Perfidious

By Zindan / زندان

If you expect that in my stories, a hero will defeat a villain, then sorry. Because, real life is not like a movie in which after an hour such thing always happens. Just think, what should be the punishment for an unfaithful lover? Is there any punishment in the court of law for such silent culprit? However, it does not mean that a bad one should leave without punishment.

Thus, I shall endeavor to end my story always by taking a bad character in such an unavoidable and unpredictable circumstances, where only regrets will remain. Hence, such regretful and repented life forever will be the verdict for the culprit. Therefore, this book exhibits the most intriguing behavior of humans, which leads them towards unprecedented situations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zindan / زندان
• Release date: Sep 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005414832

Zindan / زندان

زندان، کا اصل نام ́عادل محمود ́ ہے لیکن وہ اپنی تحریروں کو قلمی نام ́زندان ́ کے ساتھ پیش کرنا پسند کرتے ہیں۔ وہ پاکستان کے شہر لاہور میں پیدا ہوئے اور وہیں پلے بڑھے، لیکن ان کی زندگی کا ایک بڑا حصہ یورپ میں گزرا۔ ان کی دلچسپی کا بنیادی شعبہ اردو افسانہ لکھنا ہے۔ ان کی پہلی کتاب 'ناگفتہ' ٢٠١٨ میں، اور دوسری کتاب ́فریب ́ ٢٠٢١ میں شائع ہوئی- ان کی دوسری کتاب ́فریب ́ کے افسانوں کا انگریزی میں ترجمہ پرفیڈیوس کے نام سے کئیںڈل، ایمیزون پرشائع ہو چکا ہے۔ ان کی تیسری کتاب دہر ٢٠٢٤ میں منظر عام پر آ چکی ہے

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Perfidious

(The intriguing tales of other kinds of Humans)

A short story fiction book

Written by

Z I N D A N

Disclaimer

The Ideas, Stories, Plot, Characterization, Situations, Words and Dialogues written in this book is entirely the creativity, imagination, and work of art and fiction by the Author. Hence, resemblance of any of these with any person, character, object, life or situation will be just a coincidence and thus bears No responsibility by the author!

Copyright Notice

The Reproduction of the material, contents or text of this book can only be done with prior author´s consent. Hence, to reproduce this book for commercial use e.g. Publishing, Reprinting, Photo copying, Translation in other language, Video, Audio Imaging or in any other form without Author´s permission is prohibited.

Author´s Biography

Zindan is a passionate fiction writer and poet in Urdu and English languages. His real name is Adil Mehmood, but he always like to present his artwork with pen name i.e. Zindan. He born and raised in Pakistan, but spent a significant part of his life in Europe for education and work. His main area of interest is writing short story fiction in Urdu and English languages. His first book ´Nagufta´ published in Urdu language in 2018, and ´Perfidious´ is the second book in English.

Prologue

IF you expect that in my stories, a villain should be dead and a hero should win, then sorry it is not going to happen always. Because real life is not like a movie in which after an hour such thing always happens. In fact, most of the time in real life you will never see a bad character being punished, rather a bad one flourishes by all means throughout the life, which is the worst and most hypocrite fact of our world. As, instead of being punished, such evils become stronger, wealthy, and dominant on others with the passage of time and remains there for rest of their lives. A simple example is that what is the punishment for an Unfaithful lover? Is there any Punishment in the court of Law for such person?

There is always a definite solution or formula in science that works forever, but there is No definite solution or final word when it comes to the intriguing behavior and attitude of humans in real world, as humans are always unpredictable. The personality traits which make humans unpredictable are arrogance, lust, power, greed, materialism, infidelity, faith, impatience, conscience, desire, selfishness and self-denial. Hence, the gradient or intensity of these traits leads humans towards evilness or piousness.

Hence, the stories written in this book exhibits such most intriguing behavior of humans, based upon these traits, which leads them towards an unpredictable situation with an interesting or philosophical end. Thus, instead of making a villain killed by a hero, I shall always endeavor to end my story by taking a bad character in such an unavoidable and unpredictable circumstances, where only regrets will remain. Thus, such regretful life will be the verdict for that culprit.

´´The difference between Stone Age and Us is that they have to Hunt for living and we have to Work for living. ´´(Zindan)

Table of Contents

Forbidden

Knock

Red Hairband

Satan & I

She Wears Patiala Salwar

Forbidden

Leave it now, He is just a child...after all how much will you beat him...will you break his ribs?. While saying this, Arshad's wife stepped forward and started rescuing her son. Seeing the mother supporting her son, Arshad became more incensed and said ´´Today, I will teach him such a lesson that he will never dare to steal for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, Arshad's wife, who had come between the father and the son, hide her son behind her back and said, Enough! you have punished him as much as you should. With a sigh, Arshad said, Your pampering has spoiled him…Oh God! would I have seen this day that people would have caught my son stealing. Saying this Arshad sat down on the chair because now he got tired of beating his son. With an angry face, Arshad looked at his son and said, Get out of my sight at this time, Otherwise I will really break your ribs". Hearing this, Arshad's wife motioned for her son to leave