For more than twenty-five years, my writing has lived at the intersection of genres—fiction and nonfiction, theology and philosophy, poetry and drama, inspiration and speculation. Each form offers a different voice, yet all speak to the same human questions.
My journey deepened when literature became more than storytelling and became an experience. Reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini revealed how stories cross borders, carry pain with dignity, and turn memory into shared humanity. From there, I was drawn to speculative and futuristic writing—stories that ask what if not as escape, but as moral inquiry.
Alongside imagination, theology remained a steady presence—not confined to doctrine, but alive in stories, poetry, and ordinary lives wrestling with faith. This website is not a single shelf of books; it is a crossroads where genres meet, cultures converse, and literature becomes connection.
Welcome to the conversation.
—Dr. Everest John.
There is a familiar story that gets told every time a rocket launches. The camera angles do their work, the countdown builds suspense, and the narration slips into a near-religious tone. Humanity is “reaching for the stars.” We are “becoming a multi-planet species.” We are “taking the next step.”
It is the mythology of progress, and it is persuasive.
From Tangier to Mars: The Fictional Odyssey of Ibn Battuta does something rare in contemporary speculative fiction. It enters that mythology, enjoys its drama, and then asks the question most people avoid because it complicates the mood.
