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A Cuckoo By The Window
Two lovers lie upon one another, the cold embrace of death making their tangled bodies white as they float in the cooling waters of a bathtub. A husband stumbles out of a dark motel room, his mind reeling with past guilt that are rekindled by recent horrors. A Cuckoo by the Window is a book about betrayal, hurt and the surprising amount of love we might find in the shadowy corners of life.
Charles Radcliffe is a man who had been betrayed at an early age by the few people he should have trusted most. He had based his whole life after that faithful day by that seemingly unforgivable lie of others. When he finds that his soon to be ex-wife is lying to him for no clear reason, he goes to check if the lie is intentional or just his paranoid mistake. But things soon turn dark and people start to have fatal accidents around him. And as he tries to figure out if his luck was truly that bad or if he had finally gone mad, he stumbles into a sudden blissful love with a stranger he feels he should know as well as himself; and in a thoughtless kindness we always expect to get someday, but actually never do, he gives a fresh start to her who had gone into the treacherous land of dreams with only the unsteady lights of determination and slightly irrational hope.
Charles Radcliffe is a man who had been betrayed at an early age by the few people he should have trusted most. He had based his whole life after that faithful day by that seemingly unforgivable lie of others. When he finds that his soon to be ex-wife is lying to him for no clear reason, he goes to check if the lie is intentional or just his paranoid mistake. But things soon turn dark and people start to have fatal accidents around him. And as he tries to figure out if his luck was truly that bad or if he had finally gone mad, he stumbles into a sudden blissful love with a stranger he feels he should know as well as himself; and in a thoughtless kindness we always expect to get someday, but actually never do, he gives a fresh start to her who had gone into the treacherous land of dreams with only the unsteady lights of determination and slightly irrational hope.
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First published November 16, 2013
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Osman Welela
9 books18 followersOsman Welela is a man of dubious character who spends the right amount of time in his head. He has a degree in Computer Science and a modest skill in cooking a mean tea. He is the author of the fantasy series A Tale Of The Lost Arts.
Stories shape his life more than anything else. They have done so since way before he began writing them up. He always enjoys the great ones whichever form they come in: movies, music, food, people, novels, etc.
His latest work can be found at AFREADA, an online literary magazine for African writers. He lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His favorite color is
Here you can find all of Osman's latest work.
Stories shape his life more than anything else. They have done so since way before he began writing them up. He always enjoys the great ones whichever form they come in: movies, music, food, people, novels, etc.
His latest work can be found at AFREADA, an online literary magazine for African writers. He lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His favorite color is
Here you can find all of Osman's latest work.
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