After a pretty successful first two books – ‘Another Chance’ and ‘Urban Shots’, Grey Oak Publishers is coming up with their next short story anthology – ‘Down the Road’. While ‘Urban Shots’ dealt with life in urban India, ‘Down the Road’ deals with as the name suggests, life at school and college. Did you like the girl sitting next to you in class? Do you miss the time with friends in the college canteen? Do you miss hostel and school life when you had no tensions whatsoever? ‘Down the Road’ includes all this and more.
After my poor attempt at short story writing for Urban Shots where I was rejected outright, I was determined to do well and work properly on submitting a good short story for the new anthology. But this time too things didn’t work out too well though the story has been selected by Grey Oak to feature on d.ustb.in which is an interestingly named website for short story lovers.
But before I could sit down and wonder what went wrong and what I should improve on, Ahmed gave me a chance to contribute an essay on two decades of Bollywood movies on school and college campuses. And lo, after a lot of editing and re-editing it has finally been included in the book along with the other stories.
I would like to sincerely thank Ahmed Faiyaz and everyone else at Grey Oak Publishers for giving me a chance to get published. I would surely keep working on my writing over a period of time.
The book launches across India in the 2nd week of April
Order your copy @
Landmark Online – http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/books/down-the-road-ahmed-faiyaz-rohini-kejriwal/9788192040301
IndiaPlaza – http://www.indiaplaza.in/down-the-road-edited-by-ahmed-faiyaz-and-rohini-kejriwal/books/9788192040301.htm
Mini
I sure will order 🙂
Ahmed Faiyaz
Goodluck Aseem! Your essay will surely be liked and appreciated by the film buff who pick up the book.
aseemrastogi2
Thanks Ahmed :)..Eagerly waiting for it..
girish
Will order your book 🙂
Sajeevs blog
All the best on your journey in writing! Looking forward to reading your work!
aseemrastogi2
Thanks :)..Do check out my short story “An Opportunity” here which is part of Down the Road collection but couldn’t make it to the final cut..Do read and comment… http://d.ustb.in/story/an-opportunity/
uread
Down The Road is a collection of short stories that brings out all the memories– of life in school and college campuses.
From first crushes and relationships to the angst and heartache of wanting to fit in. from the parties to campus ragging and the struggles and insecurities of a fresh graduate trying to find his calling in life – these stories cover situations and instances familiar to anyone from their school and college days. Written by well known authors and bloggers as well as first time writers– the characters are brought to life with a rich, vivid detail and sensitivity.