Naveed Ashraf

Naveed Ashraf lives between New York and Rawalpindi. He has worked as a theater actor in Washington DC, including in the play Indian Ink at the Studio Theater. He has written articles for Pakistani newspapers Dawn and The Friday Times, and his short story “Impasse” was published in The Aleph Review.

Do Not Answer

I’ve had this feeling that someone has been following me, not always the same person, but it’s as if someone or the other has been tracking me like a shadow, throwing furtive glances at me while trying to remain unnoticed, but all the same I have spotted them. Once, just as I looked back and saw a suspicious looking man, he scurried on to a side street. Today, I am sure, it’s that same man sitting to my right, a few benches away.

Issue 50, June 2021

Naveed Ashraf

Naveed Ashraf lives between New York and Rawalpindi. He has worked as a theater actor in Washington DC, including in the play Indian Ink at the Studio Theater. He has written articles for Pakistani newspapers Dawn and The Friday Times, and his short story “Impasse” was published in The Aleph Review.

Do Not Answer

I’ve had this feeling that someone has been following me, not always the same person, but it’s as if someone or the other has been tracking me like a shadow, throwing furtive glances at me while trying to remain unnoticed, but all the same I have spotted them. Once, just as I looked back and saw a suspicious looking man, he scurried on to a side street. Today, I am sure, it’s that same man sitting to my right, a few benches away.

Issue 50, June 2021

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