Listen to our audio presentation of “The Warrior Boy Who Would Not Suffer” by Abhinav Bhat. Narrated by Mahvesh Murad.
Abhinav Bhat
Abhinav Bhat is a writer from Jammu & Kashmir, India. He has jumped without a parachute. A fantasy novel popped out some way down, followed by a few short stories, one of which you are reading. We’ll let you know whether he goes splat or flies.
The Warrior Boy Who Would Not Suffer
He must have fallen asleep for when he knew next, the old man was standing over him, silently. Easily. Not as one who had crossed the waste from end to end. As surely he had. The sun would dip soon. As would he. And it would all be over. Living. This game they played, his annu had called it.