The Real Mackay

Imagine a world where dreams can come true. The best of all possible worlds, where everything always works out the way it’s supposed to. Where you can do anything you want to do. Or be anything you want to be.

A world where all you have to do is live life to the full, and experience the splendour of the universe around you. Where you can learn from even your worst mistakes, for in this world, there is no real death. Merely a brief period of rest, before the next round of experience and wonder.

A world inhabited by gods and fabulous creatures, full of adventure and sensation. Sights, sounds, colours and textures created for no other reason than to stimulate your senses.

Virtual reality, you ask? Some new computer gaming system? No, this world is far more mysterious. More magickal. And yet just as fragile and insubstantial as the gossamer dreams of a newborn child.

It was in such a world that I found myself one bright and sunny morning during the eighties.

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“Bastards!”

This was followed by the unmistakable sound of breaking glass. I found myself in darkness.

The usual questions came to mind. What the hell was happening? And where the hell was I?

Extract from Burning Roses, a decadent tale of sex, drugs, rock n roll & magick. Available on Amazon. Also available in paperback.

And on Amazon.co.uk.

Or you can find them at Curiosity, the new retail shop open from Wednesday to Sunday, 11am till late, at the Railways Cafe in Pretoria.

Catch me with other local authors at The Real Mackay Book Fair in Blairgowrie on the 26th & 27th of October. Think there are at least 14 of us attending, with another 2 or 3 showing interest and possibly climbing on board. Get signed copies of local books written by local authors and (often) based in and around Johannesburg.

Keep an eye out for one of my stories in the upcoming “25 Gates of Hell” anthology. And in The Great Void Books anthology “Black Veins”. And you’ll find another couple of stories in the South African anthology “Flambé, Silk Tie Murder, and the Rooibos Baby.”

Till next time.

Cheers.