The Stained Glass Window

The Stained Glass Window is a collection of short stories about the Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan.

Front Cover

The cover features a woman in a surgical mask rendered in stained glass style surrounded by the sun, moon, clouds, and birds.

Back Cover

Three arched windows show the same building facade across a single day. The view is always from outside looking in — a reversal of the pandemic's central experience, where windows became the only threshold between interior life and the world beyond.