Flash fiction: Blood by Salek Uddin
Flash fiction: Blood
Salek Uddin
(In this dialogue-only flash fiction, plot, imagery, and life philosophy emerge entirely through conversations)
—Today is the last day of your life. I won't let a single infidel remain in this city.
—But we're friends.
—Still, you're a Muslim.
—And you're a Hindu.
—See this knife in my hand? Sharp as a razor.
—Mine is no less sharp.
—Then say the name of your Allah.
—And you, the name of your God.
—Allahu Akbar!
—Har Har Mahadev!
—Ah—
—Ugh—
_--
_--
—Krishna, are you still alive?
—Yes. You too?
—Do you see, Krishna? Your blood and mine have mixed together. Now tell me—which one is yours, and which is mine?
Author biography:
Salek Uddin (b. 1960) is a fiction writer, playwright, poet, columnist, and public intellectual. He is a Life Member of the Bangla Academy, Bangladesh’s national institution for Bengali language and literature. His work explores the tensions between individual lives and collective realities. Through fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, he examines questions of memory, justice, and human dignity.
Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine), Editor: Md Ejaj Ahamed
Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a bilingual print and digital magazine featuring Bengali and English literature. In this blog English literature is published, while a separate blog hosts our Bengali literature. It is edited and published by Md Ejaj Ahamed from Aurangabad, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.
