WELCOME

            ... to the weird and wonderful world that is the mind of Anike Kirsten. Be prepared to bear witness and learn, from speculative art and writing, stories and poems, articles on beloved spiders found, and the genetic lineage of the Kotze family from which Anike has sprung. This collection is a catalogue of:
 

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ANIKE'S ARTWORK

From fantasy to science-fiction, horror and the surreal, there's a piece (some say broken) of her imaginings in all her artwork.

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ANIKE'S STORIES

It began with a word, and then another until, eventually, after toiling and many a troubling night, a story was born. Then another. Short stories, flash fiction, and lore writing.

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ANIKE'S SPIDERS

Love them or fear them (which, really, isn't necessary), spiders are a vital part of our world and affect our lives drastically.

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ANIKE'S LINEAGE

To see where you are going, you must know where you have been. These posts detail the lineage and heritage of Anike's line of the Kotze families in South Africa.

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ANIKE'S POETRY

Metaphors and abstraction galore, poetry of the speculative kind.

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