mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze This is the beta version - part of a series of stories called the water horses, after the beasts of folklore. In this story, its 1995 in Vichy France and something terrible just happened to Paris.

Last month I wrote a narrative arc in my #monkeyandthequeen series set in Vichy France in 1995. Our heroine has a pressing need to escape from the reich - not just prohibition - but an unsolicited marriage being forced on her from up high. A fine time to meet someone, but with Paris now destroyed...

Editing the first book of the #monkeyandthequeen

Read it for free at open.substack.com/pub/monkeyan...

#writer #Cyberpunk #romance #newzealand

the Monkey and the Queen 1.6.6 serialised episode one point six six

Unfortunately I had to move out of the hot sun to post the latest drop of the #monkeyandthequeen serial. The sacrifices I make. This makes near 50000 words out from behind the paywall, free to read now. open.substack.com/pub/monkeyan...

Fridays episode of #theattackofthevenusianqueens from #monkeyandthequeen drops on lukewigram.substack.com at 5pm #newzealand time. A 5-7 minute read. The protagonist muses on othering people as he is slowly cooked by a brain scanner. Working as a corporate slave is hell, but tomorrow is Friday...

the attack of the venusian queens - part two - from the monkey and the queen episode one point two, about nine thousand words

open.substack.com/pub/monkeyan...

episode one point two from the #AttackOfTheVenusianQueens is out now on my Substack. About 8000 words of B grade space horror in this episode. Trigger warnings, like all fairy tales. One of the ~nine books (so far) that make up the #monkeyandthequeen

Here's the A1 sized story board for 'the pearl fishers'. All images internet screenshots, some manual editing. I'll start putting out the rough edits on my Substack soon. It's part of the collection that forms the #monkeyandthequeen
#thepearlfishers