M. L. Krishnan
@emelkrishnan.bsky.social
Magician. Marketing Director of khōréō. MacDowell Fellow. Stories & Essays: mlkrishnan.com
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y'all!
i'm just finding out that "All Her Rows of Teeth" (published in @3lobedmag.com) was on the recommended list for Year's Best Horror 17! i think this is a first for me but also i might be wrong. on this list of K's with @horrorsong.blog and @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
screaming externally
i'm just finding out that "All Her Rows of Teeth" (published in @3lobedmag.com) was on the recommended list for Year's Best Horror 17! i think this is a first for me but also i might be wrong. on this list of K's with @horrorsong.blog and @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
screaming externally
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 AM
y'all!
i'm just finding out that "All Her Rows of Teeth" (published in @3lobedmag.com) was on the recommended list for Year's Best Horror 17! i think this is a first for me but also i might be wrong. on this list of K's with @horrorsong.blog and @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
screaming externally
i'm just finding out that "All Her Rows of Teeth" (published in @3lobedmag.com) was on the recommended list for Year's Best Horror 17! i think this is a first for me but also i might be wrong. on this list of K's with @horrorsong.blog and @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
screaming externally
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Day 5! I read Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social published in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social I wanted speculative and queer when I started this challenge, and I got it, beautifully and viscerally, with this story. Read my full review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/s...
S/D/Y Day 5 – Ichthyosis by M L Krishnan – Fantasy Magazine
There is only one word that can properly describe Ichthyosis by M L Krishnan, and that is visceral. This whole story is described bodily, which I mean quite literally. But you also feel it in your …
mickstaniforth.wordpress.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Day 5! I read Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social published in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social I wanted speculative and queer when I started this challenge, and I got it, beautifully and viscerally, with this story. Read my full review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/s...
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the final story of our final issue of Fantasy Magazine went up as free-to-read, Ichthyosis, and it's seriously SO GOOD - do yourself a favor: if you want to read something beautiful and startling, put your eyes on this.
there's lots of great fiction and poetry on the site! please enjoy! : )
there's lots of great fiction and poetry on the site! please enjoy! : )
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Ichthyosis - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is how it begins.
psychopomp.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
the final story of our final issue of Fantasy Magazine went up as free-to-read, Ichthyosis, and it's seriously SO GOOD - do yourself a favor: if you want to read something beautiful and startling, put your eyes on this.
there's lots of great fiction and poetry on the site! please enjoy! : )
there's lots of great fiction and poetry on the site! please enjoy! : )
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It's very rare you get to read something so astonishingly beautiful. I'm in tears. Thank you @emelkrishnan.bsky.social 💙
“Ichthyosis” is live on @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and free to read! I will forever love Fantasy Magazine for giving my story such a gorgeous home. If you’re in the mood for animal transformations, a horror of the body & home, a sea and an unmooring, then this is the story for you. 💙
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
January 4, 2026 at 6:53 AM
It's very rare you get to read something so astonishingly beautiful. I'm in tears. Thank you @emelkrishnan.bsky.social 💙
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This absolute queer spec fic banger by the most banging queer spec fic writer I know, @emelkrishnan.bsky.social how does she do it? 🔥🔥🔥🌊🌊🌊 psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 AM
This absolute queer spec fic banger by the most banging queer spec fic writer I know, @emelkrishnan.bsky.social how does she do it? 🔥🔥🔥🌊🌊🌊 psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
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“Ichthyosis” is live on @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and free to read! I will forever love Fantasy Magazine for giving my story such a gorgeous home. If you’re in the mood for animal transformations, a horror of the body & home, a sea and an unmooring, then this is the story for you. 💙
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Ichthyosis - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is how it begins.
psychopomp.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“Ichthyosis” is live on @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and free to read! I will forever love Fantasy Magazine for giving my story such a gorgeous home. If you’re in the mood for animal transformations, a horror of the body & home, a sea and an unmooring, then this is the story for you. 💙
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This is a gorgeous story of transformation, of homecoming, and of choosing to be open about who you truly are to those who love you. Viscerally beautiful descriptions of body horror and delicious food are always a plus. 😍
By @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
By @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Ichthyosis - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is how it begins.
psychopomp.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This is a gorgeous story of transformation, of homecoming, and of choosing to be open about who you truly are to those who love you. Viscerally beautiful descriptions of body horror and delicious food are always a plus. 😍
By @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
By @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social
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what a story to go out on!!
we are so grateful to all of you
for reading
for sending in your stories and poems
and though we shall diminish now, and go into the west
we send you all our hopes for joy and peace and good reading ✨💖🦄🌈
we are so grateful to all of you
for reading
for sending in your stories and poems
and though we shall diminish now, and go into the west
we send you all our hopes for joy and peace and good reading ✨💖🦄🌈
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Ichthyosis - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is how it begins.
psychopomp.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
what a story to go out on!!
we are so grateful to all of you
for reading
for sending in your stories and poems
and though we shall diminish now, and go into the west
we send you all our hopes for joy and peace and good reading ✨💖🦄🌈
we are so grateful to all of you
for reading
for sending in your stories and poems
and though we shall diminish now, and go into the west
we send you all our hopes for joy and peace and good reading ✨💖🦄🌈
“Ichthyosis” is live on @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and free to read! I will forever love Fantasy Magazine for giving my story such a gorgeous home. If you’re in the mood for animal transformations, a horror of the body & home, a sea and an unmooring, then this is the story for you. 💙
the time has come
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
the final GLORIOUS story ✨
"When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea."
Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Ichthyosis - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
This is how it begins.
psychopomp.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“Ichthyosis” is live on @fantasymagazine.bsky.social and free to read! I will forever love Fantasy Magazine for giving my story such a gorgeous home. If you’re in the mood for animal transformations, a horror of the body & home, a sea and an unmooring, then this is the story for you. 💙
lol, nope
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
lol, nope
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This is *fantastic*
ICYMI, my gothic, dark academia story about a crumbling educational institution, forbidden queer romance, and a snake, went live on The Dark today: www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation - The Dark Magazine
7 centimeters of my ring finger on my right hand. Sliced with a hot knife through gristle and tendon and bone, as though it were as soft as an ingot of butter. 2490 kiloliters of water had once ripped...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is *fantastic*
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FIRST PICTURE OF MY BOOK IN THE WILD!!!! So apt that it’s from my writing mum @amymarques.bsky.social!
Link to buy: jakethemag.com/books/
Zoom launch Sat Dec 13 3pm EST, all welcome! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Link to buy: jakethemag.com/books/
Zoom launch Sat Dec 13 3pm EST, all welcome! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
FIRST PICTURE OF MY BOOK IN THE WILD!!!! So apt that it’s from my writing mum @amymarques.bsky.social!
Link to buy: jakethemag.com/books/
Zoom launch Sat Dec 13 3pm EST, all welcome! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Link to buy: jakethemag.com/books/
Zoom launch Sat Dec 13 3pm EST, all welcome! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
-11 F, with wind chill. I can't do this. 🥲
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
-11 F, with wind chill. I can't do this. 🥲
Hedda is so good. It's so good that it's quickly become one of my favorite films of the year.
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hedda is so good. It's so good that it's quickly become one of my favorite films of the year.
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ICYMI, my gothic, dark academia story about a crumbling educational institution, forbidden queer romance, and a snake, went live on The Dark today: www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation - The Dark Magazine
7 centimeters of my ring finger on my right hand. Sliced with a hot knife through gristle and tendon and bone, as though it were as soft as an ingot of butter. 2490 kiloliters of water had once ripped...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
ICYMI, my gothic, dark academia story about a crumbling educational institution, forbidden queer romance, and a snake, went live on The Dark today: www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
ICYMI, my gothic, dark academia story about a crumbling educational institution, forbidden queer romance, and a snake, went live on The Dark today: www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation - The Dark Magazine
7 centimeters of my ring finger on my right hand. Sliced with a hot knife through gristle and tendon and bone, as though it were as soft as an ingot of butter. 2490 kiloliters of water had once ripped...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
ICYMI, my gothic, dark academia story about a crumbling educational institution, forbidden queer romance, and a snake, went live on The Dark today: www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
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This story slides off your skin like a snake looking for the right opening to conquer your mind forever. As always Megha writes stunning, sensual prose and a biting critique of the system.
It’s new (old) story day! "Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation” is now free to read on The Dark! Originally published in @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Crawling Moon anthology, this is an obsessive story about parallel loves, a snake, crumbling colleges, and large bodies of water.
Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation - The Dark Magazine
7 centimeters of my ring finger on my right hand. Sliced with a hot knife through gristle and tendon and bone, as though it were as soft as an ingot of butter. 2490 kiloliters of water had once ripped...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This story slides off your skin like a snake looking for the right opening to conquer your mind forever. As always Megha writes stunning, sensual prose and a biting critique of the system.
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"Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation," an absolutely amazing story about having an affair with your professor who might be a Naga, is finally available for free online.
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation - The Dark Magazine
7 centimeters of my ring finger on my right hand. Sliced with a hot knife through gristle and tendon and bone, as though it were as soft as an ingot of butter. 2490 kiloliters of water had once ripped...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation," an absolutely amazing story about having an affair with your professor who might be a Naga, is finally available for free online.
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
It’s new (old) story day! "Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation” is now free to read on The Dark! Originally published in @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Crawling Moon anthology, this is an obsessive story about parallel loves, a snake, crumbling colleges, and large bodies of water.
Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation - The Dark Magazine
7 centimeters of my ring finger on my right hand. Sliced with a hot knife through gristle and tendon and bone, as though it were as soft as an ingot of butter. 2490 kiloliters of water had once ripped...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s new (old) story day! "Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation” is now free to read on The Dark! Originally published in @neonhemlock.bsky.social's Crawling Moon anthology, this is an obsessive story about parallel loves, a snake, crumbling colleges, and large bodies of water.
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Want to know when the issue 99 stories and poems and interviews are dropping?
Here they are!! Starting this Fantasy Friday ✨✨✨
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Here they are!! Starting this Fantasy Friday ✨✨✨
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Fantasy Magazine - issue 99 | Psychopomp
Fantasy Magazine Issue 99 features work by: Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan, Malena Salazar Maciá, Eleanor Glewwe, Alex Jennings, Cory Farrenkopf, and M. L. Krishnan
psychopomp.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Want to know when the issue 99 stories and poems and interviews are dropping?
Here they are!! Starting this Fantasy Friday ✨✨✨
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
Here they are!! Starting this Fantasy Friday ✨✨✨
psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
As a writer: "oh, that's a neat hobby! What other hobbies do you have?"
As a communications professional: "oh, so you just sit and post on socials all day?"
As a communications professional: "oh, so you just sit and post on socials all day?"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
As a writer: "oh, that's a neat hobby! What other hobbies do you have?"
As a communications professional: "oh, so you just sit and post on socials all day?"
As a communications professional: "oh, so you just sit and post on socials all day?"
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
Yeah this crap, plus the nonsense with Del Monte Green Beans cans filled with corn or beets instead (!) and Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce cans filled with water, yes water (!!!), we’re back in Upton Sinclair territory folks.
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Welcome to 2025.
www.theverge.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yeah this crap, plus the nonsense with Del Monte Green Beans cans filled with corn or beets instead (!) and Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce cans filled with water, yes water (!!!), we’re back in Upton Sinclair territory folks.
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I hope everyone's ready for a strange fish story, because I sure am
FICTION
The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I hope everyone's ready for a strange fish story, because I sure am
I hope everyone's ready for a strange fish story, because I sure am
FICTION
The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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The Matriarchs, by Malena Salazar Maciá
A Cup of Forgetting, by @eleanorglewwe.bsky.social
When You Hit The Poison Ivy Thicket, You've Gone Too Far, by @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
Ichthyosis, by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I hope everyone's ready for a strange fish story, because I sure am