These powerful and sensitive stories explore various territories associated with states of emotional and psychological hell. Encompassing nightmarish horror stories, poignant modern fables, delightful fairy tales and super-real slices of life; they are full of deep insight into the human condition. They range from the surreal to the magical to the super-real; from despairing and bleak to tender; from satirical to laugh-out-loud funny. It is not possible to categorise these remarkable stories or put them into neat little boxes. They are hard to define and thought-provoking yet always easy to read.
Anjali Paul is Indian. She was born in India and went to the U.K. at the age of nine, after having lived in several other countries. She grew up in the U.K. She currently lives in India.
At the age of 24 Anjali was in a fire and suffered third degree burns. Extensive skin grafts left most of her body badly scarred. It is said that "accidents are no accident" and she found this out for herself when she embarked on her eventful spiritual journey, during the course of which she battled many of her own demons and won. For many years she had a problem with alcohol addiction. She stopped drinking alcohol in 1999. It was one of the best things she ever did. And the spiritual journey continues....