Other Writing

By Braam Pretorius

In the summer of 2027, Elon Musk was not himself.

Something had been gnawing at him since the last Artemis test flight failed, a strange inconsistency in a series of 1960s-era lunar trajectory documents. It wasn’t the math. It wasn’t the physics. It was the precision.

Too precise. Too clean. Too... modern.

While SpaceX engineers worked around the clock trying to solve the moon refuel conundrum, Elon booked a private flight to Cape Canaveral. Alone.

Chapter 1: The Key That Didn’...

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The Last Feast of the Vrate

By Braam Pretorius

A Satirical Short Story for a Future Not So Far Away

(An unfiltered sneak peek into a darker, funnier version of what may lie ahead...)

Prologue: The Table at the End of the World

They gathered at sunset.

Not your ordinary sunset, of course. This one was curated, brought to you by SkEyeCorp, the world’s leading climate management company, whose shareholders just so happened to be seated around the obsidian table that stretched the length of the...

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