GOSPEL 2000

In the light of the Jesus Seminar and the New Reformation as well as wildly successful theological bestsellers... More > and films it is perhaps overdue to present the old-old story in a vibrant poetical guise, transcending all fundamental/metaphorical arguments about the real meanings of for example walking on water and turning water into wine by embedding these wondrous things in a poem from which they can shine forth in their true intent. Certainly much more is gained from the greater suggestive power of a poetical religious text than is lost owing to the exigencies imposed by metre and rhyme. Therefore Gospel 2000 is presented as a serious attempt at rerelating the gospel tale for a new century and a new millennium. < Less

GOSPEL 2000 In the light of the Jesus Seminar and the New Reformation as well as wildly successful theological bestsellers... More > and films it is perhaps overdue to present the old-old story in a vibrant poetical guise, transcending all fundamental/metaphorical arguments about the real meanings of for example walking on water and turning water into wine by embedding these wondrous things in a poem from which they can shine forth in their true intent. Certainly much more is gained from the greater suggestive power of a poetical religious text than is lost owing to the exigencies imposed by metre and rhyme. Therefore Gospel 2000 is presented as a serious attempt at rerelating the gospel tale for a new century and a new millennium. < Less

GOSPEL 2000

In the light of the Jesus Seminar and the New Reformation as well as wildly successful theological bestsellers... More > and films it is perhaps overdue to present the old-old story in a vibrant poetical guise, transcending all fundamental/metaphorical arguments about the real meanings of for example walking on water and turning water into wine by embedding these wondrous things in a poem from which they can shine forth in their true intent. Certainly much more is gained from the greater suggestive power of a poetical religious text than is lost owing to the exigencies imposed by metre and rhyme. Therefore Gospel 2000 is presented as a serious attempt at rerelating the gospel tale for a new century and a new millennium. < Less

Bad Blood represents a poetic investigation of the vampire myth, highlighting the symbolic representation of the prime... More > vampiric act of drinking blood in its natural verse context and combining the vampire lore with witchcraft, both white and black, and the wider powers of evil set to the hypnotic rhythms of words.
By placing the emphasis on females of the species such as the raven-haired langsuir, the redhaired penangalan and the blonde pontianak, all from Indonesia, Bad Blood blends a potent matrix of wonder and delight to amuse the discerning reader.
In short, Bad Blood, with its epic range and theatrical depth, gives a whole new meaning to the gothic genre of the novel in causing it to step from life into the weird wonder world of the twenty-first century. < Less

Bad Blood represents a poetic investigation of the vampire myth, highlighting the symbolic representation of the prime... More > vampiric act of drinking blood in its natural verse context and combining the vampire lore with witchcraft, both white and black, and the wider powers of evil set to the hypnotic rhythms of words.
By placing the emphasis on females of the species such as the raven-haired langsuir, the redhaired penangalan and the blonde pontianak, all from Indonesia, Bad Blood blends a potent matrix of wonder and delight to amuse the discerning reader.
In short, Bad Blood, with its epic range and theatrical depth, gives a whole new meaning to the gothic genre of the novel in causing it to step from life into the weird wonder world of the twenty-first century. < Less