Abow is a novella about failure, fleeting success, and the unbearable weight of existence.
It follows Elias, a once successful, now failed writer, trapped between the life he wanted and the choices that haunt him. Shadows from the past return, demanding a price, and Elias must face not only what waits before him, but also the silence within.
A story of guilt, memory, and the fragile fire of hope, Abow asks: how much can a man lose before he loses himself?
A.A. Mando grew up with stories long before he ever thought of writing his own. For him, words were not just a way to tell a tale, but a way to survive, to wrestle with failure, heartbreak, and hope.
He is the author of Dark and Cold and The King of the Nightmares Smoke, each shaped by different storms of his life. His newest work, Abow, dives deeper into themes of fleeting success, guilt, and the fragile fire of hope that refuses to die.
Mando writes with honesty, often drawing from his own experiences, the independence of his youth, the silence after a failed football career, the ache of lost love, and the search for meaning when the world feels cruel.
When he isn’t writing, he is watching the world closely, often looking up at the moon, his constant companion, trying to capture both its shadows and its rare flashes of light.