My name is Ashley Jude Collie and I’m a writer, blogger, scriptwriter and author, who believes in the charm of chance and the sway of serendipity.

First, an awesome painter friend of mine, Adam Licsko, showed me a series of art called “Remember Yourself ” with people who are so into their technology that they’re out of touch with everything around them. We see it every day around us, people not talking to each other over dinner, or not watching where they’re going, or not even looking up to the Sun because they’re so consumed by technology — as wonderful as it can be.

At the same time, I also met a high school student, a throwback hippie chick, who loved Hendrix and the 60s, and who told me a story about a “fire horse” and so I created a mythology around this magical creature.

Remember Yourself, Oblivious Man, Big Brother, Fire Horse…add them together, mix them up, add a dash of alchemy and I created a novel called REJEX, about a war, a culture clash between a heartless high tech society and a world of “magick.”

And in homage to the classic Rod Serling TV series, The Twilight Zone, I came up with REJEX’s opening line: “Imagine if you will, looking at act one, scene one of a living nightmare.”

Then I connected with my high school pal and brilliant fine artist/graphic designer, Gary “Buzz” Burak, to help me create a website that reflected this kaleidoscope of themes. With the help of publisher Bob McLain of Pulp Hero Press — “the world’s most dangerous books” — Rejex-theNovel.com is the culmination of a lot of people showing their humanity. I hope you enjoy it because it’s the first of three books in a trilogy, and hopefully a movie or television series. Because in reality, we are all REJEX!