Writer Ani Alanakian
United States
Number of Pages:3

Maya wakes to a silent world and spots a strange black mark outside her window. Drawn to it, she runs—chasing something she can't name. Along the way, memories of Shay, her lost love, resurface. Is she dreaming, losing her mind, or being offered a way back? Through the Clock is a story about love, loss, and the quiet hope that maybe, just maybe, time can bend for the heart.

Ani Alanakian is an Armenian-born writer and screenwriter based in California. Her writing blends emotional depth with psychological and surreal themes. Through the Clock is an adaptation of one of her original short stories, first published under a different title in her award-winning collection Sleep Walkers. The book received the International Impact Book Award in the Short Story, Psychology categories. This marks her transition from fiction to screenwriting, with a focus on stories exploring memory, loss, and time.

I’ve always believed that stories choose us, not the other way around. Through the Clock came to me during a quiet moment of grief—one of those mornings when silence speaks louder than words. It’s a story about loss, longing, and the strange ways memory and love try to bring us back to what’s already gone.

As a writer, I’m drawn to the fragile edges of reality—where emotion blurs the line between what is and what might have been. My background in literary fiction has taught me to value nuance, internal shifts, and the quiet unraveling of the heart. Screenwriting is a new language for me, but the soul of the story remains the same: intimate, human, and aching to be felt.