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Fly, Fly Away My Sorrow

A groundbreaking novel by Zak Lylak

The novel, 'Fly, Fly Away My Sorrow' by Zak Lylak resting on a golden plate near a lit tealight candle, and a black plastic rose. 'The Fool' tarot card is poking from the top of the book.
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What real people have said about Fly, Fly Away My Sorrow

Darkly poetic and unflinchingly honest. Real and relatable, especially if you've ever felt like you don't quite fit in this world. A protagonist whose interiority resonates with Dostoyevskian depth. Darkly poetic, emotionally intelligent, and deeply human. This novel deserves recognition as a significant contribution to contemporary literature's ongoing examination of psychological marginality and human resilience.


About Zak Lylak the Author

Zak is a meat being who resides in England. He wrote his novel, not AI. Fly, Fly Away My Sorrow took fourteen years to complete. The cover design is human-created art, too. Nothing against AI, it's pretty neat, but just so you know. Zak is mostly reclusive. He's keen to discourage sales reliant on emotive connection to vapid, elevator-pitch, personality summaries. A much deeper connection is available through his writing.

A middle-aged man wearing a dark hoodie, hunched over a laptop on a wooden desk. There is a candle on a shelf nearby, and various old artifacts hanging on the wall.

A space in Zak Lylak's mind, but not the real person. Then again, what does real mean?


A rendition of Zak Lylak in a strange warehouse. He is wearing red balaclava and leatherette tassels, sunglasses, and a leatherette jacket held together with masking tape.

An artist's photographic impression of Zak Lylak during his time in a clandestine institution, deep in the heart of the plasmasphere.


Searching in the light can feel good, but the key you seek might only exist in the dark.

Front book cover showing silhouette of a man sitting, forlorn, on a hillside in the twilight.

A fountain pen cutting through the neck of an ouroboros snake, preventing it from eating its own tail.