Hussain A. Ayoub

Author

About

Hussain is a Syrian author of literary speculative fiction. The Azhar Writing Prize winner and Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, he writes stories about morally grey characters with identity crises, forgotten libraries & many bloody loose ends.He grew up in Damascus, on a steady diet of history and philosophy books and then travelled to the U.K. where he got his MA in Conflict Resolution.He lives in Tartous on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, where he maintains a healthy obsession with doomed cities and lost libraries.

Books

In Progress

Clinging to the Stones

“Like the Surabrenna, three daughters bind you: one will pass without you, one will weep for you, one will burn with you.”

In the Kingdom of Earledel, a disgraced order of philosopher-warriors launches a desperate mission to reclaim their past, forcing a reluctant disciple into an act of treason.
Across the continent, in the brutal Crimson Empire, an imperial mother plots to save her son from a ritualistic culling, leveraging the underworld to orchestrate a high-stakes heist.
Their colliding paths are set to ignite a war, unravel loyalties, and decide the fate of nations.Adult Epic Fantasy

Fiction

War and War
- The Markaz Review (2025)We Lost the Sea
- Crow & Cross Keys (2024)The Memory
- Inner Worlds Magazine (2024)The Daughter of Naash
- All Worlds Wayfarer (2023)

News

Pushcart and Best of the Net Nomination
I’m thrilled to announce that my short story "The Memory" has been nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes.“The Memory” is a short story I wrote while my mother was asleep during one of her chemotherapy sessions. It was published on the same day she passed away.Even after death, mothers are givers.