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Sapha Burnell

The Coming of a Strange Beast

The oncoming release of a new body of work is a surreal vine creeping up the trunk of the literary landscape. An author hopes their…

3 min readJun 17, 2023

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The Coming of a Strange Beast

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Sapha Burnell

Wine Review: Mer Soleil Chardonnay Reserve 2019

Chardonnays have as much of a love-hate in many cellars as the dreaded battle of ‘cork’ vs ‘twist cap’. I love Chards, when they jab-cross…

3 min readFeb 26, 2022

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Wine Review: Mer Soleil Chardonnay Reserve 2019

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Sapha Burnell

My Best Writing Advice: Part 2 of 3

“How do I give my readers emotions without breaking ‘Show don’t Tell’?”

6 min readFeb 16, 2022

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Sapha Burnell

My Best Writing Advice: Part 1 of 3

“If you can’t condense your novel’s essence down into a single poem or flash fiction, you don’t know it well enough. Go back. Edit and…

4 min readJan 21, 2022

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Sapha Burnell

Warning Light Calling: A Poetry Review

WARNING LIGHT CALLING centres around Sputnik in a long narrative poem / a novella in verse. Anti-Heroic Sputnik is a spacey young man. He…

2 min readJan 15, 2022

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Warning Light Calling: A Poetry Review

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Sapha Burnell

Bottle Shock Part 2: So if I leave a bottle in my car…

Maybe you can tell me, why does wine taste so different when I drink it in the Okanagan versus when I get it home?

5 min readDec 13, 2021

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Bottle Shock Part 2: So if I leave a bottle in my car…

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Sapha Burnell

The Problem of Context: Historical Context in Anti-Vogue

As a mythologist, I think one thing to remember is not putting our lens on modifying historical actions. Yes. We’re writing now, but…

5 min readNov 30, 2021

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The Problem of Context: Historical Context in Anti-Vogue

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The Pixel Rose: Drawing a Line on Sapience in AI

“The divergence between comprehension and information is the tantamount issue in building sapient artificial intelligence. Without the…

6 min readNov 26, 2021

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The Pixel Rose: Drawing a Line on Sapience in AI

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Sapha Burnell

Bottle Shock Part 1: Why does this wine taste like $#!&? The New Bottle.

Full disclosure, I shouldn’t love wine. Shocking! Alcohol was the devil’s brew, the easiest way to the Pit. Tis a lot to put on a beverage…

3 min readNov 6, 2021

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Bottle Shock Part 1: Why does this wine taste like $#!&? The New Bottle.

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Sapha Burnell

When Inspiration Comes from Ancient Things

I love reading the works of early literature & bygone cultures for motivation. While the ethics of the past require a discerning lens, I…

4 min readOct 30, 2021

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Sapha Burnell

Sapha Burnell

A cyberpunk author, poet and editor, Sapha bathes in hard sci-fi, ancient female creators and coffee. Futurism: Only ethical androids need apply.

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