The Realm of Darkness

The Realm of Darkness

by

Ozma Mushtaque

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Daastan Publishing

First Published in Pakistan in June 2021 by
Daastan PVT LTD
House # A-41, Madni Street, Lala Rukh, Wah Cantt, Punjab 47040

www.daastan.com
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Text copyright © Ozma Mushtaque
Book cover copyright © Anum Ameer
Edited by Summaiya Naveed

The moral rights of the writer and illustrator have been asserted

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Printed and bound in Pakistan by Pixel Printing Solutions

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To the lovely people around me especially my teachers Ms. Mussarat Habib and Ms Shama Khalid(late) who truly believed in me when nobody did.

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Hi World!

Have I known you this way before?

Have you been my mentor?

For the longest time that I remember,

You tried to disown me,

Casting me off like a burden.

I maybe a cliff hanger rope to you,

But my threads are of strong meat.