SB Divya
@sbdivya.bsky.social
author | editor | engineer
(she/any)
📚 science fiction & fantasy
🧠 board member of Ansyme
🎙️ former editor at Escape Pod
💻 machine learning & DSP
🦼 Long COVID / MECFS
sbdivya.com
(she/any)
📚 science fiction & fantasy
🧠 board member of Ansyme
🎙️ former editor at Escape Pod
💻 machine learning & DSP
🦼 Long COVID / MECFS
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SB Divya
@sbdivya.bsky.social
· Dec 23
I'm honored to have won the 2025 Sushila Devi Award for LOKA!
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
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Gonna log off this app for the rest of the weekend but I wanted to boost this.
If you are interested in participating in the nomination process for the Ignyte awards we have an application.
Our awards are very dear to me. I thought the dire urgency of them would fade. I was wrong. We keep going 🖤
If you are interested in participating in the nomination process for the Ignyte awards we have an application.
Our awards are very dear to me. I thought the dire urgency of them would fade. I was wrong. We keep going 🖤
Organically inclusive reader? Fan of speculative fiction? Want to judge the 2026 Ignyte Awards? Judges compose our longlist before we open up to public voting. Applications are currently open thru 2/14.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/wanna-judge/
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/wanna-judge/
Wanna Judge? - The Ignyte Awards
For the 2026 cycle, we are opening up our longlist judging cohort to folks who may be a good fit (interested, available, organically well-read in a diverse and inclusive titles in sffh whether profess...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Gonna log off this app for the rest of the weekend but I wanted to boost this.
If you are interested in participating in the nomination process for the Ignyte awards we have an application.
Our awards are very dear to me. I thought the dire urgency of them would fade. I was wrong. We keep going 🖤
If you are interested in participating in the nomination process for the Ignyte awards we have an application.
Our awards are very dear to me. I thought the dire urgency of them would fade. I was wrong. We keep going 🖤
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Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor
Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...
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February 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Samit is not only an excellent writer, he has years of practical wisdom, experience, and skills to share!
He's running 2 workshops, one for global markets, one that's for the Indian market. Applications are currently open.
He's running 2 workshops, one for global markets, one that's for the Indian market. Applications are currently open.
Popping up from the void to say, I'm starting an independent writing workshop! Do have a look, and share with anyone you think might be interested. samit.substack.com/p/writing-wo...
Writing workshops
(Yes, I'm starting one)
samit.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Samit is not only an excellent writer, he has years of practical wisdom, experience, and skills to share!
He's running 2 workshops, one for global markets, one that's for the Indian market. Applications are currently open.
He's running 2 workshops, one for global markets, one that's for the Indian market. Applications are currently open.
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I will be one of the speakers/mentors at the Indian Ocean Writers’ Residency in Bentota, Sri Lanka from July 9‒15 2026. Applications close at the end of January—please do apply if you're interested, and share with anyone else who might be!
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January 16, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I will be one of the speakers/mentors at the Indian Ocean Writers’ Residency in Bentota, Sri Lanka from July 9‒15 2026. Applications close at the end of January—please do apply if you're interested, and share with anyone else who might be!
vajra.me/2026/01/16/i...
vajra.me/2026/01/16/i...
Happy new year!
Here's the January newsletter article for Ansyme: a fascinating look at sickness response (or lack thereof) for certain pneumonia infections.
Here's the January newsletter article for Ansyme: a fascinating look at sickness response (or lack thereof) for certain pneumonia infections.
Luke Brown was led to neuroimmunology not by buzz, but by questions arising from his clinical mentors and by pursuing a trail of experiments. We're pleased to share his account of how this led to a 2024 publication in Cell Press:
ansyme.substack.com/p/the-silent...
#neurosky
#neuroskyence
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#neurosky
#neuroskyence
The silent pneumonia: Biofilms and the neurons that should feel them
The pneumonia your neurons can’t detect
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January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Happy new year!
Here's the January newsletter article for Ansyme: a fascinating look at sickness response (or lack thereof) for certain pneumonia infections.
Here's the January newsletter article for Ansyme: a fascinating look at sickness response (or lack thereof) for certain pneumonia infections.
And if you're not reading Malka Older, you should be!
This is excellent! If you're not reading Divya, you should be!
I'm honored to have won the 2025 Sushila Devi Award for LOKA!
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
December 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
And if you're not reading Malka Older, you should be!
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This is the most personal piece I've published in some time.
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
On the Oracle Alice Wong, Disability, and Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
When Alice Wong died in November, she left behind a legacy of care for a community of people with long COVID who know they are not alone.
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is the most personal piece I've published in some time.
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
My fiancé left me a few months after I recovered from COVID-19. Recovered is probably the wrong word. I could remember my birthdate again.
nonprofitquarterly.org/on-the-oracl...
@npquarterly.bsky.social
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A new atlas of the human dorsal root ganglion contains more than 53,000 neurons and nearly 500,000 non-neuronal cells from 126 people.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/peripheral-n...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/peripheral-n...
‘Unprecedented’ dorsal root ganglion atlas captures 22 types of human sensory neurons
The atlas also offers up molecular and cellular targets for new pain therapies.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A new atlas of the human dorsal root ganglion contains more than 53,000 neurons and nearly 500,000 non-neuronal cells from 126 people.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/peripheral-n...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/peripheral-n...
I'm honored to have won the 2025 Sushila Devi Award for LOKA!
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I'm honored to have won the 2025 Sushila Devi Award for LOKA!
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
🙏 Very grateful to the Bhopal Literature & Art Festival and Shri Ratanlal Foundation for the award, and to the jurors for their kind words.
💙 to the team at Hachette India and to Cameron McClure for supporting the book!
#sciencefiction
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'Urgent appeal🚨
We are dying in Gaza due to the storm🥶
Our tent was destroyed & torn by the rain, and we are now homeless & without a tent
We implore you to donate so we can buy a tent that costs $50 ⛺️
Please donate to save my family⬇️⬇️🤲
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
We are dying in Gaza due to the storm🥶
Our tent was destroyed & torn by the rain, and we are now homeless & without a tent
We implore you to donate so we can buy a tent that costs $50 ⛺️
Please donate to save my family⬇️⬇️🤲
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
December 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
'Urgent appeal🚨
We are dying in Gaza due to the storm🥶
Our tent was destroyed & torn by the rain, and we are now homeless & without a tent
We implore you to donate so we can buy a tent that costs $50 ⛺️
Please donate to save my family⬇️⬇️🤲
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
We are dying in Gaza due to the storm🥶
Our tent was destroyed & torn by the rain, and we are now homeless & without a tent
We implore you to donate so we can buy a tent that costs $50 ⛺️
Please donate to save my family⬇️⬇️🤲
Verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
✅'
We're over halfway to our goal!
Your donation would help support our monthly newsletter, where we connect the dots between the latest #neuroscience & underserved medical conditions, as well as participation in 2026 research conferences.
🙏 Any amount could help change many lives for the better.
Your donation would help support our monthly newsletter, where we connect the dots between the latest #neuroscience & underserved medical conditions, as well as participation in 2026 research conferences.
🙏 Any amount could help change many lives for the better.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Psst!
If you'd like a gift idea for an SFF fan -- or if you'd like to read a scifantasy that's basically THE WITCHER meets Trinbagonian folklore & Caribbean mythology -- there's a $1.99 Ebook sale now for my book, THE NIGHTWARD!
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXFBWRN
If you'd like a gift idea for an SFF fan -- or if you'd like to read a scifantasy that's basically THE WITCHER meets Trinbagonian folklore & Caribbean mythology -- there's a $1.99 Ebook sale now for my book, THE NIGHTWARD!
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXFBWRN
The Nightward: An Epic Fantasy Adventure of Magic and Darkness Inspired by Caribbean Mythology (Waters of Lethe Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Nightward: An Epic Fantasy Adventure of Magic and Darkness Inspired by Caribbean Mythology (Waters of Lethe Book 1) eBook : Garcia, R.S.A.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Psst!
If you'd like a gift idea for an SFF fan -- or if you'd like to read a scifantasy that's basically THE WITCHER meets Trinbagonian folklore & Caribbean mythology -- there's a $1.99 Ebook sale now for my book, THE NIGHTWARD!
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXFBWRN
If you'd like a gift idea for an SFF fan -- or if you'd like to read a scifantasy that's basically THE WITCHER meets Trinbagonian folklore & Caribbean mythology -- there's a $1.99 Ebook sale now for my book, THE NIGHTWARD!
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXFBWRN
Cancer is another instance (like autonomic medical conditions) at the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and clinical medicine that needs more crosstalk.
This is one of those stories where every interview had me like 🤯🤯🤯.
For @nature.com Outlook, I dove into the surprising field of cancer neuroscience.
Edited by the amazing @scchak.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#neuroskyence
For @nature.com Outlook, I dove into the surprising field of cancer neuroscience.
Edited by the amazing @scchak.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#neuroskyence
Pancreatic cancer is evasive. Is the nervous system the reason why?
A growing body of research suggests tumours rely on proteins and genes that are unique to the nervous system to persist in the body.
www.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Cancer is another instance (like autonomic medical conditions) at the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and clinical medicine that needs more crosstalk.
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Kate's books: a gift guide, a wish list guide, or an "if I get a gift card" guide
For the reader who likes books about WWII, Little Women, Indiana Jones, The Night Watch by Sarah Waters, lesbian history in Paris, medieval history, fiber arts, and/or Nazis in pain: The Tapestry of Time. +
For the reader who likes books about WWII, Little Women, Indiana Jones, The Night Watch by Sarah Waters, lesbian history in Paris, medieval history, fiber arts, and/or Nazis in pain: The Tapestry of Time. +
The Tapestry of Time
*Aurora Award Finalist* Love, heroism and the supernatural collide in the midst of war.'Paranormal elements are expertly woven with real history to create a convincing and exciting tale'Guardian 'A da...
harpercollins.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Kate's books: a gift guide, a wish list guide, or an "if I get a gift card" guide
For the reader who likes books about WWII, Little Women, Indiana Jones, The Night Watch by Sarah Waters, lesbian history in Paris, medieval history, fiber arts, and/or Nazis in pain: The Tapestry of Time. +
For the reader who likes books about WWII, Little Women, Indiana Jones, The Night Watch by Sarah Waters, lesbian history in Paris, medieval history, fiber arts, and/or Nazis in pain: The Tapestry of Time. +
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My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is one of Scientific American’s Best Fiction of the Year, 😊.
Scientific American’s Best Fiction of 2025
The 10 best fiction books of 2025, explore far-off planets, future climate catastrophes and more
www.scientificamerican.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is one of Scientific American’s Best Fiction of the Year, 😊.
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THE KING MUST DIE has been out for a whole month! To celebrate, I’m giving away 3 signed + personalized author copies. To enter, repost this and comment below with the last great story you read!
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
THE KING MUST DIE has been out for a whole month! To celebrate, I’m giving away 3 signed + personalized author copies. To enter, repost this and comment below with the last great story you read!
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I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
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INCIDENTALLY you should know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is currently ranked #700 for 'Mystery and Thriller' at Libro and I *know* we can get that up to 666
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
INCIDENTALLY you should know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is currently ranked #700 for 'Mystery and Thriller' at Libro and I *know* we can get that up to 666
Today is #GivingTuesday and we're almost 1/4 of the way to funding our activities for next year. Please help get us there if you can! 🙏 💜
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In the upcoming giving season, please consider supporting Ansyme. Our #nonprofit mission is to promote the study of #autonomic #neuroscience as it relates to #medical conditions. 🧠⚕️
Every bit helps 🙏
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Every bit helps 🙏
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December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday and we're almost 1/4 of the way to funding our activities for next year. Please help get us there if you can! 🙏 💜
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year Giving Campaign on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Mark your calendars! We are kicking off our End of Year Giving Campaign on the 2nd, Giving Tuesday!
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
Donate at bwc.io/locus2025 (link in bio) through December and see your gift doubled via a $100,000 match challenge.
The campaign is live now if you just can't wait.
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would someone please buy this book? my publisher and i think it's funny.
www.blaft.com/products/con...
www.blaft.com/products/con...
Conversations Regarding the Fatalistic Outlook of the Common Man
by Kuzhali Manickavel 200 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". 300 g Paperback ISBN: 9789380636511 Conversations Regarding the Fatalistic Outlook of the Common Man is a collection of 40 dialogues that melds the class...
www.blaft.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
would someone please buy this book? my publisher and i think it's funny.
www.blaft.com/products/con...
www.blaft.com/products/con...
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I don’t shout about the anthology I co-edited enough, but Iran+100 got a nice little write-up in the Guardian!
“This is an imaginative, audacious, exciting collection.”
“This is an imaginative, audacious, exciting collection.”
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten; Woman in the Pillory by Brigitte Reimann; Iran+100, edited by various; Sea Now by Eva Meijer
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I don’t shout about the anthology I co-edited enough, but Iran+100 got a nice little write-up in the Guardian!
“This is an imaginative, audacious, exciting collection.”
“This is an imaginative, audacious, exciting collection.”
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Proud to say I’ve helped launch a #nonprofit to promote the study of #autonomic #neuroscience as it relates to medical conditions, including my own, #longcovid #mecfs.
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
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Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
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November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Proud to say I’ve helped launch a #nonprofit to promote the study of #autonomic #neuroscience as it relates to medical conditions, including my own, #longcovid #mecfs.
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
ansyme.org
ansyme.substack.com
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
ansyme.org
ansyme.substack.com
Proud to say I’ve helped launch a #nonprofit to promote the study of #autonomic #neuroscience as it relates to medical conditions, including my own, #longcovid #mecfs.
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
ansyme.org
ansyme.substack.com
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
ansyme.org
ansyme.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Proud to say I’ve helped launch a #nonprofit to promote the study of #autonomic #neuroscience as it relates to medical conditions, including my own, #longcovid #mecfs.
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
ansyme.org
ansyme.substack.com
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
ansyme.org
ansyme.substack.com