After having successfully secured myself from her view, I watched from a crack the unfolding progress of my plan.

— Shoaib Rashdi, Our Inauspicious Stars

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Our Inauspicious Stars

by Shoaib Rashdi

Tragedy · 20 pages

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Shoaib Rashdi

Shoaib Rashdi, an aspiring polymath, began his literary career in 2018 when his short story entitled Birth to a Dancing Star became a finalist in Literati – South Asian Award for Micro-Fiction Seas…

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