Clouds & Stones

By Ali Elgak Saied

Narrative flashes and life analects, which we live and dive deep in their bottoms, which form some terms in our beings. A magical combination between the illusory reality, made by others, to dig hoof by hoof and the imagination floating in the air to discover the future, concealed behind the edge of the delusional sight's horizon.
He died in the summer. It was a hot and humid day. The clouds were roaming around the earth, and the birds and the people crowding over the shadows. He said his goodbyes to the people at the cemetery and entered his tomb. The stones were put above each other in balance. The crane was standing on its feet and its shadow was tramping among the graves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781490781037

Ali Elgak Saied

• Short stories writer • Has designed hundreds of book covers, magazines and brochures for world celebrities like, Zamfir –the Romanian pan flute musician-. • Participated in Alexandria Library’s fair “Book Fantasy” workshop and expo. His works were awarded and exhibited in the library. • Was assigned to writing an article for Frankfort International Book Fair. The article was published on a CD and on the site. WWW.ARABOOKART.COM • Won Burda Award in the calligraphy category. • Member of the Jury in the 9th Gulf Children’s Arts Festival. • Held a graphic art exhibition -2006- at the Cultural Center. • Participated in a fair at Emirates Fine Arts Society, in celebration of their Silver jubilee • e-mail : [e-mail] • telephone number : [phone] • facebook : Ali Aljack

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Contents

The Crows

The Insects

The Bird’s Language

The Kerosene

The Steam

The Train

A Strange Bird

The News

The Machine

The Donkey

The Fleeing Flies

The Iron Locker

Testimony

The Brain

The Shoes

The Picture

The Beautiful

Screw You

Shawarma

The Shadow

The Swine’s Nose

The Messages

The End

Sustenance

The Living One

The Stoned

The Lover

The Child

The Doll

The Sixth Cup

The Pension

The Milk’s Smell

The Unknown

The Lips

The Brain

The Rule

The Corpse

The Lines

The Imam

The Nose

The Other

Yes

The Box

Death

The Water’s Shadow

The Light

Places

I Don’t Know

The Neighbor

The Blacksmith

O!

The Factory

The Stranger

The Rolling

Grayness

The Jinn

No…

The Black Birds

The Check

The Shoes

The Revenant

The Umbrella

The Tomb

The Caravan

The Colored Rope

The Red Paper

The Eggs

The Blind Dog

The Middleman

Stealing

The Caviar Restaurant

Heads

The Smell

The Nails

The Frame

The Documents

….

The Crane

The Party

The Moment

Acuity

The Brain

The Lie

The Letter

The Wind

The Orange Juice Cup

The Birds’ Bones

The Bottle

Corpses

The Blue Balloon

The Religion

The Brain

The Baby

The Tank

War

The Murdered

The Sky and the Ground

The Blue Whales

The Road

The City of Fantasy

The Police

The Lions’ Legs

The Sausage Sandwich

Three Chickens

The Vicious Crocodile

The Obsession

The Ash

The Rain

The Barn

The Cold Water Cup

The Billionaire

The Dots

Modernism

The Poor

Yellow

The Giraffe’s Egg

The Soul and Survival

The Train’s Soldiers

The Glasses

The Master

The Standing Corpse

The Sleep Motorbike

The Ants

Numbers

The World Map

The Stamp

The Brain

The Isolate

Nameless

The Letters Blood

The Board

The Dust

Clouds and Stones

The Witch

The Crows

The corpses decomposed