Sam Wilson
@samwilsonwriting.bsky.social
Writer and director living in Cape Town, South Africa. New novel “The First Murder On Mars” out now https://www.samwilsonwriting.com/order-now.php
I can get 3 minutes and 20 seconds into Wonderwall before noticing that it’s playing
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I can get 3 minutes and 20 seconds into Wonderwall before noticing that it’s playing
Took my daughter to a “Jack and the Beanstalk” pantomime yesterday. Jack was about to sell his cow to a couple of thieves for a bag of beans. “Should I trust these men?” Jack asked the audience. “Noooo!” a young voice piped up from the back of the auditorium. “They’re going to screw you!”
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Took my daughter to a “Jack and the Beanstalk” pantomime yesterday. Jack was about to sell his cow to a couple of thieves for a bag of beans. “Should I trust these men?” Jack asked the audience. “Noooo!” a young voice piped up from the back of the auditorium. “They’re going to screw you!”
I wrote and directed this movie! It’s coming out in cinemas across South Africa tomorrow. If you know any kids who like dinosaurs, aliens or cute jungle animals, this might be up their street. (The first movie is available on Showmax in ZA, and on Netflix everywhere else in the world)
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I wrote and directed this movie! It’s coming out in cinemas across South Africa tomorrow. If you know any kids who like dinosaurs, aliens or cute jungle animals, this might be up their street. (The first movie is available on Showmax in ZA, and on Netflix everywhere else in the world)
For all my friends out there with anxiety, a hysterically funny primer: youtu.be/h5SavjMFRLg?...
I'm Happy You're Here: Anxiety!
YouTube video by I'm Happy You're Here
youtu.be
June 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
For all my friends out there with anxiety, a hysterically funny primer: youtu.be/h5SavjMFRLg?...
Great article from my cousin @mellow-belly.bsky.social about OCD, whiteness and Kinshasa
One of my favourite pieces for #Substack: "The glow of my victory has worn off and I see the city not as an exercise in overcoming my demons, but as a city in and of itself. And it troubles me deeply."
Whose Body is a Temple?
OCD, a real-life apocalypse and the "heart of whiteness"
mellowbellypress.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Great article from my cousin @mellow-belly.bsky.social about OCD, whiteness and Kinshasa
Keeping myself amused at the Franschhoek Literary Festival with homemade bingo cards with all the authors names
May 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Keeping myself amused at the Franschhoek Literary Festival with homemade bingo cards with all the authors names
Went to to the movies yesterday and found a poster for a movie I directed! Coming 27 June.
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Went to to the movies yesterday and found a poster for a movie I directed! Coming 27 June.
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Sorry, update, we're officially over 20k on the auction alone because buyers have been adding donations to their final payments! 😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️ + £1000 raised @easterconuk Belfast
May 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sorry, update, we're officially over 20k on the auction alone because buyers have been adding donations to their final payments! 😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️ + £1000 raised @easterconuk Belfast
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In the meantime, she's ALSo got the new auction Genre Creators for Trans Rights Part 2 up at the same link, now live and running til 7 June. www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans. This time our charities are Gender Intelligence in the UK and Gender DynamiX in South Africa
Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA
Silent auction 'Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In the meantime, she's ALSo got the new auction Genre Creators for Trans Rights Part 2 up at the same link, now live and running til 7 June. www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans. This time our charities are Gender Intelligence in the UK and Gender DynamiX in South Africa
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Oh hey, today is your LAST chance to get your hands on any and all of the gorgeous things donated by brilliant people in our community in Part 1 of the Genre Creators For Trans Rights charity auction. This phase of the auction ends midnight BT, today, Friday 2 May www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans.
May 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Oh hey, today is your LAST chance to get your hands on any and all of the gorgeous things donated by brilliant people in our community in Part 1 of the Genre Creators For Trans Rights charity auction. This phase of the auction ends midnight BT, today, Friday 2 May www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans.
I’ll be back at Comic Con Cape Town on Sunday with a great panel of local authors. If you’re around, see you at the Pop Taku stage at 12pm!
May 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’ll be back at Comic Con Cape Town on Sunday with a great panel of local authors. If you’re around, see you at the Pop Taku stage at 12pm!
Douglas Adams’ short story “Young Zaphod Plays It Safe”, mentions Aorist Rods, which are a cheap form of energy that burn the past as fuel. Some people object to this, and are accused of progress-blocking sentimentality. 1/2
April 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Douglas Adams’ short story “Young Zaphod Plays It Safe”, mentions Aorist Rods, which are a cheap form of energy that burn the past as fuel. Some people object to this, and are accused of progress-blocking sentimentality. 1/2
Self-promotion continues unabated
April 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Self-promotion continues unabated
Hey everyone! I’m back at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year, on the panel MY WORLD, MY RULES – "In a genre where almost anything can happen, how do you decide what that will be?” Saturday, 17 May, 10 am
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hey everyone! I’m back at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year, on the panel MY WORLD, MY RULES – "In a genre where almost anything can happen, how do you decide what that will be?” Saturday, 17 May, 10 am
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
"The First Murder On Mars" includes a mention of fire opals. As a small part of my thanks for all her support, I bought Kerry a fire opal. Kerry and Megan-Jayne McFall designed a setting for it based on the parachute of the Perseverance Mars rover, which had a hidden message:
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
April 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"The First Murder On Mars" includes a mention of fire opals. As a small part of my thanks for all her support, I bought Kerry a fire opal. Kerry and Megan-Jayne McFall designed a setting for it based on the parachute of the Perseverance Mars rover, which had a hidden message:
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
Here’s the trailer for the movie I wrote and directed! Coming to South Africa on the 25th of April! youtu.be/Tqi64U-g9ak?...
JUNGLE BEAT 2 THE PAST Official Trailer
YouTube video by Indigenous Film Distribution
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here’s the trailer for the movie I wrote and directed! Coming to South Africa on the 25th of April! youtu.be/Tqi64U-g9ak?...
I got a new car and now I can run at 70mph! Running is now accessible! What do you mean I “shouldn’t be in this marathon” because my car is “killing a bunch of real runners” stop being a gatekeeper
April 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I got a new car and now I can run at 70mph! Running is now accessible! What do you mean I “shouldn’t be in this marathon” because my car is “killing a bunch of real runners” stop being a gatekeeper
IT'S HAPPENING! The movie I wrote and directed, Jungle Beat 2 The Past, is coming to South African cinemas on the 25th of April! It's the sequel to Jungle Beat: The Movie, which is currently on Netflix (or Showmax in South Africa).
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
March 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! The movie I wrote and directed, Jungle Beat 2 The Past, is coming to South African cinemas on the 25th of April! It's the sequel to Jungle Beat: The Movie, which is currently on Netflix (or Showmax in South Africa).
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
“Play Things” is a monthly showcase of interesting new theatre, dance and comedy performances.
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
March 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Play Things” is a monthly showcase of interesting new theatre, dance and comedy performances.
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
Occasionally I open Threads instead of Bluesky and I only realise my mistake when I start foaming at the mouth in fury
March 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Occasionally I open Threads instead of Bluesky and I only realise my mistake when I start foaming at the mouth in fury
Coffee with no milk or sugar is called Gothee. Follow me for more great content
March 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Coffee with no milk or sugar is called Gothee. Follow me for more great content
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As a sidenote, it's weird trying to do the "buy my book" dance in the middle of everything going on. It's like trying to sell ice cream during a neverending earthquake.
March 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
As a sidenote, it's weird trying to do the "buy my book" dance in the middle of everything going on. It's like trying to sell ice cream during a neverending earthquake.
(To the interview camera) Listen, I’m not here to make enemies, I’m here to lose the game
March 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(To the interview camera) Listen, I’m not here to make enemies, I’m here to lose the game
Setting a 10 minute a day limit on all my social media so my brain stops being tapioca
February 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Setting a 10 minute a day limit on all my social media so my brain stops being tapioca
I wondered where the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” came from so I researched it and it turns out it was invented by an evil shadowy cabal trying to maintain secrecy by discouraging inquisitiveness, and now they’ve sent their assassins after me - I wish I had been given some kind of pithy warning
February 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I wondered where the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” came from so I researched it and it turns out it was invented by an evil shadowy cabal trying to maintain secrecy by discouraging inquisitiveness, and now they’ve sent their assassins after me - I wish I had been given some kind of pithy warning