The pain of loss, of the vicious rumors, of cycles of waiting for her, of time spent trying to reach her and then came the relentless and menacing questions; Had he been too boring?

— Farees Ahmed, Talismalore's General Store

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Talismalore's General Store

by Farees Ahmed

Fantasy · 60 pages

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Farees Ahmed

Slightly wayward and mostly eccentric Farees is a part-time existentialist but most of the time user of philosophical concepts she has no idea about. She enjoys talking about herself in third perso…

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