, And who are they, Should we tell them, yeah, alright, there’s a priest who smokes too much, and a woman who is leading double and triple lives, and a couple who lives in the middle of nowhere, Don’t forget the young woman and the child in the cave, And the poor dog, Yeah, but they are minor, much more important is the old man who talks to saints…
Yes, yes, ok, we got it, priests, saints, end of days, it’s one of those where their highest god comes to judge the world for their sins and sends fire and brimstone and… No, it’s not like that, it’s more like a plague, and it wasn’t sent by any god, much less a higher one, What kind of plague, Everything starts rotting, hence the name, but that’s just half of it, What’s the other half, It’s that only a few people can see it, And how does it end, Nice try, you know we can’t spoil it, we’ve said more than enough, and now off you go, Why can’t we learn the material beforehand, It’s simple, if you aren’t at the edge of your seats telling the story, the people listening won’t be at the edge of theirs…
Those guys are jerks, how are they higher gods than us, you know what, we should take a peek anyway.