The Ghost-Eater and Other Stories
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Authors
Mia Arderne is a fiction writer from Cape Town. Her subject matter interlaces the urban, the magical and the criminal. She is currently completing her Masters in English Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. She has been published in the 2012 AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers, edited and compiled by Ivor Hartmann.
Daniel Berti is currently in Cape Town in his first year of a Masters in Creative Writing at UCT. He is producing a range of short fiction, as well as a novel that may include Platonism, anarchy, veganism, ideal love, psychedelics — and the sorts of friends whose hands can be held honestly in the face of our mortality.
Leila Ruth Bloch is currently pursuing African studies and is a research assistant for the Jewish Digital Archive Project which digitises visual and narrative history. She writes lifestyle pieces, poetry and reviews. Visit http://aerodrome.co.za/the-details-of-love/, http://www.mahala.co.za/art/mr-augusts-garden/ and the link, here.
Lien Botha is a well-known Capetonian photographer. Since obtaining a degree from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 1988, she has participated in numerous exhibitions locally and abroad. Her tenth solo show, Yonder, is at the Barnard Gallery in Newlands, Cape Town in March 2014. She is currently completing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. Her work can be viewed at www.lienbotha.co.za.
Tembi Charles was born in Zimbabwe in 1961, and raised and educated in Bulawayo. In 2012 she was awarded the Dulcie September Fellowship. She is currently studying for her Honours degree in English Studies at Stellenbosch University. In May 2012, as part of the multilingual creative writing programme at the University of the Western Cape, she published a poem, “This is my land” in the UWC CREATES anthology. “Long Life” is her first short story.
faith chaza is a mathematician living in Sydney, Australia. Working primarily as a cryptographer, she has also produced some short narratives and creates music: http://www.faithwhyyoualwaysrunning.com. Currently, her focus is on mathematical research and completing her second EP, "Never Leaving Home".
Bronwyn Douman is a born and bred Capetonian. She is an aspiring writer and travel journalist. She is currently completing a (BPhil) Honours course in Journalism at the University of Stellenbosch.
Genna Gardini is a poet and playwright based in Cape Town. She was chosen as one of the Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans in 2013. She has had two plays, WinterSweet (2012) and Scrape (2013), professionally produced, both of which won Standard Bank Ovation awards. Her poetry has been published widely both locally and internationally. She is currently completing her MA in Theatre-making (Playwriting) at the University of Cape Town.
Sandra Hill is a Stellenbosch-based freelance writer, editor and writing facilitator, working primarily with civil society organisations: www.write-now.co.za. She writes poetry and short stories, and is currently completing her MA in Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape.
Ilze Hugo is a freelance writer living in Cape Town. She is currently completing a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town, where she is crafting her first novel.
Nadia Kamies is a born and bred Capetonian. She is working on a book of stories about traveling the world with her family. She writes a blog: www.saaray-livinginsa.blogspot.com which may be a little neglected while she is doing her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town.
Conrad Kemp is a South African actor currently based in New York. He is a student in the University of Cape Town’s Masters in Creative Writing Programme.
Michael King is based in Cape Town. He has previously published poetry in various magazines, and is the present editor of New Contrast. He is currently working on a novel as part of the Creative Writing MA programme at the University of Cape Town.
Sophy Kohler is a freelance journalist based in Cape Town. Her writing has appeared in such publications as The Times, The Sunday Times and Business Day WANTED. She is the former editor of Books LIVE and contributing editor of the literary website, AERODROME (aerodrome.co.za).
Wanjiru Koinange is a Kenyan writer and entertainment manager. She has a degree in Journalism and Literature from the United States International University — Nairobi, and is currently pursuing her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. She is working on her first novel.
Liam Kruger writes and reads in Cape Town, where he is pursuing his MA in Creative Writing. He's had work published in Prufrock, The Newer York, New Contrast and, most recently, Bloody Satisfied, an anthology of South African crime fiction. He's working on the novel, and when he's not doing that he's on Twitter: @liamkruger.
Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe is based in Cape Town, where he works as a teacher, poet and aspiring novelist. He has written scores of poems which may be found at www.writerslounge.net. Currently, he is writing a novel on how cultural practices have fuelled the prevalence of HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe.
Alexander Matthews is the editor of AERODROME (aerodrome.co.za), an online showcase of words and people. Some of his creative writing can be found at his prose and poetry blog, marginalobscura.com. Follow him on Twitter: @alexgmatthews.
Steven Otter is the author of the bestselling Khayelitsha: uMlungu in a Township, one of Penguin SA’s Top 20 titles. “Fire” is his first short story and was handed in as part of a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape.
Brett Petzer (brettpetzer.com) writes on urban design and governance for futurecapetown.com. He is production editor at The South African and has worked as an architectural draughtsman, French translator and journalist. He is currently working on a speculative fiction novella about the internet of things.
Jolyn Phillips is based in Cape Town, where she works as a professional tutor. She is currently completing a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape — a collection of short prose pieces titled Let’s Go Home — which explores the fictional voices of Gansbaai, where she was born.
Donald Powers is currently based in the English Department at the University of Cape Town, where he teaches South African and American literature. He has published academic articles on J.M. Coetzee and Cormac McCarthy, and is currently working on a paper on representations of Cape Town in South African crime fiction. For an overview of his work, visit www.donaldpowers.wordpress.com
Werner Pretorius holds degrees in publishing, English and a Masters in Creative Writing. His stories and short fiction have appeared in Something Wicked Magazine (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/), Jungle Jim (http://www.junglejim.org/) and A Look Away. He lives and works in Cape Town.
Calvin Scholtz grew up in Simonstown. For the past six years he has worked as a bookseller while studying English Literature at the University of Cape Town. He is currently in his final year of the UCT MA Creative Writing Programme and hopes to have his first novel, The Flying Dutchman, published soon.
Tom Schwarer lives in Durban. He works as an information architect, artist and designer, and writes in his spare time. This is his first published story.
Dina Segal is a writer and teacher based in Cape Town. She usually writes fiction, and is currently working on her first novel. When she's not writing she can be found running online education programmes and facilitating creative writing workshops in schools.
Stephen Symons is a former lecturer. He works now as a graphic designer and poet, and is currently busy with an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. He is particularly interested in combining elements of print design and new media with poetry. He lives in Oranjezicht with his wife and two children. To read a chapbook of his recent poetry, visit http://tiny.cc/5mlu1w.
Jen Thorpe is a feminist writer and researcher based in Cape Town. She is currently completing her first novel, The Peculiars, through the Masters in Creative Writing programme at the University of Cape Town. She is the editor of the 2012 collection of stories on sex and sexuality, “My First Time” (http://myfirsttimesa.com/the-book/), and of FeministsSA.com.
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br /> Caitlin Tredoux is based in Cape Town. She is currently studying towards her MA degree.
Olivia Walton is a freelance writer and editor. She graduated from the University of Cape Town in 2012 and went on to do an internship at The Paris Review in New York: visit http://www.prufrock.co.za/. Since then she has been travelling and writing in Turkey and Europe. http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-06-04-taksim-square-a-protest-that-became-part-of-me/#.Ugyx1NI3CSo
Makhosazana Xaba is based in Johannesburg, where she is a Writing Fellow at Wits University. She is an author of two poetry collections and a co-editor of Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction. Her début short story collection, Running and Other Stories, was published in 2013.