Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan

Usman T. Malik
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From the winner of The British Fantasy Award From the winner of The Bram Stoker Award * A Lahori orphanage for girls is haunted by birds and eerie visions. * Two lovers are set adrift amidst rising floodwaters in 1960s Old Lahore * A woman chaperoning a school trip to the ruins of a pre-Islamic city in Sind faces ancient horrors as boys go missing and the fog rolls in. With a meticulously designed cover and beautiful black-and-white illustrations by seven different Pakistani artists, Midnight Doorways is a unique community project highlighting the scope of speculative art and literature in Pakistan.
Genres: Short StoriesHorrorFantasyFictionPakistanSpeculative FictionCollectionsGothicMagical RealismAnthologies
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