Rob Harman on "4 Brothers, 3 Sisters"

A series of strange coincidences (or synchronicity, to some) served as inspiration for my story "4 Brothers, 3 Sisters". Following the bereavement of my Mother (and confident the remainder of my family were coping well enough) I embarked on a long-held ambition to travel to the Far East.

 

In one such place (Capiz in the Philippines, where I was later learn to be a magnet for Witchcaft and Shamanism: to be continued!), I became familiar with public transport vehicles known as Jeepneys. These vehicles were often customised with chrome fittings, curious trinkets, garish paintwork and personal slogans placed across the top of the windshields.  One in particular caught my eye - subsequently becoming the title of my tale- since it was the exact amount of siblings until only recently within my mother's family. Perhaps even more uncanny still was how shortly afterwards this number was to decrease in rapid succession. 

Merely a series of strange coincidences? Judge for yourselves!

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Rob Harman spent a number of years in a succession of increasingly peculiar jobs which proved thrilling, sometimes horrific and occasionally hilarious, all factors he attempts to wrangle into his writing. His first novel, The Donors (a jet black comedy based on the seven deadly sins), was published under the pseudonym Fabio Bordino, with his real name credited as Editor.