When everything isn’t quite the way it seems. — Year 6 Mid-November Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Jon-Piet stared at Xxanam. He was frozen with fear. He wondered if it showed. If Xxanam noticed his discomfort, he didn’t say anything. Instead he held out a small box, wrapped in brown paper. “This will protect you in the…

They appeared unexpectedly. They weren’t tall. They loved children. And then all hell on earth broke out. — Chapter 1 — They Weren’t Triffids Year One March Weird News From Around the World Reports from South America are appearing on social media about walking plants. While there is, as yet, no photographic evidence of them, a botanist from the University of Sao Paulo has added his voice to the crowd. …

There are those that fear, and there are those that think it’s a hoax. Continued from chapter one. — Year Six April Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Jon-Piet was so scared that he wanted to piss his pants. Only, he knew that if he did, that there would be a chance of being discovered. He did not want to be discovered. …

Everything has a life cycle — Year 6 April Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa Jon-Piet could barely breathe. He could see the tentacles of the large green monster below him stretching up into the tree in which he hid. The tentacles grew and stretched, and then they grew right past him. They went straight…