Christina Engela’s Monthly Newsletter: #53 May 2021

Here's my latest newsletter! News, upcoming releases & what I've been up to!

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Another Round At The Crow Bar #52 April 2021

 Good morning, friends and fans! Here's my latest newsletter - enjoy! 

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Dead... Beckoning!

The Galaxii Series: Book 3 "Dead Beckoning" by Moon Books Publishings' best-selling author & South African writer, Christina Engela. 

Action! Adventure! Space Opera!

The fearsome Corsairs had waged a campaign of terror against the Human colonies for nearly a century, plundering and dominating the space lanes that crossed the Terran Empire, at will, all the while keeping the location of their base a closely guarded secret. Then one day, quite unexpectedly, the Corsairs luck finally ran out…

After nearly two days of fierce fighting, the Battle of Turtle Island left the skies of the Corsair world darkened with their dead. In orbit, the remnants of the once feared Black Fleet drifted, blazing… while below, the Corsair civilization breathed its last. The Terrans had finally defeated the dreaded Corsairs.

Best Served Cold

Imagine, if you will:

It all began with a what.

What, as it turned out, was a tiny speck racing through the blackest depths of space, catching the faint and distant light of the Sun as it did so, growing fainter and more distant at each passing second. 

The speck was a freight carrier – a loderunner, looking exactly like one of the multitude that traveled between Mars and Earth. This particular one was a brand new ship, which – most unusually – had already been refitted. It had been specially modified – in great haste – to meet the demands and purpose of a new mission, and as a result, most of the ship’s cargo space was now occupied by a passenger compartment and extra fuel cells to allow it to make this extraordinarily long and distant journey to the outer reaches of the solar system. Unmanned probes had gone there before, but probes weren’t ships – they didn’t carry crew… Human beings, in person. Crewed, full–sized Human ships had never ventured this far out before. 

Another Round At The Crow Bar #48 December 2020

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Another Round At The Crow Bar #48 December 2020

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"Demonspawn" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible!

The I.S.S. Mordrake is in serious trouble after a skirmish with a Corsair marauder, she is stranded in deep space far from regular shipping routes and death appears certain.

but in space, not all things are certain, not even death.

"Demonspawn" is book 2 in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.

Get it now on Audible.

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Give America Hope Again - A Few Thoughts On The 2020 US Election

The years 2016 to 2020 will surely go down in history as the period during which the USA was forced to see itself in the mirror without makeup for the first time... when they realized that there are and always have been more than one "America"... as it is perceived by different kinds of Americans... victims, champions, bystanders - and perpetrators... a period of internal schism, self-examination, blame, denial, anger, sorrow, revulsion, self-recrimination, introspection and reckoning.

Another Round At The Crow Bar #47 November 2020

 

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"Demonspawn" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible!

The I.S.S. Mordrake is in serious trouble after a skirmish with a Corsair marauder, she is stranded in deep space far from regular shipping routes and death appears certain.

but in space, not all things are certain, not even death.

"Demonspawn" is book 2 in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.

Get it now on Audible.

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If you would like to know more about Christina Engela and her writing, please feel free to browse her website.

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All material copyright © Christina Engela, 2020. 

SA Satanic Church Reverend & Family Receives Threats Of Death & Rape

As posted on the Alternative Religions Forum on October 13, 2020:

The Citizen newspaper on October 12, 2020 printed an article entitled "Threats against Satanic Church reverend's life and family".

 

The article describes how Reverend Tristan Kapp - pictured in the accompanying photograph, has endured death threats on social media - extending also to members of his family, and how individuals - ostensibly supporters of the "Farmer's Lives Matter" movement - have gone as far as sharing videos of the entrance gates of his home on TikTok.

Another Round At The Crow Bar #46 October 2020

 

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"Demonspawn" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible!

The I.S.S. Mordrake is in serious trouble after a skirmish with a Corsair marauder, she is stranded in deep space far from regular shipping routes and death appears certain.

but in space, not all things are certain, not even death.

"Demonspawn" is book 2 in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.

Get it now on Audible.

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If you would like to know more about Christina Engela and her writing, please feel free to browse her website.

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Another Round At The Crow Bar #45 September 2020

Here's my latest newsletter! :) Enjoy!

http://christinaengela.com/2020/08/12/another-round-at-the-crow-bar-45-september-2020/ 

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"Demonspawn" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible!

The I.S.S. Mordrake is in serious trouble after a skirmish with a Corsair marauder, she is stranded in deep space far from regular shipping routes and death appears certain.

but in space, not all things are certain, not even death.

"Demonspawn" is book 2 in the Galaxii Series by Christina Engela.

Get it now on Audible.

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If you would like to know more about Christina Engela and her writing, please feel free to browse her website.

If you’d like to send Christina Engela a question about her life as a writer or transactivist, please send an email to christinaengela@gmail.com or use the Contact form.

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Another Round At The Crow Bar #44 August 2020

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"Blachart" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible.

All Mykl d’Angelo had to do to redeem the other shipwrecks in his life – his lost career in the Imperial Space Fleet and a chance at a relationship with the girl of his dreams - is lead a recon team on a suicide mission behind enemy lines, brave the perils of Meradinis, risking danger and death.

No Problem.

Get it now on Audible.

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Another Round At The Crow Bar #43 July 2020

Here's my latest newsletter! :) Enjoy!

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"Blachart" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible.

All Mykl d’Angelo had to do to redeem the other shipwrecks in his life – his lost career in the Imperial Space Fleet and a chance at a relationship with the girl of his dreams - is lead a recon team on a suicide mission behind enemy lines, brave the perils of Meradinis, risking danger and death.

No Problem.

Get it now on Audible.

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Doubling Down On Stupidity Doesn't Make It Any Less Stupid

The J.K. Rowling saga has been going on for quite a while now, since last year if memory serves. Just this past week however, Ms. Rowling appears to have unseated several silly internet meme trends and other media red herrings to take the top-spot in my Facebook and Twitter feed.

Rowling has come under fire - and rightly so - for not just supporting TERFs via her Twitter account, but likewise, regurgitating patently ignorant TERF nonsense - attacking the validity of transgender people, and also their acceptance as women.

Another Round At The Crow Bar #42 June 2020

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"Blachart" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible.

All Mykl d’Angelo had to do to redeem the other shipwrecks in his life – his lost career in the Imperial Space Fleet and a chance at a relationship with the girl of his dreams - is lead a recon team on a suicide mission behind enemy lines, brave the perils of Meradinis, risking danger and death.

No Problem.

Get it now on Audible.

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Another Round At The Crow Bar #41 May 2020

Here's my latest newsletter! :) Enjoy!

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"Blachart" by Christina Engela, narrated by Nigel Peever, now available on Audible.

All Mykl d’Angelo had to do to redeem the other shipwrecks in his life – his lost career in the Imperial Space Fleet and a chance at a relationship with the girl of his dreams - is lead a recon team on a suicide mission behind enemy lines, brave the perils of Meradinis, risking danger and death.

No Problem.

Get it now on Audible.

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If you would like to know more about Christina Engela and her writing, please feel free to browse her website.

If you’d like to send Christina Engela a question about her life as a writer or transactivist, please send an email to christinaengela@gmail.com or use the Contact form.

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Another Round At The Crow Bar #40 April 2020

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Another Round @ The Crow Bar: #39 March 2020

Here's my latest newsletter! :) Enjoy!

http://christinaengela.com/2020/03/02/another-round-at-the-crow-bar-39-march-2020/ 

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Bookinistika: eBook Piracy Website With An Attitude

This morning I was alerted by a post in one of the writers groups I belong to on Facebook - about a website that's been ripping off dozens of authors by selling their books from their website without due process or authorization, and keeping the profits for themselves. The name of the website - Bookinistika.

I decided to hop along and check their website out, and to see if there were any of mine up there. I wasn't to be disappointed.

Another Round At The Crow Bar #38 February 2020

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Make Earth Greta Again!

Greta Thunberg. Her very name seems to bring chills to both boomers and conservatives alike, doesn't it?

That, and as far as I can tell, stupid people.

People too limited in their intellect to realize what an awful mess we're really in - and slipping deeper into day by day... a mess created by previous generations - but mostly one in particular, who grew up in a post WW2 world of hope and plenty, and indulged - and bulged in excess of everything.

That's the trouble with a consumerist mindset - sooner or later there's nothing left to consume.

Galaxii – An Unintended History of The Present?

Looking back, it doesn't seem all that long ago that I first started writing my Galaxii scifi series. As it turns out, that was back in 1991 - my final year of high school - when I first started writing the backstory of Galaxii. It was futuristic, it was distantly post-apocalyptic, that is, it was set about a century after a devastating war... World War 3... The Big Nuke.

The year of that war? 2020.

Another Round At The Crow Bar #37 January 2020

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All material copyright © Christina Engela, 2019. 

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