Aiyas Aya "Start Here" Guide

Hullo! If you’ve just stumbled upon my Substack, welcome. Here is a starting point with which you can orient yourself. I am a Canadian indie author creating speculative fiction. My work blends humour with existential discomfort; it is often dystopian but quietly hopeful.

Quicklinks

• My website

• Purchase my debut novel “Nothing Works, Everything Happens” on Amazon or direct from the author. Please leave a review if you love it.

Some Of My Best Short Stories

• The Old, Old Unicorn Flower Service

• Bittersweet

• Inkjet Rising

• The Last Book Written By A Human

• The Null

• Under Your Cap

• Back In A Few

Ongoing Serial Fiction

• ISLE: Book One
  I am currently writing a biweekly serialized story here on Substack. It is the survival story of a lone ‘astronaut’ on a strange planet. It’s called “ISLE” and you can read the full series from the beginning here.

• The Wayward Paragraphs
  This is a collaboration with a few other writers where we each add an instalment to an ongoing story. Read my contribution here.

Rants About Writing & Creativity

• What Can Stories Give Us?

• On The Shoulders Of Giants (Book recommendations)

• Aiyas Aya’s Indie Bookshelf

Behind The Scenes of “Nothing Works, Everything Happens”

• Easter Eggs: All The Little Secrets in “Nothing Works”

• Playlist: A song for all 29 stories in my book

• Why I Wrote “Nothing Works, Everything Happens”

• How I Wrote “Nothing Works, Everything Happens”

• On Making Things Easy (Why I Included A Reading Legend)

• Audiobook Demo

If you’ve enjoyed something you above and you’d like to support what I do, you can:

• Tell someone about it in the real life world (I still think word of mouth is the most powerful thing)

• There are easily shareable images here if you’d like to share on social media

• Read, purchase, review or comment. Hearing that these words have had an affect in the world is what keeps me writing

I appreciate you taking the time to scour around. I do hope you stay a while!

• Aiyas