Short stories
A Beginning... A Discrete Journey
Literary Editor's Note:
In Bangladesh we get to welcome in a new year twice. Once on 31st December. And a second time on 14th April. How blessed we feel to start afresh at the stroke of midnight; or to break open the bind of a new Hal-Khata and poise our pens atop a blank page. There is something wonderfully life-affirming about the beginning of something new. A beginning is a discrete journey of sorts, ours to interpret as we wish. An ending denotes a reactive beginning thereafter. Stuck at crossroads denotes the proactive beginning. Whatever the particular interpretation, the concept remains the same. Hope. Faith. Resolution.
Writers Block is a group of writers in different stages of being published internationally. The members are: Alizeh Ahmed, Awrup Sanyal, Farah Ghuznavi, Iffat Nawaz, Lori Simpson, Masud Khan Shujon, M.K.Aaref, Munize Manzur, Saad Z Hossain, Sabrina F Ahmad, Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi, Sal Imam, Samir Asran Rahman, Shazia Omar, Srabonti Narmeen Ali and Tisa Muhaddes. They meet twice a month to critique each other's work and improve on their creative writing skills.
To celebrate Pahela Baishakh 1417, Writers Block presents their individual interpretations on the topic of 'beginnings'. Solely due to space constraints, the compilation will be printed over two Saturdays.
In this first installment, an unusual Invasion leads to the End Of Grey so that The Little Bird can dance to a Dhaka Beat before flying off towards My American Dream, exploring Places and finding spaces of life In Between.
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