WERNER PRETORIUS
A U T H O R
Werner Pretorius was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1979. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Publishing and an Honours Degree in English from the University of Pretoria and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town.
Werner has established himself as an underground writer of Flash-fiction and short stories, especially in the Horror genre.
B I O G R A P H Y
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Confessional in A Look Away Magazine (Issue 1, Quarter 1, 2006)
By Way of Explanation in A Look Away Magazine (Issue 5, Quarter 2, 2007)
A Short, Short Story in A Look Away Magazine (Issue 5, Quarter 2, 2007)
Terrific Tales for Tiny Tots – co-authored with Anton Krueger under the pseudonym ‘Bernoldus Sybrand Baard’ in A Look Away Magazine (Issue 6, Quarter 3, 2007)
The Book of Monkeys in Something Wicked Magazine (Issue 3, Autumn, 2007)
Night-Time is a-coming in Something Wicked Magazine (Issue 4, Winter, 2007)
Two Writers Walk into a Mall in A Look Away Magazine (Issue 8, Quarter 1, 2008)
Jesus Christ with Hand Luggage on Heathrow, looking forlorn in A Look Away Magazine (Issue 10, Quarter 3, 2008)
I Will Come for You in Something Wicked Magazine (Issue 7, Spring, 2008)
Tracking Schwarzel in Something Wicked Magazine (Issue 8, Summer, 2009)
The End, When it Comes in Jungle Jim Magazine (Issue # 5, 2011)
The Nazi Insurgence Reaches Blairgowrie in The Ghost-Eater and other stories published by Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa in 2013
Drinks After Work in Prufrock Magazine (Volume 1, Issue 4, 2014)
James Bond is from Pretoria West in Die Laughing published by Mercury, an imprint of Burnet Media in 2016