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| For many years, on and off, I wrote in this blog. A writer and an outdoor enthusiast, I wrote about my trips, mostly local but interesting, and simple things of my life. |
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Six boisterous pre-teens led by a teen prodigy Farina are pulled into an adventure of their lives when they end up in the castle of the mysterious Magician deep in the coast mountains.
A gang of six boisterous preteens led by a teenage prodigy FARINA ALI heads to Vancouver hoping to capture the top spot in the prestigious World Youth Cognitive Tournament. However, when Farina is kidnapped by a mysterious man the preteens venture deep into the Coastal Mountains where they get captured and join Farina. Together they must endure the weird but magical world of a mischievous scientist known as the MAGICIAN. But will Farina and her team be able to handle the incredible power and rage of ARETHA, the Magician’s hostile autistic genius daughter?
A middle-aged man is terrified of his young wife
who many believe is possessed by a demon.
Kasem, a middle-aged Canadian widower, weds barely acquainted Julekha, a younger, divorced woman from a village in South Asia, and soon realizes his gentle, quiet wife may be suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Her alternate persona is angry, vicious, and incredibly strong. Terrified, Kasem launches an inquiry into Julekha’s past and learns many believe she is possessed by a she demon who makes her do terrible things.
Torn between scientific rationality and paranormal phenomena, Kasem reluctantly approaches reputed exorcist Molla Imam after Julekha mercilessly beats up a psychiatrist. Can Molla save Julekha from the curse or is he also going to fall prey to her unexplainable power?
RAJU, a tech worker mostly working from home, is married to an ambitious NAILA who is part of leadership in a rising IT company. A bit lonely and bored, he has a mild crush on HEATHER, his neighbor’s stay-at-home wife. Both looking for companionship an alliance is born but the perimeters are unknown. A clandestine evening rendezvous could have cleared things up only if Heather had shown up. The next morning she is found missing from her house without any trace.
Realizing he is the prime suspect in Heather’s possible abduction and being stonewalled by Detective RICHARD, Raju teams up with ALEJANDRO, a spirited private detective, in his desperate attempt to find Heather and prove his innocence. Soon he finds himself in a maze of confusing, deceitful, and dangerous situations where his very life is at risk. In his frantic search for Heather comes a point when he starts to suspect that his wife, her powerful boss, and Heather’s husband could have worked together to commit a heinous crime. Unfortunately, he has no evidence to prove that. When he gets arrested by Detective Richard on DNA evidence for kidnapping Heather his whole world comes crashing down around him. Will he ever know what happened to Heather, who did it, and why?
A romantic, compassionate teenager has trouble navigating through the complex world
of romance to find his first love.
This is a story about Zak, a teenager, and his close friends Big Tom and queer Zinia navigating through friendship, self-discovery, and romance in the backdrop of a Toronto suburb. Zak is a romantic geek, who goes through frequent crushes but no luck so far. Tom, his childhood friend, tries to hook him up with his cousin Amelia–a mild-mannered socially conscious sophomore with a passion for acting. When she is passed over for the leading role of her school’s drama club’s new play, Tom proposes to create their own play featuring Amelia hoping such a gig would bring Zak and Amelia together. Amelia agrees, to Zak’s delight. But unfortunately their romance never truly flies off, to Zak’s dismay.
My YA romance/comedy novel, Since I Met Preena, complete at 61,000 words follows Zak as he soon finds himself in unchartered territory when Preena - a teenage entrepreneur with a rising cleaning business and playful, unpredictable personality suddenly pops up in his life. Not shy in expressing her weakness for Zak, Preena is like a hurricane, determined to shake up his world. Unsure about his relationship with either Amelia or Preena, Zak is confused and torn between them. Will he finally find the love that he dreamt of for so long?
After her husband’s shocking death seemingly by suicide, the single mother of three with no career and thorny past struggles to stand on her feet simultaneously juggling friendship, animosity, and new romance in Toronto.
When her husband falls to his death from their 22nd-floor apartment located on Danforth Avenue, Toronto, under suspicious circumstances, a shocked RIMA–only in her early 30s with three young children, incomplete education, no proper carrier, and a checkered past–must now find a way to support her family while warding off his alienated in-laws coming after her with a vengeance and an overzealous police detective suspecting her of foul play.
My literary fiction novel, Rima, complete at 108,000 words follows Rima in her journey through life to stand on her feet and pursue a long-time dream of hers to start a clothing business. She gets some strong support from her best friend MILA – a free-spirited woman with a botched love life and NOMAN – a long-time admirer from her murky past–who almost accidentally pops up in her life to give it another go.
Can Rima succeed in juggling through suspicion, enmity, budding romance, and test of friendship in a city that is known to be the hub of hope, opportunity, and new beginnings?