The Authorsphere is an awkward little pocket of reality that sits somewhere between my office and my imagination. It is held together by tea, loose paper, and whatever noise Satine makes when she decides to contribute. She’s the only other being allowed inside, but she refuses to comment on anything she witnesses. Sensible dog.
Here, in this subliminal creative space, is where The Interdimensional Apology Initiative came into being. A universe built on paperwork. A Department run on existential bureaucracy. A team of accidental heroes who were only trying to finish a cup of tea before the universe intervened.
If this sounds like your sort of chaos, you can find the book for purchase online or explore the book in more depth on the Book’s Page, or the character bios of Dean, Nora, Korl, Jillex, and Jon (Not that one) or even help me convince Chapter Twelve to return to the book (or not, it seems quite content here).
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About the Book
The Interdimensional Apology Initiative is a comic science-fiction novel about a bureaucratic error large enough to involve reality itself, and a story that slowly realises it is being read.
When Dean Hollister receives a formally stamped apology for his existence, he is drawn into an administrative system capable of managing entire universes, yet wholly unprepared for follow-up questions. Alongside Nora, Jillex, and Korl, he must navigate duplicate Tuesdays, mandatory happiness legislation, cosmic audits, and an apology so large it requires its own department.
But something else is happening. Quietly, gradually, the narrative begins to interfere. Characters question their roles. The author loses control. The paperwork files complaints.
Blending British humour, gentle absurdity, and metafictional misbehaviour, this is a novel where bureaucracy governs existence, tea remains the only stable constant, and the boundary between story and storyteller refuses to stay filed in the correct place.
Early Praise
Early encouragement has arrived from my wonderful beta reader, Lisa.
Thank you, Lisa, for your generosity, insight, and careful reading.
“A confidently written novel in conversation with the tradition of British absurdity and cosmic bureaucracy.
The voice is controlled, the world cohesive, and the humour structural rather than throwaway.”
Lisa – Beta reader
How I Accidentally Became a Writer
Becoming a novelist was never part of the plan. One afternoon, while procrastinating about something I have long since forgotten, I opened a document and began typing. The words arrived before the reason did.
By the time the kettle boiled, there was a chapter.
By the end of the day, a story that refused to stop.
By morning, I had lost the plot entirely.
That was mid-November. The next time I looked up, it was two days before Christmas, and there was something resembling a half-decent narrative waiting on the page.
I did not set out to write a book. It simply happened.
The story has opinions. So do the characters.
I appear to be outnumbered.
Other Writing
Before stumbling into fiction, I wrote two non-fiction books and an academic journal paper on cybersecurity. You are warmly invited to explore those works using the menu below.
Thank you for visiting the Authorsphere.
Mind your step; reality has loose tiles in here.