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Captcha This!

In 2015, J. W. Wood jacked in his day job and disappeared to homestead two acres on an island off the coast of British Columbia – armed only with an axe, some tools and the determination to free himself. Captcha This! spares no one: pompous investment bankers, vacuous fame-hunters, feudal tech overlords, invasive grammar-nazi software, government by bogus statistic and further denizens of today’s digital abyss all receive a not-so-gentle skewering.

“J. W. Wood’s stories evince a gift for the quotidian, employing brilliant conceits and mischievous turns of phrase which enrich the writing at every point. Capturing the frustration of curtailed lives and the grim horrors of the corporate world, Wood presents a meta-fictional universe in which the rich realise their folly and we control computers, not the other way round.”
—Julian Stannard, award-winning poet and author of The University of Bliss (Sagging Meniscus Press, USA, 2024)

“Captcha This! pulls off a coup in eviscerating the system while not being vicious or cruel to any person or group.”
—Paul Halas, author of The Rights of Man And Fish

“Alexander Pope – arguably the eighteenth century’s most talented and prolific satirist – famously warned that ‘the life of a wit is a warfare on earth’. With biting humour and intelligence as his weapons, J. W. Wood strides confidently onto the battlefield. Those willing to think and question will find Captcha This! both riotously good fun and a refreshing breath of fresh air.”
—P. W. Bridgman, author of The Four-Faced Liar, A Lamb and more