Atish Paray (Nuggets of Fire)

Atish Paray is considered the first published collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto. It was published in the year 1936 while Manto was living in Amritsar. Two stories from this collection Tamasha - Manto's debut story followed by Taqat Ka Imtehan first appeared in a local weekly Khalaq by Abdul Bari Alig from Amritsar. The collection was however published from Lahore and Manto dedicated this collection to his late father.

There are eight stories in this collection:

Qasim was originally titled Ji Aaya Sahab, however this along with three other stories from this collection - Khooni Thook, Deewana Shayar and Chori were included in other subsequent collections.