Where to find the things I write
I’ve written four books. Silent Running is a hard sci-fi thriller, Like Clockwork is a steampunk mystery. Image is a collection of my early short stories. Hajj – My Pilgrimage is a travel memoir.
Sadly Like Clockwork is not available at the moment. You can find out more about each one and where to get a copy by following the link to the relevant blogpost.
Silent Running
Like Clockwork
Image and Other Stories
Hajj – My Pilgrimage
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Stories in Anthologies, Journals, E-zines
Acts of Rebellion
A bittersweet college romance set in the 90s. Free to read in Suspect Journal. Read more about the background here
#literary fiction
Tombstones to the Wind
A brief moment in the lives of three generations of a family living in the aftermath of environmental collapse. Free to read in The Sprawl Mag
#speculative fiction #climate change
Calculus, Charlotte and the Breaking of Waves
A Carribean beach, a callow youth and a woman with uncanny powers. Free to read in Piker Press
#magic realism #travel #memoir
The Hornbill and the Lame Horse
A mash up of two Sumatran folk tales, with a steampunk twist. Published in Fairy Tales Punk’d vol 2
#steampunk #folktale
Rats
A short piece written in the intensity of Lockdown and read by the excellent Dani Claydon. Find out more at the Lockdown Monologue Film Festival 2020 page
#monologue
An Absolute Amount of Sadness
A reprint originally published in the Fitting In anthology. A Djinn and a Selkie meet on a street corner in London. Published by Flametree Press
#magic realism
What We Learned from the Fire
A moment of reflection in the aftermath of war. Published in Space Force – Building the Legacy
#hard sci fi
The Return of the Queen
A matriarchal society, a gender targeting disease and great fight sequences. Published in Crimson Streets (currently unavailable)
#fantasy
In the Cavern of the Sleepers
Searching for a cure for his narcolepsy in the jungles of Assam, Asif finds much more than he bargained for. Published in Gears Ghouls and Gauges
#steampunk #south asian fantasy
Lifting the Weight
A demon with a lust for wealth labouring under a curse to do good. Published in Dig Two Graves
#urban fantasy
Finding Galatea
Cyrus is a man with exceptional senses. Beatriz is a woman with no scent. Theirs is a perfect match until Beatriz’s sister goes missing. Published in Transcendent
#urban fantasy
Grey Eyes and Shakespeare’s Grave
A short sweet office romance. Free to read at Everyday Fiction.
#romance
Désolé Habibti
Miriam’s family has harboured a secret protector for generations. Now she must to choose whether to sacrifice him or lose her mother. Published in On Fire
#urban fantasy
The Girl Who Gives Me Sunsets
Harry’s return to Portsmouth could not be going worse, and now there are strange goings on in his apartment. Published in Utter Fabrication
#ghost story
The Price of One
Ghosts on London’s South Bank and a love that transcends death. Free to read at Scarlet Leaf Review
#ghost story
Adiha and the Three Djinn
Adiha must settle a future for herself and her brother. Will the three djinn she summons help or seek to capture her? Published in Of Witches, Warriors and Wyverns.
#fantasy
How We Survive
Khazaks in space! Unwanted, reviled and finding a way to survive. Published in Etherea Magazine
#Hard sci fi
The Book of Condolence
Finding closure on a toxic, tragic love affair. A playwright mourns his leading lady. Published in What We Talk About When We Talk About It
#literary fiction
Ali Abbas 