{{short description|1932 short story collection by Sadegh Hedayat}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox book | italic title = <!--(see above)--> | name = | image = File:Three_Drops_of_Blood_book_cover.jpg | image_size = | border = | alt = | caption = | author = Sadegh Hedayat | audio_read_by = | title_orig = سه قطره خون | orig_lang_code = fa | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Iran | language = Persian | series = | release_number = | subject = Stories | genre = | set_in = | publisher = Amirkabir | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | published = 1932 | media_type = | pages = 179 | awards = | isbn = | isbn_note = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = <!-- for books in a series --> | followed_by = <!-- for books in a series --> | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }} '''''Three Drops of Blood''''' ({{langx|fa|سه قطره خون}}) is a short story collection written by Iranian author Sadegh Hedayat. Published in 1932, it includes 11 short stories. The story is often considered a precursor to ''The Blind Owl''.<ref name="Encyclopædia Iranica 2011">{{cite web | title=SE QAṬRA ḴUN – Encyclopaedia Iranica | website=Encyclopædia Iranica | date=2011-08-30 | url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/se-qatra-kun | accessdate=2017-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last= بهارلوییان| first= شهرام | last2 = اسماعیلی | first2= فتحالله| title= شناختنامهٔ صادق هدایت| publisher=قطره |location= تهران|isbn=964-341-080-3 | pages=۶۳۵|language=fa}}</ref>
== Short stories == * Three Drops of Blood * Gerdab (whirlpool) * Dash Akol * Broken mirror * Asking for forgiveness * Laleh * Masks * Fork * The man who killed his ego * Mohlal * Gojasteh Dezh
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Category:1932 short story collections Category:Books by Sadegh Hedayat Category:20th-century Iranian literature Category:Iranian short story collections