Money, glamour and murder begin gathering around a Raby Bay canal home and a sixty-foot catamaran. Michael imagines the woman who might command it: a beautiful doctor, skilled sailor and fertility specialist with secrets. Felicity Snow has not quite arrived, but the first unsettling pieces of her character are forming.
Moreton Bay: Glamour, Catamaran Sailing, and Dark Secrets in Raby Bay Read More »
Why are male nipples acceptable on social media while female nipples trigger censorship? Drawing on my experience as a photographer, I question the double standard surrounding nudity, art, breastfeeding and bans. If equality matters, perhaps platforms should treat every nipple alike—or remove the lot and be done with it.
Equality in Nipple Exposure: Rethinking Social Media Censorship Read More »
Windows, doors and rain are more than scenery in SEETHINGS. Each marks a change in character, tension or perception, building quietly until a sliding glass door shatters. Michael Forman explains how repeated imagery, careful rewriting and atmospheric pressure transformed ordinary objects into active parts of his dark psychological thriller narrative.
Metaphorical Writing Devices Used in SEETHINGS Read More »
At our coastal home, writing dark fiction shares space with beehives, visiting birds and backyard chickens. Using leftover renovation materials, Margo and I built a secure chook pen and welcomed our new laying hens. Now we’re waiting for their first small, richly flavoured homegrown eggs to arrive for breakfast soon.
Backyard Chickens and Fresh Eggs: A Simple Step Towards Sustainable Living Read More »
Linda and Anthony hide their affair inside second SIM cards, swapping identities before anyone can trace their secret messages. Her suspicious husband checks the phone daily and finds nothing. She watches him search, pleased by the deception. But objects carry dangerous truths, and every hidden thing can eventually be found.
Hidden Secrets: Double SIM Tricks and Games of Deception Read More »
Natasha questions why men expect money-shot endings, while Mitchell promises something different during an approaching thunderstorm. Their provocative exchange becomes an intimate moment drawn from SEETHINGS II, where desire, danger and deception converge. She is Nina DeJong’s daughter, but Mitchell cannot resist the unsettling resemblance to his lost former lover.
Money Shot? Why Do So Many Girls Accept This Disgusting Sex Act? Read More »
If your letter is published online and shared across social media, it is already open. Michael Forman delivers a blunt, funny rebuke to writers who insist on stating the obvious, dismantling the tired “open letter” label and urging everyone to stop wasting words—and get back to work instead now.
An Open Letter to People Who Write Open Letters Read More »
Human history is littered with confident predictions that aged badly. From powered flight to the iPhone and women running marathons, certainty repeatedly surrendered to reality. Progress proved the experts wrong, improved lives and created fresh problems—because mankind rarely knows as much as it thinks it does.
3 Times Mankind Predicted the Future and Got it Very Wrong Read More »
Every year, people disappear without explanation. Some meet with accident, violence or misfortune. Others plan their escape, quietly abandoning marriages, debts and identities for another life. But when an unfaithful person vanishes, carefully cultivated lies create the perfect confusion—and the perfect opportunity for a patient predator to strike unseen.
Is Your Cheating Spouse Planning to Disappear? Read More »
