Latest publication By Hidayat Adams
500
An anthology of short stories
This unique collection of short stories offers tales each exactly 500 words in length.
Discover the steel in meek Rose, journey into the Afterlife and back, fight alongside a young soldier on an alien planet, face the end of the world at the side of an Avenging Angel, share in the sorrow of losing a child…
Each tale will inspire, excite and entertain you!
Author
Hidayat Adams
Hidayat Adams was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa in the suburb of Grassy Park. At an early age, he fell in love with reading, especially comic books and mystery novels such as The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. His love for reading and books eventually led him to the path of becoming an English teacher, a career he feels he was born to follow. As he so often quips, “I was born to teach, as my name means ‘guidance’ or ‘instruction’.”
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Everyone’s A Critic
The following is a short story I wrote for a competition. The requirements were: no more than 500 words; I had to use the words paint, shift, wave and toast; I had to include something being shared. Please let me know what you think of my attempt. Thank you. The hole...
Extract from Chapter 10: The Queen
In answer to Lathlin’s question, she nodded once. Lathlin looked at her more intently, then said, “May I approach, Your Emptiness? I need to observe more closely the energies swirling around you. You may have your Harvesters search me for weapons, but I assure you, I...
Chapter 3: The Hollow People
The Hollow People were the unofficial Masters of the Forsaken Forest. In fact, it was precisely because they had rejected humanity that the forest became known as forsaken. The Hollow People had constructed their sinister Shrine within the very heart of the forest out...
The First Review…
Reviewer: SHIREEN JAFTHA I most definitely enjoyed the novel. Once I got started, I could not put the book down. I immediately fell in love with the hunter, Belac, but at the same time I was curious as to why he had to find the elf, Lathlin. My favourite characters...
Heart of Gold
Mark learned about his terminal illness on a day that seemed made for vibrant life, not the Pale Horseman. When his oncologist told him in a tone of great sorrow that his brain tumour was inoperable, and that he would have only two months to live, the ray of sun...
My Inner Galaxy
They talk about me as if I cannot hear or see them. I may be quiet, reticent and inwardly-focused, but I am normal – at least, to myself I feel normal. The doctors say I am an autistic child suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome, and I am helpless to ask them not to...
Rebirth
He feared the decision, yet he knew he had no other option. “Either decide now,” he told himself, “or you should never have come to this stage in the first place.” The wind tugged hard at his flapping cloak. He was only peripherally aware of it, barely registering...
A New Passion
I wrote my first story in October 2002 when I was teaching in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The story was a response to the claim of an American colleague, Eric Ennis, who believed that Americans are the best writers, and that South Africans can’t write very well. Granted,...