Vanessa Wright: 10 books

Bongani Shabangu is a black Santa Claus in South Africa, sweltering under the midday sun in an outfit that should strictly speaking only be worn at the North Pole. He is so busy entertaining children and wondering about the situation in South Africa that he forgets to hydrate. He has visions of an...

Eight year old Abby is heart broken when her mother dies from cancer. She is left behind in the big house with her father who is struggling to come to terms with the fact that the church people, his so called family, did nothing as they suffered alone. The only way in which Abby can deal with her...

Ilgiprart and Oogithap, Electrosquids from the Fungus Asteroid are sent to earth on a dangerous mission. They have to collect samples to send back to their laboratory on the asteroid. They need to learn more about the planet in order to put their plan of world domination to work.They land somewhat...

A South African based story which delves into the superstitions and beliefs of Africans and how it contrasts with those of the affluent predominanatly white society. Thembile is culturally rooted and due to her rather simple mindedness is shunned by the other domestics in the area as she detests gossip....

STORM is an anthology of four short stories around a common theme - a storm. Volume II is a mix of contemporary stories where people's lives are influenced by the occurrence of a storm, physical, moral or imaginary. Set in a modern day setting, four authors of the Pretoria Writers' Group brings real...

He finds himself on a deserted beach. It is a strange, alien place in which there is no colour, no sense of change, time or distance and no memory of a life before. The only thing that differentiates day from night is the intensity of light. How has he gotten to this place and will he ever escape...

Anne Hurter is a broken woman; trying to resist the undercurrents flowing from a past of sexual abuse and emotional deprivation. Freedom does not lie in the death of her parents, but in the form of a caring and attentive saviour, Louis. Anne is incapable of love and Louis seeks it in the arms of another...

A collection of 22 short stories from the bizarre to the truly chilling as the author takes you along for a roller coaster ride, welcoming you to the darker side of humanity. She delves into the shadowy world of obsessions, addictions, death and the loss of innocence and imagination. She takes an...

STORM is an anthology of short stories around a common theme - a storm. Volume I is a mix of fantasy, science fiction and dystopian stories where people's lives are influenced by the occurrence of a storm, physical, moral or magical. Set in worlds apart from our own, five authors of the Pretoria Writers'...

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...