Further PSA (not that you need it) -- the introduction is VERY GOOD and after I finished it I was like "Oh this is... practically worth the entire cost of the book on its own!"

Apparently the theme of my reading list today is toxic yuri, so here's one with mechs: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/ghos...

"Mortal poison will not bring down her wife. But venom calls to venom and she needs to bear the mortal poison to find its immortal counterpart." I was hooked from beginning to end with this one!

Just finished "An Array of Worlds as a Rose Unfurling in Time" by @thresholdrose.bsky.social and I would like to quote a line from it but pretty much every line in the story was beautifully lyrical, so RIP me. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Love this story by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social, check it out

"...when we as writers believe ourselves to hold singular control over the worlds we’re building, we are refusing to listen to the stories those worlds already hold." Very thought-provoking article, I'm glad I read it.

The oldest known image of the cosmos is a Bronze Age disc of bronze and gold, dug from a German hilltop by looters and recovered three years later in a Swiss police sting https://www.europesays.com/uk/1069387/ The oldest known image of the cosmos is not painted or carved. It is cast in metal. …

This is cool news! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

It’s been said many times before, but there’s nothing quite like trying to look something up for a tetchy bit of world building, finding an incredibly useful, clear, and concise comment that speaks to your problem, and then seeing it was posted by u/jesuschristsbutthole

Oh wow...Thank you so much Rashmi. I am so touched. Yes. Yes.Yes. My maiden novel The Invisible Lines is finally going to hit the stands! Available all over India in selected bookstores and on Amazon.

This is called “knowing your audience.”

just gonna drop this here for anyone who might like it scrobblerad.io

"the heroes just happen to be traveling on a remote road when some random bandits attack." mythcreants.com/blog/getting...

Back on my bullsh

Issue 16, curated by guest editor M.L. Krishnan, explores stories that feel familiar at first glance—before gently taking uncanny turns and slipping into something even stranger. Link in bio! [🔮 - #tasavvurnama #speculativefiction #southasian #summerissue #fyp ]

I will never be over this ❤️‍🩹 Seeing a prominent Muslim joyfully supporting Pride is everything to me. I don’t know how to explain this feeling to non-Muslims but think of it as not feeling alone in the world anymore.

Sonya Tolstoy, on what it was like to be... Married to Tolstoy. I am... Not surprised. 😆

Ooooh I have a story in there aka "why did I decide to write aliens with a completely different vision of time and space"

“Time spun in recursive loops since I died in a scream of metal and flame and asphalt on the Parthibanur State Highway” Interstate Mohinis by M. L. Krishnan Narrator: Suna Dasi Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Chelsea Davis This story was originally published in Diabolical Plots (June 2023)

Me: Ugh I've been reading so much good but depressing political theory these days, I should read something relaxing like Braiding Sweetgrass My brain: Got it, books about the natural world, how about a book on climate change and this other one about extinction Me: My brain: Nature!

Congratulations to the finalists! The only one I've read is @hironennes.bsky.social 's THE WORKS OF VERMIN, which has given me new goals for what is achievable with dual PoVs.

I have a story in this book about sleep paralysis demons and casteism and lesbians. It also has the coolest cover art. It's on sale! Please buy! ACSFPB20 gets you 20% off the paperback ACSFHC30: 30% off the hardcover ACSFEBOOK40: 40% off the ebook www.blaft.com/products/the...

ICYMI my mythic queer femme retelling of the Indian 'poison maiden' tale x Alexander’s invasion of the Indian subcontinent is available for preorders and 25% off for today

Queer Books for Pride Month, Day 27 I have yet to read a book by Aliette de Bodard that didn’t grab me. The Red Scholar’s Wake is a Vietnamese inspired scifi/fantasy world with lesbian space pirates grappling with grief and justice.

this is wonderful

when I say this in public, people are horrified. OF course I like cool breeze and clouds? Who in their right mind would like the SUN? I had to explain to a disbelieving British friend that RAIN is the symbol of romance in India, not the fricking SUN

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Hey European book lovers, it's some crazy auspicious number like 108 rupees to the euro right now. How about supporting an independent Indian publisher? We've got anti-caste speculative fiction, monsterlove, northeast Indian tribal mythology, queer horror, & lots more www.blaft.com/collections/...

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

WICKHILLS is also included in @barnesandnoble.com 's member preorder sale with code PREORDER25 (oh I for some reason thought it was coming out Sept 9th? says here the 7th, but anyway, I was CLOSE) www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wickhills-...

UK pre-orders also available here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-poi...

This was a great interview with Murderbot production designer Sue Chan: tvobsessive.com/2026/06/19/s...

I learned most of my vocab from reading books, so learning that some people think there shouldn't be novel words in books is very weird. I don't know what words you don't know. That is not my problem.

I asked a friend "What will I do with myself when I finish this book?" and they said "Write the next one!" Anyways I'm in jail now for murder

The delicate balance between "write morally questionable female characters" and "female characters who do certain bad things will have their actions gendered ('typical of women to do this') in a way that a male character doing the exact same thing will not".

News: THE FIFTH INFLECTION (formerly THE SENTENCE, in India) now has a cover - and it’s available for pre-order across the world! Get it here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Fi...

HELLO ALL did you know: my publisher is doing a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY of my upcoming novel WICKHILLS! Please enter and spread the word! It is a good fantaspionage book! It only contains one (1) word of doom! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Just in time for Pride, we have news about the notorious "pink planet," a billion year-old gas supergiant that's 57 light years from Earth. Turns out that this old, pink planet is extremely salty, which feels relatable. news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026...

It's kind of amazing how long you can put off a task and then get it done in 3.5 seconds.

Since I have been on a little Ursula K Le Guin kick, I thought I should post this Bengali edition of The Wizard of Earthsea. I love this cover illustration so much! It's by Aratrika Choudhary, who published her first comic with Blaft

You're going to love this story: "Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler" by @tiatashiro.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_05_26

In science it's important not to ascribe telos to inanimate things. The things we study simply ARE; while their interactions may produce certain outcomes, the production of these outcomes is not what those things are "for". So, yes, the ray often CAUSES death, but that doesn't make it a "death ray".

anthropeum.com might be overtaking parseword.com as my favourite game!

Love that this exists. www.citiesinfiction.com

ISSUE 2 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Tiger princesses! Cyborgs! Spacefaring scientists and sword-wielding students! Our second issue is warm, tender, hopeful, and sometimes horrifying in the best way. It was a joy to assemble, and we hope you enjoy it too🪐🗡️🌈 othersidespec.com/issues/issue-2/

So let me put it out there but kids are smart, and most of their lifetimes have been spent going around adults' barriers. They will absolutely circumvent if the motivation is right and there is nothing more motivating than accessing social media because everyone is on it

‘Feminism isn't cool anymore’ by Esther Larisa David 👍 open.substack.com/pub/estherla...

"Wandering the sandy trail, through the low scrub brushes and salt marshes populated with cormorants picking treats out of the tide pools, she hears the lapping waves call, sing, howl her name." Read "Ghosting Begets Haunting" by @joellekillian.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/ghosting-beg...