Grey Matter
By Gary Kuyper
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When the end of the world becomes more than just a probability, three men sit on a tainted beach and discuss the fate of humankind.
Gary Kuyper
Gary Kuyper began his professional literary career writing self-help and general interest articles for Daan Retief Publishers who produced a monthly book for their woman’s club called Woman’s Forum. These articles would sometimes require research and had titles as diverse as The Human Brain and Body Painting!Being a professional photographer on a part-time basis Gary has also managed to have his articles on photography (With accompanying photographs) published in books and magazines. He has also done some free-lance photography and photojournalism projects for numerous local newspapers.Over the past four years he has constantly managed to be one of the top finalists in the Nova Short Story Competition (A competition for budding writers of science fiction and/or fantasy).Last year (2009) Gary had the pleasure of seeing The Devil's Little Tadpoles grace the pages of the local SF & Fantasy Fanzine Probe.He is an avid film buff and amateur film maker. A few years ago I managed to take first prize in the SA Ten Best Film Makers Competition with a short film entitled The Crimson Cobra - An action-packed martial arts / superhero movie using some of the very talented local artists.He is a qualified prosthetics make-up artist and has used this talent on both amateur and professional productions. He has also appeared on television in a youth program especially made for enlightening people in the art of special effects make-up.Gary has a rather excellent general knowledge being not only an avid writer but reader of any material that is able to stimulate him cerebrally.He taught himself Adobe Photoshop and has become adapt and proficient enough at utilizing the software to such a degree that he has managed to sell a number of creations to various institutes and organizations. He is particularly fond of a logo designed for the Krazy Mug Coffee Shop and several covers that have graced the front of Probe.Gary has a vast knowledge of music and has appeared on the local Television Music Quiz Show Note for Note where he was able to win a substantial amount of prize money.In 2008 he entered the SF / Fantasy Mini Radio Play Competition and took first prize with his The Adventures of Captain Max Power of the Intergalactic Police - an obvious homage to the early Flash Gordon radio series’. A number of skilled professionals are now planning to produce Max to CD and have it aired on a local radio station (SAfm).All his literary and photojournalistic accomplishments have been done on a part-time basis due to the fact that his full time career is lecturing mathematics as well as engineering science at a Technical College. Although this is a most fulfilling profession, it has long been Gary's ideal to become a full-time writer – especially of fantasy, science fiction and horror novels.He has recently published his first full-length fantasy novel - The Chronicles of Baltrath: The DARK WIZARDS.As a considerable amount of time and effort has been expended in building the world of Baltrath, Gary has begun work on a sequel to The Dark Wizards.
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Grey Matter - Gary Kuyper
Grey Matter
An award-winning short story
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Gary Kuyper
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Grey Matter
by
Gary Kuyper
"But know this, that in the last days
critical times hard to deal with
will be here."
2 Timothy 3:1
Taylor gazed down the long curving coastline. What was once a pristine, sun-bleached beach was now a black mass of rotting vegetation. What was once a sparkling, emerald-hued ocean was now a thickish grey soup that slapped sluggishly against the stained shoreline. He had seen an oil spill, but this was no manmade disaster.
Above the stagnant black on the beach was a more animated dark cloud. Flies had come to feed and breed on the myriad of dead creatures entangled in the putrefying heaps.
Good thing the breeze is blowing towards the sea,
he said indicating to Cornelius to join him sitting on the smooth log. The stench must be something incredible.
Futility!
announced Cornelius pulling an expensive bottle