Abhijeet
@bingingout.bsky.social
Writer and doodler | Work in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Translunar Travelers Lounge, The Bombay Literary Magazine, and more | Associate Editor @escapepod.org | Viable Paradise 2025 |abhijeetmakesthings.com (WIP)
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Abhijeet
@bingingout.bsky.social
· Dec 7
Day 21 and we've still got more stories for you, in the shape of The Last Wills And Testaments Of Captain Kohle by @bingingout.bsky.social in which the eponymous Captain Kohle is summoned back to life for advice - again and again until we learn the truth of his death
This doubles as my awards eligibility post for 2025 😁
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The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
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Not gonna link the thread, because it's embarrassingly flattering, but specifics of it have led to thoughts.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
February 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Not gonna link the thread, because it's embarrassingly flattering, but specifics of it have led to thoughts.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
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can’t believe my first pro rate sale is out today in @havenspec.bsky.social!
featuring:
💜 the worst sapphic situationship 5eva
👵 the existential dread of a quarter life crisis (spreadsheets! creepy directors!)
💀 “dying a hero is easy; living is harder”
featuring:
💜 the worst sapphic situationship 5eva
👵 the existential dread of a quarter life crisis (spreadsheets! creepy directors!)
💀 “dying a hero is easy; living is harder”
February 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
can’t believe my first pro rate sale is out today in @havenspec.bsky.social!
featuring:
💜 the worst sapphic situationship 5eva
👵 the existential dread of a quarter life crisis (spreadsheets! creepy directors!)
💀 “dying a hero is easy; living is harder”
featuring:
💜 the worst sapphic situationship 5eva
👵 the existential dread of a quarter life crisis (spreadsheets! creepy directors!)
💀 “dying a hero is easy; living is harder”
Been stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes. Company says someone will be here in 45 more. I should've decided to get stuck on a weekday. My bad, guys.
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Been stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes. Company says someone will be here in 45 more. I should've decided to get stuck on a weekday. My bad, guys.
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Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Excited and proud to announce that I'm guest editing @tasavvurnama.bsky.social's Spring 2026 issue.
Open for your South Asian SFF submissions now till the end of Feb.
Open for your South Asian SFF submissions now till the end of Feb.
Fiction - Tasavvur
Submissions – FICTION Submission Cycle for our Spring 2026 Issue will be from February 1st – February 28th , 2026. What We’re Looking For: We love Dreamscapes and nightmares Soaring Read More
tasavvurnama.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Excited and proud to announce that I'm guest editing @tasavvurnama.bsky.social's Spring 2026 issue.
Open for your South Asian SFF submissions now till the end of Feb.
Open for your South Asian SFF submissions now till the end of Feb.
Heading into a screening of War & Peace. Shocking number of people here willing to settle in and read subtitles for eight hours
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Heading into a screening of War & Peace. Shocking number of people here willing to settle in and read subtitles for eight hours
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#QuestPit HAGRIDDEN, a t4t horromance novella
In the rural Carolinas, Judith teams up with her reluctant-werewolf client to vanquish her abusive mother/maker, an ancient hag who means to sabotage Judith's underground health clinic and force her back to her horrific childhood home.
#RF #H #Q #OS
In the rural Carolinas, Judith teams up with her reluctant-werewolf client to vanquish her abusive mother/maker, an ancient hag who means to sabotage Judith's underground health clinic and force her back to her horrific childhood home.
#RF #H #Q #OS
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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hi #questpit, almost done revising my sapphic sf crazy rich asians novel, so here's the agent's guide! :))
[BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN
#A #SF #LGBT
[BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN
#A #SF #LGBT
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[BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN
the opulence of CRAZY RICH ASIANS x the otherworldly, futuristic atmosphere of LOCAL HEAVENS x the socio-satirical tone of THE IMMORTAL KING RAO
set in a floating city inspired by tech havens in Silicon Valley and East/Southeast Asia
Background: an Asian City with a blue filter](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7w7gic5shjj3z2uiwphn6xwc/bafkreifyxkegsdifngrs74uipfvqt33f7lutmjslomgtocadswxkpxed24@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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My latest piece in the Regret issue of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social when I thought, 'I could make the guest editor @aijiang.bsky.social cry' www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-t...
In This Exchange of Names, I Say Please
I am sure we were meant to be friends, but you see, you came too late. In kindergarten, I was the awkward child trying to hold the classmates’ hands at recess. I mouthed their words along with them…
www.flashfictiononline.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
My latest piece in the Regret issue of @flashfictiononline.bsky.social when I thought, 'I could make the guest editor @aijiang.bsky.social cry' www.flashfictiononline.com/article/in-t...
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We are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025!
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4, Table of Contents! — tenebrous press
The Weird Fiction scene is as healthy now as it's ever been, and I think this collection—our fourth!—might have the broadest appeal yet. Much as Tenebrous continues to evolve, so has our selections pr...
tenebrouspress.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
We are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025!
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
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Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
Wasn't just me. Saw a daily show segment about how the youthses are lighting up
Is it me or are more Chicagoans smoking regular cigarettes nowadays?
January 24, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Wasn't just me. Saw a daily show segment about how the youthses are lighting up
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New story out now from @lightspeedmagazine.com! This one is all about how it feels to work in higher education these days. Spoiler: it feels extremely bad, like “what if your university signed a compact with the actual devil and now there’s an unbreakable curse” levels of bad 🫠
Academic Neutrality - Lightspeed Magazine
When Amy begins to flay herself during office hours, you aren’t quite sure what to do. You hate office hours. You used to enjoy them, actually, back before the flayings started. Sure, it’s hard sharin...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 PM
New story out now from @lightspeedmagazine.com! This one is all about how it feels to work in higher education these days. Spoiler: it feels extremely bad, like “what if your university signed a compact with the actual devil and now there’s an unbreakable curse” levels of bad 🫠
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SILSILA HAS A PRISON RAPE JOKE IN IT??!
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 AM
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SILSILA HAS A PRISON RAPE JOKE IN IT??!
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Nature imitates Larson
Cow astonishes scientists with rare tool use
The discovery suggests cows may have far greater cognitive abilities than previously assumed.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Nature imitates Larson
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👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Magical Girl: Corporate Failure" is a short story by @thelialao.bsky.social about what happens *after* the battle is done and the world gets saved. Read this one for its Magical Girls, queer love, and the travails and regrets of adulting.
Subscribers get it Monday!
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This is too much of a gem to be left around only for Malayalam speakers. I was thinking about Eko the movie and was reading "Parinamam", an award winning Malayalam novel where dogs feature prominently. I mean. This is one of the most bonker novels in Malayalm okay ? Badass.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is too much of a gem to be left around only for Malayalam speakers. I was thinking about Eko the movie and was reading "Parinamam", an award winning Malayalam novel where dogs feature prominently. I mean. This is one of the most bonker novels in Malayalm okay ? Badass.
(translation mine)
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Tried of comfort reads?
Looking for the opposite of cozy?
Read my short story, "doorbell dot mov" in The Deadlands today!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Looking for the opposite of cozy?
Read my short story, "doorbell dot mov" in The Deadlands today!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Issue 34 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Denzel Xavier Scott, Olalekan Daniel Kehinde, Jennifer R. Donohue, Dylan Haston, Anna-Claire McGrath, Stephanie French, Amanda Downum, Anya Leigh Josephs, Lindsay King-Miller, Stephen M.A., Diana Dima...
psychopomp.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Tried of comfort reads?
Looking for the opposite of cozy?
Read my short story, "doorbell dot mov" in The Deadlands today!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Looking for the opposite of cozy?
Read my short story, "doorbell dot mov" in The Deadlands today!
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
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so excited to announce that i've signed a contract with @havenspec.bsky.social for my short story "magical girl: corporate failure"! delighted that this weird story has found its home (also my first pro-rate sale!)🥹
January 13, 2026 at 4:57 AM
so excited to announce that i've signed a contract with @havenspec.bsky.social for my short story "magical girl: corporate failure"! delighted that this weird story has found its home (also my first pro-rate sale!)🥹
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the very, very old etymology of two computery terms...
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
the very, very old etymology of two computery terms...
Spell slots are spoon theory.
what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Spell slots are spoon theory.
InkFoundry's "surprise me" feature served up Lavie Tidhar's "Seven Vampires."
In short: what if Holmes and Watson were vampires and Conan Doyle had a sense of humor? Very entertaining read thanks to the characters and comedy. It was the inverse of a locked room mystery (an open road mystery?)
In short: what if Holmes and Watson were vampires and Conan Doyle had a sense of humor? Very entertaining read thanks to the characters and comedy. It was the inverse of a locked room mystery (an open road mystery?)
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
InkFoundry's "surprise me" feature served up Lavie Tidhar's "Seven Vampires."
In short: what if Holmes and Watson were vampires and Conan Doyle had a sense of humor? Very entertaining read thanks to the characters and comedy. It was the inverse of a locked room mystery (an open road mystery?)
In short: what if Holmes and Watson were vampires and Conan Doyle had a sense of humor? Very entertaining read thanks to the characters and comedy. It was the inverse of a locked room mystery (an open road mystery?)
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Getting my new slides in shape. I have it on good authority that the typeface I have chosen is "woke" (aka sans serif)
January 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Getting my new slides in shape. I have it on good authority that the typeface I have chosen is "woke" (aka sans serif)