By Dr. Adnan Bouzan

Not every book is born of an idea;
some books are born of necessity.

I am pleased to announce the publication of my new short story collection, Papers Beneath the Gallows, a literary work comprising 240 pages and 40 short stories, written over years of contemplation and direct engagement with questions of humanity, power, fear, memory, betrayal, and meaning.

This collection is not an attempt at entertainment, nor does it seek to offer comforting tales or reassuring endings. These are texts written in the narrow space between speech and punishment, between the desire for silence and the necessity of speaking—where the word itself becomes an ethical act and an existential stance. Each story in this book is a page deliberately placed beneath the gallows: aware of its cost, yet insisting on being written.

In Papers Beneath the Gallows, voices and characters vary, but they converge at one point: the human being when pushed to the edge. You will find stories of ordinary people in extraordinary moments; of individuals who collapse in silence and others who resist through words; and of questions that seek not answers so much as they expose reality as it is—without distortion or embellishment.

The language of this collection oscillates between harshness and lyricism, between compressed sentences and candid confession, striving to maintain a difficult balance: to be beautiful without anesthetizing, and truthful without flattery. These are short stories in form, yet heavy in impact, belonging as much to testimonial literature as to artistic narrative.

Papers Beneath the Gallows is not a book of salvation, but a book of confrontation—
a confrontation with the self, with reality, and with the question that hangs above every page:
What does a word do when it is written knowing its price?

This work is addressed to the reader who does not merely read, but is willing to become a partner in the experience—leaving the text less certain, and more aware of the weight of truth.

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