THE HUNT FOR CORONA

By Fahad Al Falasi

Daphne, a girl with a chaplet of flowers woven around her braided hair and an overflowing passion for life that is reciprocated back to her, is oblivious to the existence of a heartbroken wooer who is fervently spitting heat like an active volcano. This gives rise to her tragedy; for not all love is mutual.

She vanishes into the human mass

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gulf Book Services LTD
• Release date: Oct 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781739768799

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The Hunt for Corona by Fahad Alfalasi

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Dedication

To all victims of COVID-19,

a virus that, alas, has achieved something many states have not:

it has spread equality without regard to gender, color, or status.

About the Author

The author is a soul that had no hand in determining its birthdate, dwelling, or gender, and most certainly not the day it will bite the dust—the matter which draws all souls closer.

Yet those very same souls are born with free will . . . they either fall into good or evil, turn out fruitful or unhelpful, and evolve as humans or half humans—the matter which sets all souls apart.

The Hunt

for Corona

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Daphne, a girl with a chaplet of flowers woven around her braided hair and an overflowing passion for life that is reciprocated back to her, is oblivious to the existence of a heartbroken wooer who is fervently spitting heat like an active volcano. This gives rise to her tragedy; for not all love is mutual.

She vanishes into the human masses, endeavoring to conceal herself from Apollo, but her getaway makes his heart grow even fonder. Not only has he endured the bitterness of being repelled, but this insolence has become a challenge that must be won. He is determined to try, even if it leads to her eradication . . . for some infatuation kills.

To reveal her location, he fires a volley of arrows at her, tipped with an infinitesimal yet detrimental curse. However, these arrows for a dubious cause will expose humans instead—what lies on and beneath the surface, their virtues and vices, their angst and yearnings.

Among thousands of stories that reflect human anguish in the era of Corona, this collection of stories lifts the curtain on twelve of them.

The hunt continues: Corona’s hunt for humans’ demise, humans’ hunt for a Corona remedy, and Apollo’s hunt for Daphne’s acceptance. The hunt unwaveringly continues . . .

Prologue

He was in the midst of a dream that bore no resemblance to any other. Some say dreams are revelations are granted to us by divine power, yet others disagree, claiming that they are nothing but intimidations by Satan; while scientists insist they are simply a reflection of our daily lives. For him, it was not any of those probabilities but a series of unpleasant confrontations.

First, he had