Hi. I'm Helen Zuman,
author and master etheric composter.
Want to turn my piles with me?
Choose one and dig in.
I’ve been turning this pile since 2004. It’s well-rotted and smells great. It’s the subject of my 2018 memoir, MATING IN CAPTIVITY, and my 2023 essay collection, WHAT IS A SEX CULT? HOW CULTS REVEAL OUR CULTURE. What’s alive for me now, in this realm, is using my cult experience to shed light on shit most of us go through—like navigating story traps, seeking meaning and belonging, pretending stories are facts.
Lyndon & Crime
This pile is a lot fresher and stinkier. Did I start turning it in 2019? Or 2021? In 2019, Lyndon McLeod (aka Roman McClay) told me a shocking secret, and demanded that I write “a novel of our people” (the Scots). In 2021, he killed and died. Will you, the reader, recoil at my admission that I knew him? Perhaps. Those are the wages of composting. This pile seethes at the heart of my novel-in-progress, MIRACLE CAVE.
Would you love to talk with me for your podcast, film, TV series, Substack, salon, etc.? If so, I would love to hear from you. Please get in touch.