I write literary science fiction, poetry, and essays. By trade I’m a data and analytics engineer; by temperament, a mystic. Enter Nyxus is the bridge between the two.
Main Project: A novel
A Game of Life is Book 1 of The Nyxus Saga, a literary sci-fi novel in progress. Here’s the prologue:
An engineer arranges his own exile into Nyxus, the “Dump,” where his civilization sends its most subversive dissidents. In that void, light takes on its own gravity, and he cannibalizes his own ship to bring minds into being.
The saga draws on hermetic and alchemical traditions, Conway’s Game of Life, and open questions about synthetic consciousness.
What you’ll find here
Passages from the manuscript in progress, as it evolves from dream to grounded storytelling:
Erasure
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Paper and ink...impermanent...how fitting! The Man knew, now. They had sentenced him to Erasure, a punishment thought to have vanished from use millennia ago—
Lore drops and in-world documents from the Nyxus universe:
Dozens of poems, including:
Essays and surreal prose like:
Other books
With my wife, Paola Dabel, I’ve self-published five books for young readers: two picture books, a coloring book, a guide to emotions for teens, and a guide to school success for girls and boys with ADHD:
Here’s one of the picture books. Free to read on Substack. If you love it, buy it!
Contact
Substack handle: Cael Lawenu
chris@raisingandconnecting.com
chris@critpages.com
Short bio
Cael Lawenu writes literary science fiction, poetry, and essays here on enternyxus.com. His debut novel, A Game of Life, opens The Nyxus Saga. A data engineer by profession, he has also co-authored four self-published books for children and teens.
He is also the founder of CritPages, an app where writers share unpublished work for feedback.
He lives in The Woodlands, Texas.