Awais Khaliq
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The Last Light of Winterhall
The village of Winterhall sat tucked between snow-laced hills and forests so thick they swallowed sound. Time moved differently there—slow, deliberate, like each moment had to be weighed before it was allowed to pass. It was the kind of place where secrets slept under floorboards and even shadows whispered to one another.
By Awais Khaliq6 months ago in Fiction
The Silence Beneath the Clocktower
In the fog-wrapped town of Eldhollow, a clocktower stood at the center like a solemn monument. Its hands hadn’t moved in seventy-three years. The bells hadn’t rung. Not since the fire. Not since the disappearances. People avoided it like a shadow that stretched too far.
By Awais Khaliq6 months ago in Fiction
Vanished
I never thought the day would come when my sister would simply vanish — no note, no warning, just gone. It was a Tuesday morning when I woke up to an empty bed beside me, the cold spot where she’d been asleep the night before. At first, I thought she was pulling one of her usual stunts — sneaking out early for a run or a last-minute trip to the café. But when the hours passed, and she didn’t answer her phone, the gnawing in my gut turned to dread.
By Awais Khaliq7 months ago in Fiction
5 Ways to Beat Overthinking"
1. Notice the Pattern Before It Takes Over Let’s be honest — overthinking doesn’t scream when it shows up. It whispers. It starts with a simple question: “What if I mess this up?” or “Should I have said that differently?” Before you know it, you're replaying conversations, imagining worst-case scenarios, and mentally exhausting yourself.
By Awais Khaliq7 months ago in Education
"The Message I Found in My Father's Old Phone"
The Message I Found in My Father’s Old Phon When my father passed away, I felt like the ground beneath me had cracked open and swallowed everything familiar. The silence in the house was deafening. His chair, his old worn-out shoes, the fading scent of his cologne—it all screamed absence. But what hurt most was the things left unsaid, the conversations we never had, the dreams he kept locked away.
By Awais Khaliq7 months ago in Motivation
“When I Finally Told You I Loved You”
Jack had loved Ella quietly for years—so quietly that even he sometimes forgot it was love. It wasn’t the kind that exploded with grand gestures or dramatic confessions. No, it lived in the small things: the way she tucked her hair behind her ear, the careless laughter that made his chest ache, the way her eyes lit up when she talked about dreams she barely dared to speak aloud.
By Awais Khaliq7 months ago in Confessions
Married for the Discount
Claire never thought she’d get married. Or, more accurately, she never thought she’d want to get married. Weddings were expensive, exhausting, and, honestly, kind of pointless. Plus, the idea of sharing a bathroom with someone else’s toothbrush? No, thank you.
By Awais Khaliq7 months ago in Humor
The Room That Opens for No One
Elias Ward inherited the house on a quiet Tuesday morning. It came without ceremony, no funeral or ashes. His grandfather had simply gone missing, leaving behind a crumbling estate tucked deep in the woods—and a single yellowed letter with the keys.
By Awais Khaliq7 months ago in Horror
summary:The forty rules of love
The Forty Rules of Love is a mesmerizing novel by Turkish-British author Elif Shafak, weaving two narratives across centuries—one set in the 13th-century Middle East and the other in contemporary America. At its core, the novel explores the power of spiritual love, the surrender of ego, and the timeless teachings of the Sufi path through the lens of two seekers in search of truth.
By Awais Khaliq7 months ago in BookClub
