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Phinki
TRIGGER WARNING: Depictions of domestic violence, allusions to sexual violence, self-mutilation, cannibalism, descriptions of gore and miscarriage.
Phinki is a six-chapter supernatural horror novella drawing inspiration from cosmic horror and South African Urban Legends which delves the issue of gender-based violence and domestic abuse in the country.
A woman who carries the Iso Elibomvu while in the direct presence of abuse or danger will summon Okuphinki. Be warned, this entity seeks only to cause pain and suffering. It is a friend to no one.
Six women, six stories:
Thando Ndelu: A woman abused by her husband.
Akhona Dala: A woman stalked and harassed by her ex-boyfriend.
Jordan Fourie: A woman kept in her apartment by her girlfriend.
Amanda Smit: A woman abusing her husband.
Tasha Naidoo: A university student living in an apartment who is about to be raped by the building's owner.
Sophie Visser: A self-mutilating high schooler who contemplates suicide, with no help from her father.
Phinki is a six-chapter supernatural horror novella drawing inspiration from cosmic horror and South African Urban Legends which delves the issue of gender-based violence and domestic abuse in the country.
A woman who carries the Iso Elibomvu while in the direct presence of abuse or danger will summon Okuphinki. Be warned, this entity seeks only to cause pain and suffering. It is a friend to no one.
Six women, six stories:
Thando Ndelu: A woman abused by her husband.
Akhona Dala: A woman stalked and harassed by her ex-boyfriend.
Jordan Fourie: A woman kept in her apartment by her girlfriend.
Amanda Smit: A woman abusing her husband.
Tasha Naidoo: A university student living in an apartment who is about to be raped by the building's owner.
Sophie Visser: A self-mutilating high schooler who contemplates suicide, with no help from her father.
37 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 27, 2020
About the author
Gift C. Enyadike Jr.
12 books7 followersGift Chukwuemeka Enyadike the 2nd is a Nigerian-born author, editor, voice actor, digital designer and brand strategist currently living in South Africa. He primarily writes books in the fantasy and horror genres such as his first two novels, Vatour: Feel free... to DIE and Phinki. He is a fan of comic books, horror films, anime, video games, and professional wrestling, from which he often draws inspiration to write his stories. His fascination with the supernatural stems from his own Christian beliefs and avid curiosity.
His favourite authors and writers include the likes of Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, H.P. Lovecraft, Hajime Isayama, Kohei Horikoshi, William Shakespeare, Alan Moore, and Garth Ennis.
There's far more to his fictional universe than can be told from this page, so we leave you to view its continued expansion. Welcome to a realm of beauty and mania. Welcome to Mortiferous Arcadia!!!
His favourite authors and writers include the likes of Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, H.P. Lovecraft, Hajime Isayama, Kohei Horikoshi, William Shakespeare, Alan Moore, and Garth Ennis.
There's far more to his fictional universe than can be told from this page, so we leave you to view its continued expansion. Welcome to a realm of beauty and mania. Welcome to Mortiferous Arcadia!!!
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June 4, 2026
I didn't realise the book was going to be so short but Phinki consists of 6 different mini tales from the perspective of six women who find themselves in the line of abuse or danger. Unwillingly summoning Okuphinki to to bear punishment to their abusers.
The idea is interesting. I have never been exposed to South African urban legends, so the concept of Okuphinki intrigues me. I want to know and absorb more.
I do rate is quite low on my scale for personal preference. Each story had elements I wouldn't have minded to continue reading about but everything happened so quickly. There was barely any dialogue or any space for the reader to digest and bam, we're onto the next one.
The supernatural/gore elements were expected and I guess, did what it said on the tin. That being said, I would have liked to have read a slow burn real version of this rather than to dip my toes in and be pulled out of the text. I want and need time to absorb that horror element to be able to give it my full attention and viva versa.
The idea is interesting. I have never been exposed to South African urban legends, so the concept of Okuphinki intrigues me. I want to know and absorb more.
I do rate is quite low on my scale for personal preference. Each story had elements I wouldn't have minded to continue reading about but everything happened so quickly. There was barely any dialogue or any space for the reader to digest and bam, we're onto the next one.
The supernatural/gore elements were expected and I guess, did what it said on the tin. That being said, I would have liked to have read a slow burn real version of this rather than to dip my toes in and be pulled out of the text. I want and need time to absorb that horror element to be able to give it my full attention and viva versa.
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