Polly's Haven

By A.I. Nasser

A woman tries to come to terms with repressed childhood memories while keeping the nightmare that has plagued her family for generations at bay.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scare Street
• Release date: Jun 16, 2016
• ISBN: 9781533769831

A.I. Nasser

At the age of four, Ahmed I. Nasser’s parents decided that the best way to keep a hyperactive child occupied was to teach him how to read and constantly bombard him with books. Since then, the world of imagination has constantly consumed him. He quickly decided that the only way to feel fulfilled was to spend his time writing one story after the other, even opting out of a career as a pediatrician, despite ten years of struggling through med-school.Influenced by Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, he has been writing since the age of 12 while travelling the world with his family. Now, finally settled in Egypt, he divides his time between teaching Middle School English Literature and finding the best ways to scare his family and friends.

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Polly’s Haven

Written by A.I. Nasser

Edited by Emma Salam

Copyright © 2016 by ScareStreet.com

All rights reserved.

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Welcome,

A.I. Nasser

This is a safe place.

If you say that one more time, doctor, I’m going to walk out.

Pauline’s eyes were closed for the past twenty minutes. The sound of the old grandfather clock ticking away in a corner, her only attachment to the waking world. She felt the coolness of the air conditioner on her face. Her hair was tied back in a ponytail she regularly wore these days, her suit jacket thrown on a couch across the room. She felt relaxed, more so than at home, and wondered if the man sitting across from her would mind if she just slept through the rest of their regular weekly set hour.

It’s just that you haven’t said a word since you walked in.

Pauline sighed. I haven’t said much of anything for the past month.

Which isn’t helping? Pauline heard the shuffling of paper and the beginning of a pen’s rhythmic tapping that accompanied her doctor’s slow loss of patience. You know you can’t go back to work until we’re through here.

Pauline sighed again. If she were completely honest with herself, not going back to work sounded swell. But, she couldn’t say that out loud; not here, with her assigned ‘counselor’ staring at her over the brim of his ridiculously thick glasses and waiting for her to chirp. All she could do was keep her mouth shut, try to block him out completely, and maybe, just maybe, get a