Media Release
Mangaluru, Jul 19: "Shadows of Desire & 152 Drabbles" by Ganesh K Shenoy, published by APK Publishers, has won the 2025 Regal Summit Book Award in the short story collection category.
The award recognises outstanding contemporary writing through a blind, merit-based review, celebrating powerful and original voices.
In "Shadows of Desire & 152 Drabbles", Shenoy masterfully compiles 153 drabbles, each a micro-story written in exactly 100 words, no more, no less. This tightly constrained form challenges writers to evoke emotion, character, and plot in a compressed space, and Shenoy rises to the challenge with remarkable precision and emotional impact.
Shenoy’s collection explores universal themes like desire, faith, fear, identity, mortality, and redemption, while boldly challenging societal norms, religious orthodoxy, and superstitions. Through culturally diverse drabbles, he provokes thought and introspection, offering a deeply introspective critique of conformity, hypocrisy, and inherited beliefs.
Ganesh Kelagina Beedu Shenoy, originally from Mangaluru and based in Qatar since 2007, is the author of “Seginus, The Eternal Time Traveller”, which won the Christian Book Award from Collins Productions and was a PenCraft Runner-up. A world record holder in miniature painting and part of the kinetic pointillism movement, he blends theosophy, and mysticism into his art and writing. He currently works as HR Head at Teyseer Services Company in Qatar.
"Shadows of Desire & 152 Drabbles" is available to buy on Amazon and the online store of APK Publishers.
The Regal Summit Book Award is a no-fee literary competition based on a blind evaluation process. It rewards originality, depth, and craftsmanship.