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Rajiv Moté @rajivmote.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #WorldOctopusDay!
May I offer a bite-sized tale "In Roaring She Shall Rise" in @escapepod.org, about a plucky, knife-wielding octopus in a city reclaimed by the sea whose ambitions reach further than the ocean.
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Escape Pod 748: Flash Fiction Contest Winners 2020

Our stories this week are the winners of the contest, as chosen by you: our listeners and readers. All four stories are Escape Pod originals. Out of 224 stories, the top four stories were: “Butterfly”...

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 1d

In the Fall edition of our issue, Ayesha Channa stuns in Dimensional Diaires with recommendations that are perfect to read for the chilly weather!

Let us know if you're reading along!

Link: tasavvurnama.com/dimensional-...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 2d

For the cover of our 13th issue, Alia Sinha illustrated this gorgeous piece.

To find out more about the inspiration behind it, click the link below: tasavvurnama.com/cover-art-fa...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 3d

In "Deep In A Lightless Forest", Nishka Dasgupta pens down a mysterious tale that follows a string of missing children in a magical forest.

To follow their journey, link below: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Shreya Ila Anasuya (she/they) @thresholdrose.bsky.social · 5d

It was a pleasure to select/edit the fiction for this @tasavvurnama.bsky.social issue, featuring new fiction by three writers, as well as a @indrapramitdas.bsky.social reprint. Plus, original art and a bonus ghost tale by Alia Sinha. Thanks, team Tasavvur!

Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 8d

Our 13th issue has been edited by the talented Shreya Ila Anasuya, who has helped us show what the meaning of a true retelling is.

Link to read: tasavvurnama.com

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 5d

"Late Night Conversations" by Ramsha Farooq Raja stuns with a dual perspective between two family members that are just a little more peculiar than the rest.

Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/late-night-c...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 5d

Day 4 of #31DaysOfSpooktober
Sharing one of my only (non-self) Published story from this year (part of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social's 12th issue)

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐟𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥?

#WritingCommunity #ReaderSky 📚💙

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 5d

p.s. @tasavvurnama.bsky.social also just released Issue 13, and you should go read some of the new stories on there!

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Home - Tasavvur

Myth. Magic. Memory Myth. Magic. Memory Read the Latest Issue ABOUT THIS ARTWORK In Tasavvur’s latest issue: from terraces in the city to forests and mountains, our protagonists encounter the Read Mor...

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 5d

oh wow!

@indrapramitdas.bsky.social this was really amazing!

#Spooktober #Horror #BookSky

Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 7d

"You Will Survive This Night" is a reprint by Indrapramit Das, who writes about what it means to be a girl and a monster at the same time.

Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/you-will-sur...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Nishka @nishka-is-writing.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to be a part of the latest issue of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social ! It was a pleasure to work with Shreya to improve my story "Deep in a Lightless Forest", which you can read here: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...

Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 8d

Our 13th issue has been edited by the talented Shreya Ila Anasuya, who has helped us show what the meaning of a true retelling is.

Link to read: tasavvurnama.com

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 6d

Momina Sohail’s “The Sulaiman” takes readers over the peak of storytelling.

Dive headfirst into the story with her, link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-sulaiman/

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 7d

Just in time for horror season, my story 'You Will Survive This Night' (1st pub in Nightfire's audio anthology COME JOIN US BY THE FIRE s2) is reprinted in the latest issue of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social. A woman navigates a winter house party in the poshest part of Kolkata & finds it deeply cursed:

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 7d

"You Will Survive This Night" is a reprint by Indrapramit Das, who writes about what it means to be a girl and a monster at the same time.

Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/you-will-sur...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 8d

Stories containing great myths and legends await you, written by some amazing writers from South-Asia!

Click the link to read: tasavvurnama.com

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 8d

Our 13th issue has been edited by the talented Shreya Ila Anasuya, who has helped us show what the meaning of a true retelling is.

Link to read: tasavvurnama.com

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 8d

We come bearing good news, Tasavvur's 13th Fall Issue is finally ready!

Link to read: tasavvurnama.com

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 14d

For the prestigious Clarion West workshop, Raazia Naqvi interviewed four south-asian authors that were part of the 2025 cohort this year; to learn what their experiences were like.

Link below: tasavvurnama.com/clarion-west...

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Rajiv Moté @rajivmote.bsky.social · 17d

My less scary, more melancholy take on the Kraken is in @tasavvurnama.bsky.social, "The Kraken Waketh" wherein the undersea monster of Tennyson's poem rises, and only one couple seems to understand what it signifies.
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The Kraken Waketh - Tasavvur

The Kraken Waketh is a South Asian Dystopian short story by Rajiv Mote published in Tasavvur's Winter 2025 issue.

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · 27d

We'd love to include an overview/spotlight feature of your work in our quarterly Dimensional Diaries.

It has to be South Asian, based in the speculative fiction genre and has to be an upcoming/new release.

Email us at [email protected].

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · Sep 9

For August, our book club read Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's "The Forest of Enchantment", a hindu mythological retelling which puts a fresh spin on the genre by a strong willed female protagonist. This is what our book club readers thought about the book!

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Please support @tasavvurnama.bsky.social, South Asia’s premier paying spec-fic market

I just signed up for monthly support here:

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Tasavvur Magazine

Tasavvur is a digital magazine dedicated to South Asian speculative fiction. We have been publishing stories since our inception in 2022, featuring narratives that imagine new worlds, explore the unkn

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · Sep 3

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · Aug 28

We come bearing news: the Tasavvur website has been revamped, with the same stories, just a new look! A whole world of wonder and speculative fiction awaits you.

LINK: tasavvurnama.com

Happy reading! 🔮

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Other Wives by Archita Mitra in @tasavvurnama.bsky.social in which Lola asks her husband if he's Bluebeard, but he introduces her to his ex-wives /10 tasavvurnama.com/the-other-wi...

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The Cafe For The Living is a South Asian Science Fiction short story by Archita Mittra published in Tasavvur's Spring 2025 issue.

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Tasavvur Magazine @tasavvurnama.bsky.social · Sep 4

Do you like writing non-fiction? If so, you've come to the right place!

We would love to see your non-fiction pieces, which can be themed broadly around speculative fiction in south asia!

Email [email protected] with your draft/pitch.

🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · Aug 30

Go check the updated website.
Go read my story 🎉

tasavvurnama.com/horror-gone-...

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