Visions: When the Earth Speaks to Us

Visions: When the Earth Speaks to Us will take you to the very gates of hell—one of our own making. Will humanity be able to recognize the imminent danger bearing down upon it?
A gripping dystopian novel where Earth rises against humanity.
What if the planet decided to put an end to human excess? When the Earth finally speaks, it may already be too late… This novel, deeply rooted in current events and becoming more relevant by the day, explores humanity’s destructive path in its relationship with nature. After all, we invented Overshoot Day, the ominous date when we start living « on credit, » depleting the planet’s resources for the rest of the year.
The world is on the brink: blinded by its relentless pursuit of progress, humanity has ignored every warning sign. But this time, nature won’t just warn—it will act. The Earth will unleash its full power: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and climatic upheavals… This is the day the planet strikes back.
Is all hope lost? Luca, unknowingly connected to the Earth, may hold the key. Alongside Gina, he becomes its messenger, delivering a final warning.
A thought-provoking speculative novel, blending science and fiction to explore a terrifying reality. A pulse-pounding adventure that examines humanity’s reckless path against nature. A striking ecological thriller that forces us to question our future.
It may soon be too late for tomorrow.
Hello, Death – An Ode to Life

This novel is an autofiction that delves into the inevitable: death. It is there, omnipresent, and we will encounter it throughout our lives, whether we accept it or not. No one escapes it, so we might as well prepare for it.
A writer cannot speak of death without knowing it, without confronting it, without engaging with it body and soul. It is a lived or impending experience, a passage that touches every human being.
Hello, Death will not leave you indifferent. This novel speaks of you—your past, your future. Its central character moves forward through encounters with death, slice of life after slice of life, decade after decade, until the very end of the journey.
You will see yourself, you will discover yourself. Because this journey is universal—it belongs to each of us, a shared experience of humanity.

This short story is taken from the collection A Different Way to Approach the Strange.
It offers a modern, futuristic, and ecological take on Jean de La Fontaine’s fable, The Lion and the Rat.
I was a teenager when this story first took root in my mind, but at the time, I had not yet started writing.
Many years later, I finally put it into words, and this short story became my first published work.
Today, I have chosen it for a reading exercise in both French and English: one page in French, mirrored by the same text translated into English.