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Surprise the world, move the world, expand world’s understanding and knowledge of art & literature. Remind the world what a great art of fiction you have and what your art can do.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆.

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SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Salma Sanam

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨! 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙮? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙...

𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐳𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 A story of those who migrate to the developed countries to make their families thrive. It takes years to understand that the blood relations thriving on their labour transform into parasites. It is a collective tragedy of the society which value wealth more than anything else. Shazhad Aslam says: “𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦.” See an extract from the story: 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴….“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?”…𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘯, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺; 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷.

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Shahzad Aslam

𝘼𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙯𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮...

𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝘣𝘺 𝐍𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐦-𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐝 Gabriel García Márquez like magical realism. It is a short story that reveals the powerful emotions of love which even can delay the death. A childless old man temporarily adopts a little boy. Soon after, the boy leaves him and his wife. After many years, the boy goes to his village to see him. He finds him gone mad with a washed memory but he still has remembrance about the boy. The boy returns and the old man dies, leaving the boy in an everlasting repentance. The story begins with these remorseful thought of the boy: 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘈𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘢 𝘍𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘺. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷.

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Najam-uddin Ahmad

𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙆𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙙 𝘼𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙯𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚...

𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥 In this story the narrator reflects on the emotional and physical changes in her village, marked by a rift with her brother. Memories of childhood, rituals, and maternal love resurface as she visits her mother's grave. By the symbolism of cranes in flight, the story poignantly explores themes of loss, separation, and the passage of time, reflecting on how places and relationships evolve. Everything has depicted in an elegant style: “𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 — 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 — 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺,” 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷:

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Farhad Dhariwal

“𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 — 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 — 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣...

𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐀𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 — 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐪 A thought-provoking and emotionally charged short story, exploring the themes of identity, self-perception, and the human condition. The protagonist struggles to come to terms with his own sense of self-worth, feeling invisible and insignificant in a world obsessed with decrease and disconnection from the world around him. The author raises important questions about the nature of reality, perception, and the human condition, leaving the reader to ponder the implications of protagonist disappearance and the consequences of his own invisibility. 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘔𝘺 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥, “𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢!” .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷:

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Sahir Shafiq

𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨...

𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬’𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 — 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝘣𝘺 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐫 A short story, after the name of Walt Witzman’s most famous poem, by the renowned Urdu novelist, short-story writer, playwright, travel enthusiast, travelogue writer, columnist, pioneer morning TV show presenter, TV host, pioneer trekker. A beautiful depiction that takes the readers to a world of fantasy. The protagonist — victim of oblivion attitude of his wife and children in his middle age — creates an imaginary woman whom he had met in his youth but we don’t come to know about until we don’t reach to the end when the protagonist confesses: 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮. And — 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷.

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Mustansar Hussain Tarar

𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙...

𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 The story tells that the old traditions and cultures are on their way to extinction and replacement by the urbanization and cosmopolitan culture. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧 is written in this scenario wherein a man who’s staunch believer in old traditions prefers death over adopting the new traditions. The protagonist is also aware with this fact and at one place he asks himself: 𝘐𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮?A bird — 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘩𝘢 — has a vital symbolic role in this story since the bird known for his habit of not drinking water because he has a cranny in his cranium, and when rain drops fill this chink, his thirst is slaked…. 𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 A short story that narrates the devastations of the second Civil War in Liberia. Salma Sanam has very deftly depicted these destruction faced by the people of Liberia. Even a cursory glance over the following extracts urges to read the full story: 𝘜𝘨𝘩! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴… 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 — 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥, 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵… 𝘜𝘨𝘩!! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐳𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 A story of those who migrate to the developed countries to make their families thrive. It takes years to understand that the blood relations thriving on their labour transform into parasites. It is a collective tragedy of the society which value wealth more than anything else. Shazhad Aslam says: “𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦.” See an extract from the story: 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴….“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?”…𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘯, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺; 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷:

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Fateh Muhammad

𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨, 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙝𝙖1 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣...

𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐩 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦 A short story that narrates the devastations of the second Civil War in Liberia. Salma Sanam has very deftly depicted these destruction faced by the people of Liberia. Even a cursory glance over the following extracts urges to read the full story: 𝘜𝘨𝘩! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴… 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 — 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥, 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵… 𝘜𝘨𝘩!! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐳𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 A story of those who migrate to the developed countries to make their families thrive. It takes years to understand that the blood relations thriving on their labour transform into parasites. It is a collective tragedy of the society which value wealth more than anything else. Shazhad Aslam says: “𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦.” See an extract from the story: 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴….“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?”…𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘯, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘢. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘘𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺; 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥. .... Read full short story in 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓸 𝓛𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓬𝓸𝓷:

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Salma Sanam

𝙐𝙜𝙝! 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙...

FLASH FICTION

𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴......— Charismatic Amulet by Naheed Gul - Urdu Literature - Urdu Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Naheed Gul

𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚...

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥...— The Magical Pen by Bennitah Owembabazi - African Literature - Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Bennitah Owembabazi

𝙇𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙪𝙥...

𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦...— Poverty Our Home by Bienvenue Ruhigita - African Literature - African Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Bienvenue Ruhigita

“𝙎𝙤, 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩...

...𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥....— Please Return Me My Corpse by Juman Ahmedani -Sindhi Literature - Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Juman Ahmedani

𝙈𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙨𝙚’𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚...

𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴....— HANKERING by Salim Mirza -Urdu Literature - Urdu Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Salim Mirza

𝘽𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙮...

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 S.A. Imran Naqvi

𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙...

𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯......— The Desperate Housewife by Bennitah Owembabzi - African Literature - African Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Bennitah Owembabzi

𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝, 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚...

𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 This a symbolic story depicting two persons passing through the same dream. The story depicts a man dreaming and imagining his fiancée dreaming the same dream. A fantasy in an eloquent style and depicted deftly by the writer. Here is an extract from the story: 𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧: 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮?... 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺. 𝘜𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵… 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮… 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Fateh Muhammad

𝙄𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢, 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢. 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙...

“𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳.”....— Now, I Won’t Drink Water by Mussarat Kalanchvi - Saraiki Literature - Saraiki Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Mussarat Kalanchvi

“𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨.” 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙍𝙪𝙗𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚...

𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.....— Qābīl by Saeed Ibrahim - Urdu Literature - - Urdu Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Saeed Ibrahim

𝙄𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧...

“𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵!”...“𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦?.... — ADVICE by Juman Ahmedani -Sindhi Literature-Sindhi Fiction

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Juman Ahmedani

“𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩!” “𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩?” “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚! 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖...

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