Swetha Amit
@swethaamit.bsky.social
Author of 3 chapbooks- Fiction @thirtywest @havehad @doorisajar @MaudlinHouse @Flashficmag & others https://swethaamit.com/ member of writers grotto
Thank you for this nomination. My story can be read here revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/m...
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you for this nomination. My story can be read here revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/m...
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"The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house"
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
The Flight — Ghost Parachute
The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house. The mirror reflected my once-flowing cascade of dark curls, merging into ...
ghostparachute.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house"
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
Wonderful speculative piece from @swethaamit.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute:
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
My interview with Janine Kovac up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social thank you @socalwritergirl.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/d...
Dancing With Myself: A Conversation with Janine Kovac by Swetha Amit
I’ve always been fascinated by this disconnect and by the stories that are forged by dancers’ passion and discipline.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My interview with Janine Kovac up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social thank you @socalwritergirl.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/d...
So glad to find my flash piece amidst this list
This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2025
Ten stories picked by Shome Dasgupta
mondettes.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
So glad to find my flash piece amidst this list
Tomorrow at San Francisco Public library- @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social nights- join us for a conversation on what it takes to drown the chatter and write stories. Session moderated by me. Come through!
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Tomorrow at San Francisco Public library- @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social nights- join us for a conversation on what it takes to drown the chatter and write stories. Session moderated by me. Come through!
Opens up in print edition of Aquila review- journal of Texas A&M university.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Opens up in print edition of Aquila review- journal of Texas A&M university.
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We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Thank you so much for this nomination! @delgeo14.bsky.social 🙏
We're delighted to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026.
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
Congratulations Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social , Jen Eve Thorn, Bronwen Griffiths @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
& Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social
(links to each in thread)
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you so much for this nomination! @delgeo14.bsky.social 🙏
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thank you @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
New flash titled The Photograph up in @soflopojo.bsky.social thank you editors 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-39-nov...
Flash #39 Nov '25
SoFloPoJo Contents: Essays * Interviews * Reviews * Special * Video * Visual Arts * Archives * Calendar ...
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New flash titled The Photograph up in @soflopojo.bsky.social thank you editors 🙏 www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/flash-39-nov...
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This 3-session workshop prepares you to write a 6-minute true story for a final stage performance.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This 3-session workshop prepares you to write a 6-minute true story for a final stage performance.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
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This three-session workshop prepares you to write & perform a 6-minute true story.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This three-session workshop prepares you to write & perform a 6-minute true story.
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Tuesdays, Nov. 4th -18th, 6-7:30pm. Final performance Nov. 21st at 5pm.
Location:
1663 Mission Street, Ste. 602, San Francisco.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Have a flash up in @brightflash1500.bsky.social titles The Squirrel brightflash1000.com/2025/10/03/t...
The Squirrel
By Swetha Amit The dead brown squirrel has been in my garden for two days. I should have placed her in a box and buried her, but it has been raining incessantly. Every time I open the door, a blast…
brightflash1000.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Have a flash up in @brightflash1500.bsky.social titles The Squirrel brightflash1000.com/2025/10/03/t...
My interview with @tdorabji.bsky.social on her book Call her freedom up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/f...
Finding Her Voice: A Conversation with Tara Dorabji by Swetha Amit
Literature has a role not only in understanding the past, reflecting the present and shaping the future.
jmwwblog.wordpress.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My interview with @tdorabji.bsky.social on her book Call her freedom up in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/f...
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This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting.
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This class will give you the tools you need to have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding, whether it's in a professional or personal setting.
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15th from 6-7:30pm PT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
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"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking
bendinggenres.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
My interview with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking
bendinggenres.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My interview with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social up in @bendinggenres.bsky.social thank you @rgvaughan.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
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Thank you, @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @swethaamit.bsky.social! It was fun being interviewed.
Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking
bendinggenres.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank you, @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @swethaamit.bsky.social! It was fun being interviewed.
Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."
bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...
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SAVE THE DATE: It’s October in the Bay Area and that means it’s @litquake.org season!!! My amazing AAPI writers collective 17 Syllables is back this year to do a reading and collaborative poem on Between Borders & Belonging—come join us at Red Poppy Art House on Sat, Oct. 25, 5-6pm. See you there!
October 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
SAVE THE DATE: It’s October in the Bay Area and that means it’s @litquake.org season!!! My amazing AAPI writers collective 17 Syllables is back this year to do a reading and collaborative poem on Between Borders & Belonging—come join us at Red Poppy Art House on Sat, Oct. 25, 5-6pm. See you there!
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Congratulations to Grotto member @vanessahua.bsky.social!
🎉Thrilled to publish debut nonfiction UPROOTED: A CHINESE AMERICAN STORY OF SURVIVAL AND RESISTANCE by @vanessahua.bsky.social — Spring 2027!
October 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Congratulations to Grotto member @vanessahua.bsky.social!
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Take some time for your writing this fall with our Write-In series.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity #writein
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity #writein
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Take some time for your writing this fall with our Write-In series.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity #writein
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity #writein
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Thanks, I Hate It: The Art of Writing a Bad Review is a crash course in how to write a well-justified bad review of a movie, television show, or book you hated for all right reasons.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Thanks, I Hate It: The Art of Writing a Bad Review is a crash course in how to write a well-justified bad review of a movie, television show, or book you hated for all right reasons.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
#writing #writingcommunity
Reposted by Swetha Amit
Read "The Flight" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
tinyurl.com/3y9bny3f
"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
tinyurl.com/3y9bny3f
The Flight — Ghost Parachute
The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house. The mirror reflected my once-flowing cascade of dark curls, merging into ...
tinyurl.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Read "The Flight" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.
"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
tinyurl.com/3y9bny3f
"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."
tinyurl.com/3y9bny3f