A bad smell led him into higher dimensions. Now he’s spiralling through an existential mess out of his depth, and dangerously close to mattering.

Which, frankly, was never part of the plan. 

Finkle Bijaka was plagued by a bad smell no one else could detect which, naturally, made him suspect it was interdimensional. So he did the only logical thing: slipped into REM sleep and astral travelled into the higher realms to track it down. Instead, he stumbled into a situation so warped, the smell no longer even qualified as a problem.

Now he’s the unwilling star of a tragicomic soap opera broadcast across all of Existence, and reluctantly swept into a so-called historic mission by shape-shifting relatives who navigate chaos like it’s their home turf.

Armed with a leafy forehead upgrade he doesn’t understand and a floating arrow that refuses to point anywhere sane, Finkle must navigate unstable dimensions, decipher metaphysical bureaucracy, and, above all, try not to wake up. Meanwhile, there's a broken piece of reality gift-wrapped on a shelf back home collecting dust that could quite possibly be the cause of the whole mess. As things unravel further, a creeping suspicion grows that he’s not the hero of this saga. He’s the problem. 

The Grand Scheme of All Things is a fast, surreal romp through baffling realms, metaphysical red tape, and the kind of identity-shaking revelations that hit when you realise you matter. At its heart, it’s a tale about embracing the ridiculous when reality refuses to make sense.

If you like your fiction flummoxing and laced with cosmic wit—this one’s for you. Contact me for updates and be the first to know when it lands.