Today in Fun Facts, a series of articles about characters and plot devices in my stories, I’ll be talking about Johannes Albrecht.
Tag: South African
Panic! Horror In Space – A Voyage Of Terrifying Misadventure!
About “Panic! Horror In Space” by Christina Engela – a sci-fi-horror series. ‘Panic! Horror In Space‘ is a series of science-fiction-horror stories featuring regular characters, with the occasional introduction of new characters or settings. The premise of the concept was to create a horror-sci-fi story in a series of connected short fiction installments. While on…
“High Steaks”: Quantum Series Book 6
“High Steaks” continues a new adventure begun in the previous book “Prodigal Sun”, and introduces fascinating new characters as well as expanding on many different detail aspects of the quaint Terran colony of Deanna! Available in eBook and paperback via Amazon!
Are Indie Published Authors Really “Published” Authors?
There used to be a perception years ago that a writer who made use of self-publishing services was not a published “proper” author. In fact, back in the day, such authors who paid for publishing services were dismissed and criticized (often harshly) as ‘pretenders’ and wannabes, and the presses that offered such services were laughed…
“Prodigal Sun”: Quantum Series Book 5
“Prodigal Sun“, book 5 in The Quantum Series, is now available in eBook and paperback formats! Sheriff Peggy-Ann Muller suddenly found herself hip-deep in strange events – even stranger than usual… and skinheads too – did she mention the skinheads? Something had stirred in the darkness on the remote, usually idyllic Terran colony of Deanna –…
The Quantum Quadrilogy : What Readers Can Expect
As most of my readers will be aware, since 2016 I’ve been promoting the next span of upcoming titles in the Quantum Series! Through various updates and newsletters, I’ve kept you all informed about my progress in writing these next four books – more or less simultaneously – give or take a couple of breaks in…
A Trip To The VW Museum!
Hello fans! Yesterday, my long suffering PA and GF, Wendy K. Gloss, went on a road trip to the small city of Uitenhage, or to be more exact, to the VW museum which is right next door to the VW factory. This is the same factory where all South African VW Beetles (and more recently,…
New Release: “African Assignment”
This past week, ‘African Assignment‘, my dad’s collection of short stories, was released via LightBearer Publishing – which is based in Johannesburg, South Africa – now available via Amazon. Although my dad carried the heavy burden of a long traditional family name – namely ‘Theodorus Cornelius Landman Engela’, he preferred to go by ‘Theo Engela’. A humble and…
Visit The Planet Deanna – Here’s The Address!
Zip up your viro-suit, put your helmet on, and buckle up! The engines are already warm and humming… This is where we’re going: Destination address: 6327B2B.04.00 (System: 6327B2B, Star: Ramalama, Planet: 04 (Deanna), Colony Class 3). 😉 Deanna, is a third rate colony world on the borders of civilization, (System 6327B2B) on the Imperial Star Charts)…
“Target Market” – Who is Christina Engela’s?
Good day, everyone! Today I’d like to talk to you about stereotypes! (Before I get into an explanation of what I mean, I would like to emphasize that my stories are not just “all about LGBT people” or intended to rub straight reader’s noses in a rainbow flag and sprinkle glitter all over their cornflakes!)…