Things We Do in the Dark
On releasing a second book shaped by winter nights, shifting formats, and the timeless urge to preserve stories
You chose. I delivered.
My second book, “Things We Do in the Dark”, is now published as an eBook on Amazon. A collection of 8 stories stitched with love, secrets, darkness, and the quiet electricity that cities release after midnight.
I wrote “City of Small Tremors” almost as an experiment, a quiet leap without expectation, and the surprising love it received felt like a gentle hand on my back saying, “Keep going.” Hence, this new collection grew differently. It simmered, it brooded, it kept me awake for nights until it became a pulse on the page.
As usual, I have done everything myself for this book, with AI being my intern. Writing, editing, designing, formatting, uploading, and even the moments of panic where I wondered if the file would get rejected. So if you find errors, oddities, or anything that can sharpen its claws, email me at antifragilehumans@gmail.com :)
There is an old saying in Latin literature, ars longa vita brevis - art is long, life is short. Writers across centuries have relied on this truth as their north star. We write to freeze a sliver of our own time before it slips away. That is the spirit in which this book was born. December felt like the right moment to release it, because winter nights invite thrill, suspense, and the intimacy of reading under a soft light while the world outside grows quieter.
When I released my first book, my mom said, “Online author, author nahi hota.” The world she grew up in carried reverence for the physical book, the hardcover, the visible proof that something has been created. Yet history shows that every technological shift was met with scepticism. When the first printing press arrived in 1440, scholars dismissed it as a machine that would dilute the sanctity of handwritten manuscripts. When paperbacks emerged in the 1930s, critics said serious writing would vanish. Every age fears the tools of the next age. And yet, here I am, living proof that stories survive every format they are given.
Guess what? I have two books in the new format, hahahaha.
I hope “Things We Do in the Dark” gives you the chills you secretly enjoy during winter, the thrills that come from entering someone else’s quiet madness, and the comfort of knowing that storytelling remains the one place where darkness is allowed to speak.
As Franz Kafka said, “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” If this one can tap even a corner of that sea, I will consider it a victory.
Here it is. My second book. Made in silence, released with joy, offered to you.
Amazon Link: https://amzn.in/d/g9D15MA
