“To a hush of elfin sleep-
The Heart Behind the Stories
About The Author
Avanti developed an interest in reading while growing up in Choudwar, Odisha, by the banks of the Mahanadi River. After moving to Nagpur, Maharashtra, her essays and poetry appeared in local newspapers, and University magazines.
Her stories weave magical-realist and psychological elements to explore how dreams and memory shape waking life. She writes in both print and audio.
In her debut novel, ‘House Of Past,’ a young woman suspended between dream and reality struggles with adulthood. Spectral encounters draw her towards an unavoidable truth, capturing the uncertain passage from youth to maturity.
Now living in Bangalore, Avanti holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Philosophy in Linguistics. Before turning fully to fiction, she worked briefly as a reporter, and later as a science school teacher. She is currently at work on a new book.
The Story Behind the Words
About The Book
A lost girl. A dark spectre. And a house that refuses to forget.
When twenty-three-year-old Anya finds herself betrayed by people she trusted the most, the fragile stability of her life begins to unravel. Medication keeps the world at a distance, but one final betrayal pushes her towards the edge.
In search of escape, Anya retreats into dreams of her childhood home, abandoned and suspended between memory and imagination.
But dreams are not empty spaces.
A dark spectre follows her there, pulls her back into the corridors of past, and she is thirteen again. She relives forgotten friendships, buried grief, and a love she wishes to hold on to forever.
The memories she tried to bury rise again, demanding to be understood.
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The Story Behind the Words
About The Book
A lost girl. A dark spectre. And a house that refuses to forget.
When twenty-three-year-old Anya finds herself betrayed by people she trusted the most, the fragile stability of her life begins to unravel. Medication keeps the world at a distance, but one final betrayal pushes her towards the edge.
In search of escape, Anya retreats into dreams of her childhood home, abandoned and suspended between memory and imagination.
But dreams are not empty spaces.
A dark spectre follows her there, pulls her back into the corridors of past, and she is thirteen again. She relives forgotten friendships, buried grief, and a love she wishes to hold on to forever.
The memories she tried to bury rise again, demanding to be understood.
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When the Mirror Cracks
Don’t sleep. If you
must, don’t dream tonight.
Cheated on by her first love, Juhi is raising her daughter alone, trying to survive watching her ex-husband choose someone else. One day the mirrors show her what only nightmares can, cracking and splintering while she watches. And a young man claims he dreamt of her before he ever laid eyes on her. Afraid she’s falling into another trap she tries to pull away, but something dark, twisted, and far beyond her control makes it impossible.
Status: Currently being prepared for submission.
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