PANDEMONIUM - tales from a Pandemic
Pandemonium is the sophomore collection of short stories penned by Gautam Shiknis and deals with a wide range of situations that have one thing in common. They are all set amidst an unnamed and severe global pandemic. The tales range from satire, horror, sci-fiction to suspense and mystery.
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To be distributed by a leading global publishing company, the book is slated for a release in the winter of 2021 at the prestigious Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Here's a peek at the summary of some tales in the anthology.
01
Bovine Providence
What happens when you run out of food in a deeply religious country and the only thing you have left are your Holy Cows?
02
Epinephrine
A leading pharma company is collecting the faeces of humans in a covert operation. One man stumbles upon this clandestine crime and resolves to get to the bottom of it.
03
Mum-Mum
An incredulous patient is told the story of a ghost that haunts the aisles of a ward meant for victims recovering from a deadly virus.
04
Mugeshwar
One man gets miraculously cured from the lethal outbreak and believes that his Mug was the reason for the miraculous recovery. He builds a temple for it and chaos follows.
© Photo copyright of Gautam Shiknis
Champs-Elysse, 2007
Shot on B&W film
Ilford PAN ISO 200