Sharang Biswas @PAXU
@sharangbiswas.bsky.social
Games, interactive theatre, writing, art. ENnies, IndieCade, IGDN winner. Teaching at NYU & Fordham
Words: Eurogamer, Lightspeed, Augur, Strange Horizons, Baffling. SFWA member
My book THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS is now out (from Neon Hemlock Press)!
Words: Eurogamer, Lightspeed, Augur, Strange Horizons, Baffling. SFWA member
My book THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS is now out (from Neon Hemlock Press)!
Pinned
My first book is officially out!
If you like gay archeologists, horny superheroes, giant, ancient, Indian robots, or tonnes of footnotes, check it out!
Get it from @neonhemlock.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
If you like gay archeologists, horny superheroes, giant, ancient, Indian robots, or tonnes of footnotes, check it out!
Get it from @neonhemlock.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
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this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
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We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
My latest TTRPG review!
This week, @sharangbiswas.bsky.social explores the witchcraft within Last Sabbath a journaling roleplaying game by Officina Meningi.
Get an honest assessment of how the attempts at strong tone are undermined by the game's text and art direction
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet...
Get an honest assessment of how the attempts at strong tone are undermined by the game's text and art direction
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet...
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My latest TTRPG review!
Had a lovely time signing my game!
At 1pm at #paxU 4143, @sharangbiswas.bsky.social!!
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Had a lovely time signing my game!
PAXing around today!
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
PAXing around today!
Philly, I am in you!
PAXing starting Saturday morning!
PAXing starting Saturday morning!
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Philly, I am in you!
PAXing starting Saturday morning!
PAXing starting Saturday morning!
This looks nifty…
Today is the day to tell a strange story.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This looks nifty…
This was a really good show!
Queer, coming-of-age story featuring fantasy TTRPG in a big way!
They made good use of the 5 hours, showing us how the characters grow up and change!
I recommend it!
Queer, coming-of-age story featuring fantasy TTRPG in a big way!
They made good use of the 5 hours, showing us how the characters grow up and change!
I recommend it!
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This was a really good show!
Queer, coming-of-age story featuring fantasy TTRPG in a big way!
They made good use of the 5 hours, showing us how the characters grow up and change!
I recommend it!
Queer, coming-of-age story featuring fantasy TTRPG in a big way!
They made good use of the 5 hours, showing us how the characters grow up and change!
I recommend it!
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So folks in my bondage class are really enjoying BLEED FOR ME BRO, my new story over at @nightmare-magazine.com
Just saying…
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Just saying…
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Bleed for Me, Bro - Nightmare Magazine
Watching Jules claw his way back to life was the hottest thing I’d ever seen. This was the kind of scene artists immortalized with gold and lapis lazuli illumination, the kind of scene that soared, he...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So folks in my bondage class are really enjoying BLEED FOR ME BRO, my new story over at @nightmare-magazine.com
Just saying…
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Just saying…
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
I unexpectedly got into MAGFEST as a speaker!
…and I was an idiot and now hotels have booked up…
Anyone need a hotel roommate?
…and I was an idiot and now hotels have booked up…
Anyone need a hotel roommate?
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I unexpectedly got into MAGFEST as a speaker!
…and I was an idiot and now hotels have booked up…
Anyone need a hotel roommate?
…and I was an idiot and now hotels have booked up…
Anyone need a hotel roommate?
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If you are looking for a sexy romance with a little messy magic, don't miss this charmer!
My latest short story is out on @nightmare-magazine.com! Along with an author interview!
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Bleed for Me, Bro - Nightmare Magazine
Watching Jules claw his way back to life was the hottest thing I’d ever seen. This was the kind of scene artists immortalized with gold and lapis lazuli illumination, the kind of scene that soared, he...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you are looking for a sexy romance with a little messy magic, don't miss this charmer!
My latest short story is out on @nightmare-magazine.com! Along with an author interview!
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Bleed for Me, Bro - Nightmare Magazine
Watching Jules claw his way back to life was the hottest thing I’d ever seen. This was the kind of scene artists immortalized with gold and lapis lazuli illumination, the kind of scene that soared, he...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My latest short story is out on @nightmare-magazine.com! Along with an author interview!
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
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We’re just going to leave this here…
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We’re just going to leave this here…
I am heading out for a 5-hr D&D-themed play at The Public Theatre and I am going to tell people that this is what scholarship means.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I am heading out for a 5-hr D&D-themed play at The Public Theatre and I am going to tell people that this is what scholarship means.
It is an inconvenient truth that going to bed early and waking up at 6 to finish works makes me feel good and accomplished and all that.
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is an inconvenient truth that going to bed early and waking up at 6 to finish works makes me feel good and accomplished and all that.
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The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
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I think we may have some play of Sharang's game in the booth also, but don't tell him.
I'll be at PAXU this year! I currently have a book signing slot with @plusoneexp.bsky.social & a meeting scheduled on Saturday, and am relatively open at other times if anyone would like a chat!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think we may have some play of Sharang's game in the booth also, but don't tell him.
I'll be at PAXU this year! I currently have a book signing slot with @plusoneexp.bsky.social & a meeting scheduled on Saturday, and am relatively open at other times if anyone would like a chat!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'll be at PAXU this year! I currently have a book signing slot with @plusoneexp.bsky.social & a meeting scheduled on Saturday, and am relatively open at other times if anyone would like a chat!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
I just realized that the short story of mine that’s been the most plagiarized shares a name with a well-known gay pornstar who I like.
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I just realized that the short story of mine that’s been the most plagiarized shares a name with a well-known gay pornstar who I like.
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
I’m so glad I slept on this game review because I was absolutely being too harsh in my first draft.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’m so glad I slept on this game review because I was absolutely being too harsh in my first draft.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
I cannot understate how much I’m enjoying this book.
Acquired at @hivemindbookstore.bsky.social after my reading there of THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS.
I’m gonna read a poem a day!
I’m gonna read a poem a day!
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I cannot understate how much I’m enjoying this book.
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When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
On my way to Olive Garden for a field trip.
I love being an art school professor.
I love being an art school professor.
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On my way to Olive Garden for a field trip.
I love being an art school professor.
I love being an art school professor.