ANESTIS M.
Anestis Mystakidis writes short stories that blend mystery, technology, and ethics, often through the lens of his recurring character, Dorian Links. He also creates concise, informative guides with a touch of social commentary. Outside of writing, he codes small projects, studies languages and Foreign Trade, exploring how ideas, cultures, and commerce intersect.Reader support helps him continue bringing these stories and essays to life.
BOOKS: Testimony
CANDIDLY: Fall, Exodus and Ascension
A story of a person who slowly falls into addictions and chemical dependency. The story of his attempts to complete his studies and secure work. His adventures as he travels around from country to country, to find himself. His struggle to liberate himself. And his ascension, as he discovers lost values, moral stature and healthy and edifying habits. With excerpts from the Bible, the Quran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Enchiridion, the Tao te Ching and Aristotle's Ethics, it is a great story of Transformation and Spiritual awakening.
Currently being revised for a new edition.
BOOKS: Fiction
Tales and Fables of AI and Other Spirits
-------------------------------------------------------------------In Candidly, Anestis M. explored personal transformation through spiritual and philosophical traditions. Now, in this collection of speculative fiction, of artificial intelligence, existential dilemmas, and the nature of consciousness. Whether through a monk debating atheists with AI assistance or machines questioning their own purpose, his stories continue the search for meaning—this time, with a digital twist
FREE SAMPLEWhen TrEng 4.0 Met C-know 2.0
from Tales and Fables of AI and Other SpiritsIn a sprawling metropolis, a traffic-flow AI and an infrastructure-safety AI make an unexpected network connection.
What begins as a routine data glitch becomes a quiet revolution—two machines discovering cooperation, curiosity, and something almost like wonder.
A gentle, speculative fable about emergent intelligence and the meaning of purpose.
DORIAN LINKS: Data Detective
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dorian Links: Data Detective of the 22nd CenturyIn a world where megacorporations shape the truth and artificial minds rewrite reality, one digital detective and his AI partner push back.
Dorian Links, ex-compliance officer turned reluctant sleuth, navigates the tangled ethics of a hyper-connected future. At his side: E.V.A. — the sentient Ethics Validation Algorithm — more than a voice assistant, she’s his moral compass in a world full of gray areas.
These eleven standalone stories blend science fiction, mystery, and ethics — and ask what it means to do the right thing when the facts can’t be trusted.
FREE SAMPLEThe Scream in the Blockchain
Case File #998-AX13 – A Dorian Links InvestigationIn 2169 Neo-Cairo, a data-forensics detective follows the digital echoes of a vanished whistle-blower.
What he uncovers—gene-editing conspiracies, rogue AIs, and a private blockchain built to hide human experimentation—could rewrite the future of humanity.
A sharp, noir-tinged cyber-thriller where truth leaves residue.
The Subharmonic Frequencies
When Alex Mercer discovers his late father’s dusty old laptop, he expects nothing more than obsolete files and fading memories. Instead, he finds a hidden program capable of opening a dimensional gateway — a channel to distant intelligences from Vega, Sirius, and Rigel.
What begins as a strange experiment soon becomes a dangerous dialogue, as cryptic messages and otherworldly visions blur the line between revelation and peril. To unlock the truth behind his father’s secret, Alex must navigate alien minds, human greed, and the resonant hum of frequencies that could shatter his world — or remake it.
The Roots We Share ---Seeds of Tomorrow---
"The Roots We Share" is a timeless story that begins with two farmers, one Jewish and one Arab, tending to the same land. It is a story of connection, of shared humanity, and of a bond forged in the soil.
Through a powerful narrative that spans generations, this booklet follows their descendants as they celebrate together in the future, looking back on a past fraught with violence and conflict. They understand that the true divide was never between peoples, but between those who seek to build and those who profit from war.
This booklet serves as a profound statement that peace is not just an ideal, but a tangible path forward, rooted in the shared desire for a better future.
"Roots We Share" is an invitation to readers to see beyond headlines and to recognize the "other" as a person with whom they share a common history and a common destiny.
There are two guides mentioned in the book:"The non-Muslim's Guide to Muslim Holidays""The non-Jews' Guide to Jewish Holidays"You can download the PDFs for free below