fantasy


  • Captain

    Captain

    The whale’s push against the planks sent the ship swaying. Halima held on, her captain’s bandana fluttering in the ocean breeze. Damn, land was still nowhere to be seen. “Sulaiman, still nothing?” she asked. “If we don’t get to Muttrah soon, the crew will mutiny!” “I’m trying, captain!” he squealed. They had been at sea…


  • Heights

    Heights

    This story is part of a series of flash fiction which I’ve started to write so I can practice the art form. The green light from the second sun stung Faris’ eyes as he stared up at the bird standing twenty feet above him. The cliff towered, fearsome. Faris rubbed at the bruises on his…


  • Why I Don’t Mind Spoilers, and You Shouldn’t Either

    Your whatsapp notification dings. You turn the phone over, expecting nothing special, then freeze in horror as the message appears in front of you. “Ahahah, yeah, I like the book, but why did X have to end up with Y?” The world falls apart. At page 73 -where you are- X and Y don’t like…


  • Ammar’s State- June, 2022

    Ammar’s State- June, 2022

    What has author Ammar Al Naaimi been doing in the first half of 2022? And what’s coming up next?


  • Utter Exhaustion of the Tasty Variety

    You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have Maya Angelou It has been a fast-paced month to say the least, you guys. During the past 30 days, I’ve written two proper short stories, did a reading at Suika Art Cafe in Muscat, and re-thought how I interact with Twitter. Cherry…


  • Read Chapter One of Sarim!

    Read Chapter One of Sarim!

    Read the first chapter of Sarim, my fantasy adventure novel about Omani teenagers fighting jinn and having adventures in Muscat, 2019


  • New author on the block

    And we’re live! I’m incredibly grateful that you’re here, first of all. Hopefully you’ve taken a look around this brand new site which should’ve taken me two weeks or so to create. Invariably this humble author here rushed it instead, and so here we are. Now, uh, who am I? My name is Ammar Al…