I’m so excited to announce that my novella, Breaking Silences, is being published by Broken Leg Publications/ @thealephreview in Feb, 2025! . Many thanks for your kind words .@CauveryMadhavan @AwaisKhanAuthor .@NadiaKabirBarb @DaraghFleming .@em_filtness

“…how lovely it would be for us to meet on Sunday mornings and read…”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

آئے گی فیض اک دن بادِ بہار لے کر.تسلیمِ مے فروشاں، پیغامِ مے گساراں

“What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.”. ~ Sylvia Plath, Journals

“The silence between us was so profound I thought part of it must be my fault.”. ~ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.”. ~ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“…she had long ago lost track of all the days…”. ~ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Then I decided I would spend the summer writing a novel.”. ~ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Perhaps there is another kind of writing, I only know this one, in the night, when anxiety does not let me sleep…”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters.

“…I haven’t received any letters, my heart is a little heavy.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

“I belong to you, in the city, in the train, on the highway… wherever I walk or sit.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

“I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

“Waiting for what I do not exactly know.”. ~ Virginia Woolf, Diaries

“…and in the meantime Wednesday became Friday.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

“I don't feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

“On Tuesday you will only get postcards from me.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

وہ ہاتھ ڈھونڈ رہے ہیں بساطِ محفل میں. کہ دل کے داغ کہاں ہیں نشستِ درد کہاں. ؀فیض

“All day long I was preoccupied with your letters: in agony, in love, in worry…”. ~ Franz Kafka, Letters

“…I have been thinking about sending flowers to her.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Diaries

“A more than ordinary sleepless night.”. ~ Franz Kafka, Diaries.

“I am alone in a hostile world.”. ~ Virginia Woolf, The Waves