Leilah Usman awaits an acceptance from a university abroad so she can leave the country she never loved when she stumbles upon an ancient diary. Through the eyes of Mahrosh Irfan, she finds herself in a world so completely different from hers. One where the country she wishes to leave did not yet exist on the map of the world. In the 1930s Mahrosh Irfan stumbles and lands herself into trouble with every turn on the road - with a pen in her hand and a passion that has not yet been fueled. Till Walid Ibrahim returns to India with a candle lit in his chest. The road ahead is one full of thorns but once the dream has blossomed, it is impossible to cage it down. As Leilah lives the story along with Mahrosh - a tale of passion, hope, family, sacrifices, heartache and love, she finds herself in the midst of a question that challenges her values. Who are you? // Tu Shaheen Hai - 'You are an eagle.'

This book homes short stories, drabbles and letters. Mostly, stuff I wrote for contests on Romance, Chiklit, Mystery and other profiles. Happy Reading!

A Cluster Of Desi Short Stories

These are 'mini one-shot/ short stories' something fast and easy to read with different story lines and tropes, all under 12 chapters each 🤍 ~ I take suggestions for any shorts ideas , fill free to reach out via the email in my bio, or the conversations thread on my profile, if you want something specific written!💗 Cover made by: _navyblueee_ (Thank you to her😘)

━𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐑' ☄ ( 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗌 ) 🏹; 𝖤𝗇 𝖾𝗅 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖾𝗍𝖺 𝖯𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗋𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗌 𝖭𝖺'𝗏𝗂, 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗈 𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗎𝗒 𝖾𝗏𝗈𝗅𝗎𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝖽𝖺𝗌. 𝖣𝖾𝖻𝗂𝖽𝗈 𝖺 𝗊𝗎𝖾 𝖾𝗅 𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝖾 𝖯𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗋𝖺 𝖾𝗌 𝗏𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗌𝗈, 𝗅𝗈𝗌 𝗁í𝖻𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗌 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗌/𝖭𝖺'𝗏𝗂 𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗌 𝖠𝗏𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺́𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇 𝗅𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗌. 𝖴𝗇 𝖠𝗏𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗋 𝖾𝗌 𝗎𝗇 𝖼𝗎𝖾𝗋𝗉𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖾ñ𝖺𝖽𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖾́𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾, 𝗎𝗇 𝗁í𝖻𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗈 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗈/𝖭𝖺'𝗏𝗂, 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖽𝗈 𝖺 𝖺𝗅𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝖺 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺. © 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗲-𝘅

❝ Things are only as beautiful as you make them, Charlie. Including murder. ❞ It's the opening night of Burton Abbey's production of Romeo and Juliet and all is going smoothly - that is until the climactic death scene. Romeo takes a big gulp of the poison to be with his lover, except it really is poison and Elijah, who plays Romeo, is now dead. Charlie Monet, in charge of props, is the first suspect but soon the suspicion around her turns to worry as it seems she's the next target. Khaleel Rahim, an aspiring writer, is dying for a mystery to solve at his new school. When he sees Charlie sneaking around at night he thinks he's finally found something worth writing about. After discovering Charlie's ability to see visions of the past, Khaleel decides that they're the perfect pair to solve the mystery. With threatening notes, a quiet library and poison disguised as props; somebody in the school is blurring the lines between theatre and reality and the fast friends are about to discover that there's more to boarding school than just silly rumours. [2022 Watty's Shortlist]