81% to the goal--thank you so much to everyone for your generosity in sharing & giving so far. Archita would be very grateful for your continued support so she can make her goal and find some semblance of security in this terrible time.

what does 'desi' actually mean? it makes me think of some amorphous country where no one wears pants on principle.

Kuzhali Manickavel's second collection has gone for reprint. Read one of her flash pieces. Let yourself be metagrobolised by her titles. Watch the book trailer (featuring record scratching / razor blades / superdance). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjaj... Order a copy! www.blaft.com/products/thi...

Thank you to everyone who's donated & shared so far for your generosity. But Archita is at 70% to her goal & donations have slowed. Please help her get some security in this terrible time if you can.

enjoyed watching The Ugly Stepsister with some illustrious acquaintances, great film for shouting 'eeeeeewwwww' en masse every few seconds

Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated so far for your generosity. But Archita's stuck at 69% to her goal and has had only 1 donation since I last shared 2 days ago. Please keep sharing & donating so she can get some security in this terrible time.

because it's not a book launch unless someone gets stitches.

BANDIGOAT: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Stories as well as our zine "ARTHASHATRA Book XIII Chapter I -- Sowing the Seeds of Dissension" (narrated by public domain clip art of worms and dinosaurs) is part of this very cool limited edition book box discoverthe.garden/products/oct...

come hang out with us, and you will remain evergreen in the pastures of our memories

I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...

Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:

that one time when someone said they thought my writing was unapologetic and i immediately said i was sorry

friends i found a story i wrote when i was about 6 i think? it is a roller coaster of emotion, starting with a cat and a cow, then suddenly there is fire and people screaming. it finally seems to segue into an ad for new children's books.

to those writers who don't have access to books, workshops, mentors, degrees and whatever else, my humble suggestion is to just write. you will learn and get better. it's not the easy way and you'll make all those extra mistakes self-taught people make. but it's possible and you can do it.

unsolicited writing advice- writing is a privilege. it's cool to talk about inspiration and whatever but the truth is that we write because we can. many, many people do not have the same agency to tell their stories. don't be a dick about it.

now that we have successfully funded the bandigoat, please consider subscribing to the Post Prandial Riot. four months. four bonkers zines. the first one is already out and features sexy owls. you know you have to. you HAVE to. www.patreon.com/c/PostPrandi...

aaaand we did it! thank you to everyone who supported us, you are all such amazing people, thanks for helping this weird little book come into the world www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

an ancient dark temple of deadly blood sacrifice! cobras! hindoos! elephants! more cobras! the great goddess kali! one another cobra! i don't think any of these things appear in this volume of weird/horror fiction from india so please support us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

give us like 200 dollars. or 150 pounds. or 17 thousand rupees. don't give us bitcoin, we're still not completely sure what that is. also just to be clear; there is nothing more fashionable than supporting third world indie weird/horror fiction. nothing. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Just heard about this: not sure we can make it cuz we'll be setting up at Kannadi Cupboard for the zine fair this weekend. But show up if you can Chennai!

does anyone have like three hundred bucks? www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

since it is SH's birthday, i'm going to make this post about myself. i have written columns for a number of publications, who usually ended up dropping me for one reason or another. SH is the only one that continues to publish my column. thank you for giving my words a place to stay. happy birthday💜

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

We've crossed 70%! Pledge now for a very-limited-edition hardcover copy! Or a T-shirt! Or a manuscript critique by Kuzhali Manickavel! Or a madcap reel by Jugal Mody! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

please support our odd little book project or a bandigoat will sit on you. unless you're into that, in which case please support our odd little book project AND a bandigoat will sit on you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

have a nagging feeling that some story titles use the lucy temerlin school etc etc and some use the lucy temerlin institute because why not

there's weird/horror fiction about india written by white dudes. and then there is this. please support us 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

support us and i will critique your manuscript! i know that sounds threatening for some reason

Ever watched a girl you barely know get eaten alive by murder hornets in the mess hall? Ever spoken to a dead guy who came home to tell you about the demon who killed him? Pre-order BANDIGOAT www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

i have a story in this from the lucy temerlin school for broken shapeshifters resident archives please support us smol indies and the strange things we do

"This particular sexy owl god cannot be bribed with offerings and is not interested in helping you in any way" Subscribe to the Riot! #KuzhaliManickavel #Zines #PostPrandialRiot www.patreon.com/c/PostPrandi...

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loved Harrow County Omnibus 1 so much. one day i will buy The Complete Harrow County 💜

these owls are astoundingly sexy. just fyi.

featuring the white betrayers of the great god Jakota! and let's be honest here. we are all white betrayers of the great god Jakota.

have you ever wished you had a compendium of lesser sexy owl gods? of course you have!

Stories From The Radio - The Curse Of Nagana by Kuzhali Manickavel "From what I have read on the internet, it’s not very good. But that has never stopped us before fam!" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no... #sciencefiction #fantasy #scifi #audiofiction

once a cobra got in our kitchen and we thought, ok kitchen belongs to the cobra now. two of our unhelpful cats come along to stare and not help. they see the cobra, get scared. the cobra sees scared cats, gets scared. my mom then beats its ass with a coconut broom so it throws itself out the window.

Welcome to the Riot! Announcing a new zine-a-month subscription on Patreon -- with work from @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social, Priyanka Paul, LarchTongue, Kaimaurundai, & more www.patreon.com/PostPrandial...

Kalki cover from 1971, featuring one of the worst love letters in the world.

Manickavel's "Conversations" includes dialogues about ghosts, shoeracks, gender-neutral pronouns, Bollywood movie tropes, and babies raining from the sky www.blaft.com/products/con...

hi friends, i wrote a piece for darknlight magazine, it has gigantic fish and americans in it darknlight.com/projects/sho...

fondly remembering when i was going to write a novel called 'all these bitches is my sons' that was almost 20 years ago wtf

friend: oh i got lost in old delhi once. i was just wandering around and i met this old man and we talked and smoked together, it was really special. before i left he sold me this skull ashtray. it's an old piece, the only one he had. me with the exact same ash tray- i got it from amazon.

i like how spotify took 'manathile kuzhapama', which roughly means ' is there confusion in your mind', and transliterated it to 'manatile gumppama' which could mean anything you want it to bro you're not even trying

hai friends, this is a piece i wrote about that one time when the hills almost burned my face off www.thekodaichronicle.com/culture/sooz...

From the book 'Cooly Tamil As Understood By Labourers on Tea and Rubber Estates' 1915 wtf

my writing progress so far is that I have discovered three tamil songs and one telugu song that are all called 'my name is rosy'