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Kia ora, and welcome to my webpage. 

It’s my calling to explore and capture life experiences and emotions. Big or small, banal or bizarre, I tell stories designed to entertain and shed light upon the wild beasts of the human condition.

I appreciate you stopping by and hope you will linger a while and have a good nose around! I’m chuffed you came but will be even more delighted if you like my site or say hello. Of course, the icing on the cake will be if you press follow! 

Here you’ll find some of my stories, whether short, long, flash or micro. You will also find a link to other stories in my Short Story collection – Baikonur Bitch. You’ll also find links to my two novels;

The cry of the Kuaka, and

Return of the Water Deer

These two stories are the first two instalments of the Iju Trilogy. 

2021 was a great year (for my writing) – and I’m really looking forward to this year to continue that momentum! With plenty of ideas in my head, competitions to enter, and a novel to complete, 2022 will be awesome.

Nga Mihi 

Roly

My Store

The cry of the Kuaka Available to purchase as an E-Book and paperback from Amazon, Smashwords and other E-Book retailers. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/532319 In a modern world where blood and boundary no longer define identity, how do you find belonging and self? The Kuaka is a special bird, a bird without boundary nor home. The cry of… Continue reading My Store

About me

Big-hearted, aspiring author, a reluctant gardener, arrogant and stubborn, a champion for the disadvantaged; there must be at least 1001 descriptions you could use to try and describe me. And to be honest, they still wouldn’t capture my essence entirely. In my case, a picture does not describe a thousand words. It’s amazing what a… Continue reading About me

Get it! Get it?

For someone so well educated and qualified, it would be perfectly reasonable to ask, why would anyone want to design a perspex abdomen? What problem would it solve?

Balls up!

Ang and Jack – Part Two

“Oh, I’m not really hungry; I’ll just grab some meat, play around with that, maybe pull up some ice cream from the freezer.”

Just be nice!

Ang sighed. “Looks like ‘The Supremacy’, stuffed up again. This policy was supposed to make people behave and be nicer to each other. It was supposed to eliminate the assholes, make more space, and food plentiful. Instead, the assholes don’t register. What a complete stuff up!”

Stuffin’ Hec

“Some want bells & whistles; some just a cardboard casket. Some send their loved ones off in a golden shroud & a flash car; others, well, they can’t get rid quick enough, no-frills, nothing fancy. A sheet, a hole in the ground, or a can of gas, & a match!

Return of the Water Deer

Return of the Water Deer is the sequel to The cry of the Kuaka and the second instalment of the Iju Trilogy. It continues Kang Dae’s story, who is now trapped in North Korea, with dark forces from the North and South doing their best to keep him there.

The cry of the Kuaka

5.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2015

A long tangled weave of a story bringing together different cultures but with the important thread, belief in where you have come from.
A remarkable first book reminiscent of Amy Tan and her family sagas

Francis (1 Corinthians 11:27-29)

Despite some priests and parishioners living with gluten intolerances or Coeliacs disease, the Catholic Church still do not provide gluten-free hosts. They offer a low gluten alternative.

John 3:8

A 100-word story about choice

The Nightmare Shop

“The box in the very middle,” the man pointed. “You see it? The one with the red and yellow stripes. That box contains nightmares. I bought them about ten years ago. Never sold one, not a single nightmare, so I put them back in here five years ago. Now I need the space, so I want to get rid of them.”

Tingle

Some children never grow up!

Enhancacine

A pill to halve your age! Would you take it?

The Neophyte

Feeling low in energy? Don’t worry – earth always gives such poor returns!

The Wish

Discovery and disability – the terms aren’t mutually exclusive!

Uncle Gregory (aka The suicide tree)

Unafraid, I welcomed him. With a subtle cold breeze blowing, I beckoned him closer, sympathetically throwing golden leaves before him, laying a soft autumnal path. As usual, there were no birds to frighten into the skies. Superstitious and afraid; they had not rested, roosted, nor nested anywhere near me for many years. Wary, fear of guilt by association, they stayed away. 

Come gentle night

Originally posted on Roly Andrews – Story Teller:
Come gentle night! “The battle between light and dark, good and evil is as old as death itself.” Ramiro smiled, “Surely you mean life; for, without life, there can be no death.” The old exorcist chuckled. “You are mistaken, young man; but it goes with your age!…

Uncle Gregory (aka The suicide tree)

Originally posted on Roly Andrews – Story Teller:
Uncle Gregory (aka The suicide tree) He had come to cut me down. I watched him approach. Weighed down by more than the chain saw he shouldered, his force evaporated space in front of him. Yet, I could see gravity taking its toll, grinding him closer to…

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