The Djinn Falls in Love

"Exquisite and audacious, and highly recommended." - The New York Times

"Entertaining, sexy and mischievous" - Marina Warner

"A treasure chest of literally wonderful and marvelous stories, with a kind of richness that fantasy only rarely achieves." - Tim Powers

"Opens quietly with an intense, thrumming poem from Egyptian poet Hermes, and then ignites like the creature it profiles... a rich and illuminating cultural experience." - Washington Post

"Gorgeous." - Tor.com

"The Djinn Falls in Love is extraordinary." - Jenni Fagan

"A stunning anthology of multicultural perspectives on the various lives and natures of the creatures known alternately as Djinn, Jinn, or Genies.... Every story in this anthology is pretty much perfect." - Ganzeer

"The sheer variation of interpretation is what makes this a superior collection, as well as, of course, the superior writing." - BookRiot 

"Vivid, enthralling and endlessly varied. A wonderful collection." - Mike Carey

"A captivating collection of short stories.... spellbinding and riveting." - The Herald

"It's rare to find an anthology spanning both the globe and realms beyond" - The List

"A sparkling array of talent and imagination" - SFX

"A superb collection of superior stories by some of my favorite writers. This is the must-have anthology of the year." - Lavie Tidhar

 "Readers looking for stories set in a variety of locales (even outer space) and arrayed over various cultures and religions will find much to like." - Publishers Weekly

"A captivating collection of short stories edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin. Included in this collection are spellbinding and riveting stories by contemporary writers of Pakistani origin such as Sami Shah and Usman T Malik. Transformative? Yes." - Herald

"The comparatist in me is delighted at this anthology’s existence and its implications for my academic field; the reader in me is just plain delighted.... The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories is a remarkable collection" - Dawn

"A vivid and affecting collection of stories" - Pop Verse

"With its impressive creative range & winking, biting sense of humor, The Djinn Falls in Love is pure magic." - Bookwitty

"Not only one of short stories, but of real narratives... will let readers enter a world that they have no idea about" - New York Journal of Books

"Lovely and complex" - Strange Horizons 

"Pick it up, rub it and make a wish" - The Book Eaters

"A range of terrific stories in a variety of styles, all of them effective... Fall in love with djinn! Read this book." - Geek Syndicate

"A spectacular variety of writers from all over the world" - Spine at TYCI

"An original take on the subject and beautifully written" - Good Times

"It’s rare to come across a short story collection that hits all your buttons in terms of content, quality and diversity, but The Djinn Falls in Love is a rare and magical thing indeed!" - Geek Syndicate

"A worthy addition to your bookshelf, and a book that anybody who advocates for diversity in literature needs to pick up. It is truly diverse, in the very sense of the word." - Bookshelves & Paperbacks

"A showcase of authorial skill – delicious prose and well-crafted narratives bending themselves around their chosen theme" - Speculative Herald

Stories by Saad Hossain and Sami Shah (as well as the anthology as a whole) receive mention in this brilliant long read on South Asian Sci-Fi in The Wire.

Saad Hossain, Claire North, James Smythe and Sami Shah all share some lessons about writing jinn - Terrible Minds

Newsline's "Day of the Djinn" feature interviews Sami Shah, Saad Hossain and Mahvesh Murad, amongst others. 

Catherine Faris King on 'The Queen of Sheba' - The Book Smugglers

Saad Hossain's "Bring Your Own Spoon" on the Storyological podcast

Claire North, EJ Swift and Jared, joined by Shanon Shah at the Bradford Literature Festival

Mahvesh and Jared pick more magical tales - Barnes & Noble

...and share some of their favourite jinn stories - Tor.com

...and are interviewed by SciFi Pulse