"A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers.Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. And they are e ..."
"Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. And they are everywhere. On street corners, behind the wheel of a taxi, in the chorus, between the pages of books. Every language has a word for them. Every cu ..."
"SmokeLong Quarterly, one of the oldest and prominent online publishers of flash fiction, has collected the "best of the first ten years" in this anthology of 56 pieces, each one a smoke-long. Also, after each piece, the editor/guest editor who chose that particular story for the anthology explains why s/he chose it, including past editors Kelly Spitzer & Kathy Fish, Founding Editor and Publisher Dave Clapper, Senior Editors Tara Laskows ..."
"Eavesdropping and exploring; tormenting us, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. And they are everywhere. On street corners, behind the wheel of a taxi, in the chorus, between the pages of books."
The Boo in the Shoe by KuzhaliManickavel Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 2013 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-4849-3881-2, ISBN: 1-4849-3881-X
"Boos are playful creatures which hide under our beds. Meera stumbles upon Puzzle, the Boo, who is stuck inside her shoe. What is Puzzle going to do?"
"Fiction. South Asia Studies. "Not merely lyrical and strange, but also deadpan funny"--Miranda July. A centipede in a shoe, revelations in a shoebox, nosebleeds, exploding women, and a dead mouse named Miraculous populate this collection of thirty-five short stories from one of India's most original young writers. Kuzhali Manickavel was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, lived in various places around Canada, and moved to Chidambaram, Tamil Na ..."
Tucket the Bucket by KuzhaliManickavel Paperback, 26 Pages, Published 2013 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-4849-3922-2, ISBN: 1-4849-3922-0
"Tucket a gardener’s favorite bucket develops a hole with time and is tossed in one corner of the garden. Watch him become the garden favorite again."
"These stories contain the following: a dragon; angels; Indian culture; one Christmas story for children; no Indian culture whatsoever; men; poor people; voluntarily homeless youths; women; drugs; sex; Indian dads in cold foreign countries; ..."