Synopsis:After a painful breakup and a sudden move to another country, Zubia—a quiet, observant girl who prefers loneliness over chaos—rents an old apartment known for being “strangely alive.” The walls of the apartment seem to react to emotions, the air changes with moods, and memories from past tenants appear like faint shadows, sounds, and impressions.At first, Zubia thinks it is just stress and homesickness. But soon sh...

In an increasingly connected digital world, cybersecurity is no longer just the concern of network administrators — it is an essential responsibility of every programmer. *Cybersecurity for Programmers: Write Secure Code* is a comprehensive guide designed to help software developers understand, identify, and mitigate security risks in their code.This book bridges the gap between theoretical cybersecurity concepts and practical programming skills. It introduces readers to the core p...

Coding for Kids is a beginner-friendly guide designed to introduce children aged 8–14 to the world of computer programming in a fun and interactive way. Through colorful illustrations, step-by-step instructions, and playful exercises, this book teaches the basics of coding using easy-to-understand languages like Scratch and Python.Kids will learn how to create simple games, animations, and stories while understanding essential pro...

Whispers in the Dark is a collection of mysterious and suspense-filled short stories that explore the hidden fears and secrets that dwell within human hearts. Each story takes readers on a journey into the unknown—where every shadow hides a whisper, and every whisper tells a tale.The book opens with simple, everyday situations that slowly turn eerie and unsettling. Ordinary characters find themselves caught in extraordinary circumstances—haunted houses, strange dre...

Late in the summer of 1877, as the tsar’s royal cavalry descends on the defenseless Ottoman outpost of Constanta, and a flock of purple and white hoopoes suddenly appears over the town, Eleonora Cohen is brought into the world by a mysterious pair of Tartar midwives who arrive only minutes before the birth. Eleonora, whose mother dies during labour, is raised by her father, Yakob, a carpet merchant, and her stern and resentful stepmother. From the moment Eleonora learns to read, her father...

In this richly woven young adult fantasy short story, a brave young woman enters a deadly marriage that promises to challenge the bounds of love, hate, and sacrifice.Seventy-one days and seventy-one nights had come and gone since Khalid began killing his brides.This dawn, Khalid would mark the loss of the seventy-second girl, Shahrzad al-Khayzuran.Khalid didn’t know how many more of these dawns he could take. And there was something about this lates...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps____________________Menes is training as a scribe in the local temple, and to earn extra money to help his poor family, he agrees to assist rich old Maiarch. Menes must write a prayer to rid Maiarch of an old family ghost. But what if the ghost is actually more human than supernatural? It will...

Tobias never wanted to live next to a creepy old graveyard—especially not one haunted by a zombie cat.When he finds a mysterious note from the house's former owner about Sibbi, a cat buried among the tombstones, Tobias starts hearing eerie noises and spotting shadowy figures. Convinced Sibbi's ghost is haunting him, he tries everything to banish the zombie cat for good.But as the nights grow scarier and secrets of the graveyard unravel, Tobias discovers that friendship can ...

This is an edited reprint of my first short story sale to Mike Resnick and Martin Goldberg's 1992 ALADDIN, MASTER OF THE LAMP anthology. It's got the sly humor of a traditional Scheherazade-type story and is told in a style that is an homage to Richard Burton's original "A Thousand And One Arabian Nights."

Aisha, an orphaned youth from the streets of Baghdad, during the Middle Ages, seeks to raise herself from the poverty and squalor that surrounds her. Fleeing her unknown past, and her petty life of crime, the young Persian ventures off to Egypt, where she's approached by a man who claimed to belong to a secret sect of assassins. After the convenience of free food and shelter ceded importance to the heaviness of the dark acts being asked of her, Aisha tries to escape The Order of the Hashas...

A boy learns heroes still exist.This is a short story set in the world of the series Erdemen Honor. It stands alone but also is a prequel/introduction to an upcoming novel and takes place several generations after The King's Sword. It is approximately 6300 words.

In the chaos of a war-torn country, where survival is a daily struggle and Islam is the only thing that keeps us grounded, I've sworn to protect Noura—no matter the cost. Her life is at risk, caught in the hands of a ruthless warlord who wants to force her into a marriage she never chose. When I find her, I know my mission is clear: save her and keep my promise to her father. But as we journey across treacherous lands, I begin to question everything I thought I knew about loyalty, duty, an...