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The Forgotten Gods of Jozi by [McLachlan, Keith]

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by Keith McLachlan (Author)

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He lifts the cold, jagged rock. It is heavier than he expected. And then, with all his might, he smashes it down on the exposed skull of the man standing with his back to him. A loud, sick thump rings out. It mingles with his shout and the other man’s surprised, brief scream.
And then there is nothing but silence, broken only by his panting and the sound of blood rushing through his ears.
The world is silent.
The sky does not open up and the sun ignores him. The soft wind drifts by as the world carries on callously.
Everything is the same, but everything is different.
And a thousand, thousand years later the roar of Gorgion Tuesday erupts from a petrol station in upmarket Houghton – Johannesburg – his lover senselessly murdered in his arms. An old, cold evil stirs deep in the city under the African full moon, pushing back against the new nicotine-neon gods of modern man. Overlooking ancient battlefields now covered by complexes and shopping centres, a dark omen flies in through Old Man Mhlu’s window while Ragman Blue’s hypnotic song washes over a mortal crowd in a dingy bar in Fourways where dark things scuttle in the shadows.
Julia Green winks and takes a slow drag on her cigarette. Her scarlet lips softly blow out the smoke and her green eyes narrow in sudden thought, “Change, Tuesday, change... I can feel it coming. It may rain tonight.”
Everything is the same, but everything is different.

Written by Keith McLachlan
Edited by Emma Donovan
Cover by Simon Subrosa
Published by: FlashFictionLibrary.com

Length: 96 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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File Size: 1321 KB
Print Length: 96 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: FlashFictionLibrary.com (September 20, 2014)
Publication Date: September 20, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00NROK1VE
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Gidget's Gadget

Life And Death's Of Forgotten Gods

May 29, 2017

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Loved everything about this book from cover art to epilogue. These God's were to be revered and also pitied via the mythic tales of their ancient births, past importance and eventual eradication through the emergece of New and Worthless Gods. Very vivid and descriptive imagery, grand writing style and solid fabled story telling. Almost like being in the presence of an skilled African Griot, this book held my attention from beginning till end.

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Alex Close

Safety Not Guaranteed

January 29, 2015

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For a moment, imagine that the Gods are borne out of human and animal imagination, a need to reconcile the unforgiving natural world through storytelling, manifested quite solidly in the perceivable realm as beings of vast powers, desires, and hungers. Gods of knowledge and portent. Gods of sex and lust. Gods of blood and gold. This novella takes the reader into the minds, histories, and hearts of gods who have been ‘forgotten’ in name, though remembered and ‘fed’ in deed, and play out their continuing drama of agendas and violence against the backdrop of modern Johannesburg, South Africa. I urge anyone who enjoyed Neil Gaiman’s book AMERICAN GODS to take this journey, because while the former is a seminal work of mythic genius, it is ‘safe’, and the Forgotten Gods of Jozi is equally genius and most certainly not safe.

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Deejay

Takes time to be appreciative of the book

January 21, 2015

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Liked it. Have been meaning to write a review for some time. The book did not seem all that interesting in the beginning, mainly because I couldn't understand the story. But, once I got through a few pages, I was hooked. Thanks.

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Emma Donovan

Gorgion Tuesday grapples with the loss of his great love, Julia Green – the goddess of change ...

September 30, 2014

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Have you ever stopped to consider what really goes on after dark in an African city, amidst the traffic, dust, hustle and bustle? Ever caught a glimpse of something slightly surreal out the corner of your eye, that makes your heart pound for just a second before you brush it off and tell yourself it was nothing?

There is a world out there that most of us know nothing about… one where the lines between past, present, myths, memory and imagination begin to blur…

Set in the heart of Johannesburg, South Africa, The Forgotten Gods of Jozi is a dark, brooding tale about a forgotten god called Gorgion Tuesday. The language used is raw and emotive; as are the characters – which take shape as the events unfold.

Gorgion Tuesday grapples with the loss of his great love, Julia Green – the goddess of change – and encounters various characters, gods and hurdles on his quest to understand the reason for her death. The narrative slips between the present and distant past – creating a complex landscape with two worlds where everything is the same, but everything is different.

In essence it’s a powerful story of betrayal, love, loss, greed and justice – one that will have you up reading till the early hours of the morning and stay with you long after you finish the last page.

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