Prashanth Srivatsa
@prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social
Writer.
The Spice Gate - July 2024 (HarperVoyager)
Catsfather.
The Spice Gate - July 2024 (HarperVoyager)
Catsfather.
Why is this so accurate and painful and also hilarious all at the same time
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Why is this so accurate and painful and also hilarious all at the same time
If you've got one thing for the weekend, let that be to watch Pluribus.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
If you've got one thing for the weekend, let that be to watch Pluribus.
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The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards have been announced—congratulations to all!
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Here Are the 2025 World Fantasy Awards Winners - Reactor
Congratulations to the winners!
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November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards have been announced—congratulations to all!
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Why does Slow Horses have only six episodes? And a teaser ready for the next season! And then the next season promptly arrives in a few months, and you're seated! Why can't all shows be like Slow Horses?
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Why does Slow Horses have only six episodes? And a teaser ready for the next season! And then the next season promptly arrives in a few months, and you're seated! Why can't all shows be like Slow Horses?
This seemed at first like a very interesting, albeit mainstream, map of authors across the globe, until I came across Edward Said being labeled an Israeli and just - wow.
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Literary Map by Hammock
Discover great fiction writers from around the globe.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This seemed at first like a very interesting, albeit mainstream, map of authors across the globe, until I came across Edward Said being labeled an Israeli and just - wow.
hammockmag.github.io/literarymap/...
hammockmag.github.io/literarymap/...
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*A French restaurant*
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
*A French restaurant*
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
"Oh, waiter?"
"Oui, monsieur?"
"I don't wish to appear rude, but this wine...well...it tastes a bit of petrol."
"Oui! That is the Vin Diesel."
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In case you missed the news, The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell is available for preorder 🎉 Preorder now, available June 23, 2026!
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October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In case you missed the news, The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell is available for preorder 🎉 Preorder now, available June 23, 2026!
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It's over for us. In one day, I have now received two feedbacks from two readers who read my story and both critiques are so unabashedly Chatgpt generated, and I say that not only just they were IDENTICAL.
People need to realize that if I wanted feedback from a fucking bot, I'd go get it myself.
People need to realize that if I wanted feedback from a fucking bot, I'd go get it myself.
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It's over for us. In one day, I have now received two feedbacks from two readers who read my story and both critiques are so unabashedly Chatgpt generated, and I say that not only just they were IDENTICAL.
People need to realize that if I wanted feedback from a fucking bot, I'd go get it myself.
People need to realize that if I wanted feedback from a fucking bot, I'd go get it myself.
In current social media parlance, if you say something's your favorite, it ends the conversation. If you say something's the best, it's rage bait. In between lies the wasteland of decorum.
regular reminder that when i say something is my *favorite* that is distinct from saying it is *the best*.
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
In current social media parlance, if you say something's your favorite, it ends the conversation. If you say something's the best, it's rage bait. In between lies the wasteland of decorum.
Four books to get to know me
October 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Four books to get to know me
Congratulations to all winners!
October 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Congratulations to all winners!
It really bothers me that offering has only one r while occurring has two.
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It really bothers me that offering has only one r while occurring has two.
Huge congratulations to @wiswell.bsky.social for a well-deserved Locus win! Everyone go red Someone You Can Build A Nest In if you haven't.
My monster SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN just won the Locus Award for Best First Novel! Ahhhh thanks to all the wonderful readers who have shown love for my little creature!
(Here you can see me trying to collect the scraps of my blown mind.)
(Here you can see me trying to collect the scraps of my blown mind.)
June 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Huge congratulations to @wiswell.bsky.social for a well-deserved Locus win! Everyone go red Someone You Can Build A Nest In if you haven't.
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We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
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it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders
June 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders
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oh wow, another book I loved! a portal fantasy that I feel is somehow not getting read enough is The Spice Gate by @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
oh wow, another book I loved! a portal fantasy that I feel is somehow not getting read enough is The Spice Gate by @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social
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Also delighted to see @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social's wonderful Indian fantasy epic THE SPICE GATE as a finalist for First Novel. & other great work I enjoyed from last year on the ballot, including by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social @scumbelievable.bsky.social @vajra.me @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social:
Thank you to Locus voters for choosing DEEP DREAM: SCIENCE FICTION EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF ART (@mitpress.bsky.social, ed. me) as a finalist for the Locus Award for Anthology. Congratulations to all the contributors, & @wtalabi.bsky.social & @aliettedebodard.com, whose stories are finalists too:
2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists
Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 21, 2025, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile …
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May 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Also delighted to see @prashanthsrivatsa.bsky.social's wonderful Indian fantasy epic THE SPICE GATE as a finalist for First Novel. & other great work I enjoyed from last year on the ballot, including by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social @scumbelievable.bsky.social @vajra.me @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social:
Delighted to be a Locus finalist for The Spice Gate, under the first novel category.
Congratulations to many friends and excellent authors who have made the list!
Congratulations to many friends and excellent authors who have made the list!
2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists Announced
Congratulations to all these wonderful creators!
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Congratulations to all these wonderful creators!
locusmag.com/2025/05...
2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists
Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 21, 2025, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile …
locusmag.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Delighted to be a Locus finalist for The Spice Gate, under the first novel category.
Congratulations to many friends and excellent authors who have made the list!
Congratulations to many friends and excellent authors who have made the list!
One more day left for the Locus Award nominations voting.
THE SPICE GATE is up on the longlist in the First Novel category. If you've read and enjoyed the book, please do take some time to vote. Thank you! :)
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THE SPICE GATE is up on the longlist in the First Novel category. If you've read and enjoyed the book, please do take some time to vote. Thank you! :)
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Welcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 15. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
One more day left for the Locus Award nominations voting.
THE SPICE GATE is up on the longlist in the First Novel category. If you've read and enjoyed the book, please do take some time to vote. Thank you! :)
poll.voting.locusmag.com
THE SPICE GATE is up on the longlist in the First Novel category. If you've read and enjoyed the book, please do take some time to vote. Thank you! :)
poll.voting.locusmag.com
Can we do dragons next?
April 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Can we do dragons next?
Fascinatingly, this nakedness (which is not a matter of shame or lack of civility but a common virtue) is compensated with flowers and jewelry that adorn the bare upper body and legs. Class distinction occurs in this manner, as is evident in old Sangam poems and post-Sangam epics.
March 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Fascinatingly, this nakedness (which is not a matter of shame or lack of civility but a common virtue) is compensated with flowers and jewelry that adorn the bare upper body and legs. Class distinction occurs in this manner, as is evident in old Sangam poems and post-Sangam epics.
Delighted to inform that researching people's attire for my 2,000-yr old sangam era historical fantasy has abruptly ended after discovering that most commoners roamed naked.
March 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Delighted to inform that researching people's attire for my 2,000-yr old sangam era historical fantasy has abruptly ended after discovering that most commoners roamed naked.
It is impossible not to see the correlation between this excellent article and the regular online discourse around why cozy sff has primarily been a white author's genre. The author demographic might have evolved somewhat over the last 2 years, but this is still a great critique.
Contemporary "cozy" fiction is missing a vital ingredient: pain.
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Legends, Lattes, and Lament: The Necessity of Pain in "Cozy" Fiction - Typebar Magazine
Cozy fiction works best when contrasted against harsh emotional, material, or political realities.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It is impossible not to see the correlation between this excellent article and the regular online discourse around why cozy sff has primarily been a white author's genre. The author demographic might have evolved somewhat over the last 2 years, but this is still a great critique.
Just fyi that there are several immensely talented artists who have for years honed their craft on developing ghibli-like aesthetics and y'all chatgpt-ing your summer picnic snaps for 6 seconds of awe and clout
March 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just fyi that there are several immensely talented artists who have for years honed their craft on developing ghibli-like aesthetics and y'all chatgpt-ing your summer picnic snaps for 6 seconds of awe and clout
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I've been thinking a lot about my author career lately, and the precarious position I feel like I'm in.
I haven't put out a book since 2022, and my next isn't until at least May 2026. All the publisher folks who first acquired my debut are gone. My momentum is very stalled.
I haven't put out a book since 2022, and my next isn't until at least May 2026. All the publisher folks who first acquired my debut are gone. My momentum is very stalled.
March 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I've been thinking a lot about my author career lately, and the precarious position I feel like I'm in.
I haven't put out a book since 2022, and my next isn't until at least May 2026. All the publisher folks who first acquired my debut are gone. My momentum is very stalled.
I haven't put out a book since 2022, and my next isn't until at least May 2026. All the publisher folks who first acquired my debut are gone. My momentum is very stalled.