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storytelling By Sandhi Smalls Santini

Re-imagining, creating, and writing contemporary narratives to engage and inspire inclusive audiences.

Work with Sandhi Smalls Santini Writer.

storytelling By Sandhi Smalls Santini

Re-imagining, creating, and writing contemporary narratives to engage and inspire inclusive audiences.

Work with Sandhi Smalls Santini Writer.

Writer’s Statement

I write mainly, from my own lived experiences, encounters, and life lessons—-sewing together bits, and pieces from the past, present, and probable future, into stories that are imaginative, whole, and meaningful.

As a writer, what I enjoy most is the process of creating brave new worlds, unconventional characters, and different kinds of conflicts and consequences. I am committed to writing stories that introduce extraordinary Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) protagonists—particularly super- powerful women and sheroes. The genres of sci-fi, Afrofuturism, drama, fantasy, and the supernatural provide unbounded realms and unlimited possibilities for my narratives.

Born and raised on Edisto, a South Carolina Sea Island, I am a Gullah Geechee—a descendant of the storytelling griots of Africa. I grew up in a multi-generational, extended family, influenced and enlightened by elders who were tasked with passing down ancestral wisdom, historical narratives, and lessons of morality. Cultural folktales with Afrocentric heroes and heroines, age-old rituals, religious practices, and a fervent belief in spirits and the supernatural, are all intrinsic to the art of Gullah-Geechee storytelling. These are the cornerstones upon which my inspiration and passion for writing are built.

My stories are neither about futuristic journeys to distant planets, nor are they set in a ruined, dystopian earth, in post cataclysmic decline. I prefer to write about the complexities, realities, societal ills, and challenges of today’s world, and how real-life, relatable people are affected and motivated by these contemporary conditions.

In general, to create more interesting, original personalities, I craft my characters by combining traits from multiple people I’ve encountered. Indeed, some of my characters may even pay homage to Gullah folk heroes and heroines, if only slightly.

Deception, brokenness, family, loss, humanity, empowerment, and the supernatural are some of the converging themes addressed in my writings.

From my stories, I’d like readers to experience re-imagined ideas and concepts in contemporary television and film, where the voices, views, and perspectives of BIPOC characters are created and controlled by them.

About the writer…

About Me

Sandhi Smalls Santini is a Manhattan-based performer/playwright/author. She is the author of the sci-fi novel, SH+AGUAR, The Night Huntress (Vanguard Press/Pegasus Publishers); Edisto Island: Seaside Stories From A Geechee Gal; and playwright/performer of EARTHA–From Cotton To Caviar, an original one-woman play inspired by the life and times of entertainer and activist, Eartha Kitt. A native of Edisto Island, South Carolina, Sandhi (aka Sandra L. Smalls), received her BA in Journalism & Theatre Arts from Howard University, Washington, DC, with subsequent studies in human rights from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, NYC. She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW); National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)—Life Member; Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAGAFTRA); Black Science Fiction Society (BSFS); Society For The Preservation of Theatrical History (SPTH); and the Harlem Tourism Board (HTB). Her writings have been published in The Howard University HILLTOP Newspaper; The Columbia University Newsletter of the Institute of African Studies; Class Magazine; The Charleston Chronicle Newspaper; and ROUTES MAGAZINE: A Guide To African American Culture.

Sandhi has performed EARTHA-From Cotton To Caviar to packed houses and wildly enthusiastic audiences in various Manhattan venues, including The Green Room 42, NYC, Broadway’s premier destination for live music and nightclub performances; Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC (“Stage Struck” Production); New Perspectives Theatre Company, NYC; several return engagements at Borough of Manhattan Community College (“Stage Struck” Production); Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar Restaurant & Lounge; and The Players (Stage Struck Showcase/4/28/16). Sandhi has headlined as a cabaret singer throughout Europe, the USA, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. Her singing residencies include the Mandarin Oriental Hotel (The Bamboo Bar), Bangkok, Thailand; Constance Lemuria, and Constance Ephelia, Seychelles, Africa. Other singing residencies include Hilton Hotels in Istanbul, Turkey; Munich and Dusseldorf, Germany; Vienna, Austria; and Budapest, Hungary, and other hotels and upscale venues. She has recorded with several indie Italian record labels.

Here’s what I’ve been up to, lately…

The Story

Formidable Adversaries

SH+AGUAR “Subterranean Firestorm“ is an original sci-fi / fantasy / AfroFuturism TV Pilot. This dramatic story is set in today’s New York City.

Formidable Adversaries

Two ultra powerful women, both fierce combatants, but only one will survive.

Transhumanism + Technology

Real people, with real lives, who have extraordinary experiences.

My Super SHERO

Transhumanism + Technology

Kitt Kougar aka SH+AGUAR

storytelling By Sandhi Smalls Santini

storytelling By Sandhi Smalls Santini

Writer’s Statement

About the writer…

About Me

Here’s what I’ve been up to, lately…

The Story

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Transhumanism + Technology

Transhumanism + Technology

Transhumanism + Technology

My Super SHERO

Transhumanism + Technology

Transhumanism + Technology

Welcome to Sandhi Smalls Santini Writer.'s Writing Portfolio

published works

Experienced Writer for Your Project

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storytelling By Sandhi Smalls Santini

storytelling By Sandhi Smalls Santini

Writer’s Statement

About the writer…

About Me

Here’s what I’ve been up to, lately…

The Story

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Formidable Adversaries

Transhumanism + Technology

Transhumanism + Technology

Transhumanism + Technology

My Super SHERO

Transhumanism + Technology

Transhumanism + Technology

Welcome to Sandhi Smalls Santini Writer.'s Writing Portfolio

published works

Experienced Writer for Your Project

Magazine publications

Woman Around Town

An Interview

Contact Me

Questions or Comments?

Sandhi Smalls Santini Writer.

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