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The Journey from Heaven

The Journey from Heaven

Chandrael cannot bear suffering and attempts to counter it with miracles. In The Journey from Heaven he works out how to intervene in human life.

2019

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William Essex

Call Yourself a Coffee Drinker?

Come outside and tell me about that subtle hint of citrus.

4 min readFeb 24, 2023

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Big coffee machine operating, coffee dripping into a cup.

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Farewell, My Laundry

What if we’re still heroes but nobody notices?

3 min readMar 13, 2023

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Man with an umbrella, rainy street in a city. Dusk.

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There’s A Bug In The Chocolate Teapot

AI’s unreliable approach to espionage

1 min read3 days ago

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Blonde woman peeking out from behind a houseplant

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Spice Mining on the Moon

Today’s planet-saving daydream

2 min read4 days ago

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Astronaut driving a moon-buggy on the moon’s surface

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Get Real!

In the time you have left

3 min read5 days ago

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Oil derrick in a scrubby wasteland

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Groundhog Pizza

Dining out on past and present lives

2 min read6 days ago

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Green-black beetle on a blade of something green that’s bigger than grass

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Queuing Behind The Coffin-Builder

Buying bamboo for the roses

3 min readApr 23, 2024

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Honeysuckle!

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Assisted Self-Promotion

Sorry, but I can’t resist the temptation

2 min readApr 23, 2024

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Assisted Self-Promotion

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Write’n’Easy

But not achievable

3 min readApr 22, 2024

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Open journal plus open laptop plus that ubiquitous white mug that gets into every ‘writing’ picture, with a vase of twigs and leaves. Window in the background; good light.

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Be Careful What You Shout For

Forewarned is forearmed but mistakes happen

2 min readApr 20, 2024

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A poppy.

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William Essex

William Essex

Book Author

Former everything. I still write books, I still write stories. Author of The Book of Fake Futures, The Journey from Heaven, Escape Mutation.

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