Tasavvur Magazine
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We publish #SouthAsian #SciFi #Fantasy & #Horror short stories 👁🌌
🚀 Issue 013 is out!
👇🏻Submissions Opened
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🚀 Issue 013 is out!
👇🏻Submissions Opened
https://linktr.ee/tasavvurnama
The talented Ruwangi Amarasinghe illustrated a whimsical piece for the cover art of our third issue. Check out more of her work!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The talented Ruwangi Amarasinghe illustrated a whimsical piece for the cover art of our third issue. Check out more of her work!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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I did a knee-jerk outrage post about @wikipedia.org using LLMs even as they fundraise under a "Knowledge is human" slogan. (Screencap from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...)
As soon as I did, the post that alerted me to it was deleted, and I started to wonder if there was something more insidious...
As soon as I did, the post that alerted me to it was deleted, and I started to wonder if there was something more insidious...
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I did a knee-jerk outrage post about @wikipedia.org using LLMs even as they fundraise under a "Knowledge is human" slogan. (Screencap from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...)
As soon as I did, the post that alerted me to it was deleted, and I started to wonder if there was something more insidious...
As soon as I did, the post that alerted me to it was deleted, and I started to wonder if there was something more insidious...
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Archita is 78% to her goal but donations have slowed (none for 3 days). Much gratitude to everyone who's given so far. She's in desperate need, and would be very grateful for any help. I know things are difficult for everyone right now, even shares help to get more eyes on the fundraiser:
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November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Archita is 78% to her goal but donations have slowed (none for 3 days). Much gratitude to everyone who's given so far. She's in desperate need, and would be very grateful for any help. I know things are difficult for everyone right now, even shares help to get more eyes on the fundraiser:
Tashan Mehta, author of "Mad Sisters of Esi", shares her advice for speculative fiction writers looking to publish their work.
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tashan Mehta, author of "Mad Sisters of Esi", shares her advice for speculative fiction writers looking to publish their work.
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One for the South Asian folk especially, just came across this recently :D
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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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November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
One for the South Asian folk especially, just came across this recently :D
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Just a heads-up that you can read 'Kali_Na', my cyberpunk Kali creation myth story that won the Shirley Jackson Award, for free here, reprinted by @tasavvurnama.bsky.social. Written before the Age of Generative Slop & more optimistic than I'd have written now, but there it is:
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just a heads-up that you can read 'Kali_Na', my cyberpunk Kali creation myth story that won the Shirley Jackson Award, for free here, reprinted by @tasavvurnama.bsky.social. Written before the Age of Generative Slop & more optimistic than I'd have written now, but there it is:
This month, we bring you the lore behind the Nāga, which is a figure of great significance in South-East Asia.
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This month, we bring you the lore behind the Nāga, which is a figure of great significance in South-East Asia.
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
The submissions for our Winter Issue have opened!
SUBMISSION Link: sffsouthasia.moksha.io/publication/...
Good luck, wonderful writers.
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
SUBMISSION Link: sffsouthasia.moksha.io/publication/...
Good luck, wonderful writers.
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
November 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The submissions for our Winter Issue have opened!
SUBMISSION Link: sffsouthasia.moksha.io/publication/...
Good luck, wonderful writers.
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
SUBMISSION Link: sffsouthasia.moksha.io/publication/...
Good luck, wonderful writers.
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Vajra Chandrasekera has officially been awarded the 2025 iteration of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize and our editor, Ayesha Channa, interviewed him about his experience.
Interview Link: tasavvurnama.com/vajra-chandr...
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Interview Link: tasavvurnama.com/vajra-chandr...
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Vajra Chandrasekera has officially been awarded the 2025 iteration of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize and our editor, Ayesha Channa, interviewed him about his experience.
Interview Link: tasavvurnama.com/vajra-chandr...
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Interview Link: tasavvurnama.com/vajra-chandr...
🔮- #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Since Halloween is right around the corner, it's flash fiction time. What happens next is up to you! Drop your short story in the comments and let's go on a spooky journey together. 🎃
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Since Halloween is right around the corner, it's flash fiction time. What happens next is up to you! Drop your short story in the comments and let's go on a spooky journey together. 🎃
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
The dates for the Khatmandu Horror Film Festival are out!
Link below: tasavvurnama.com/khatmandu-ho...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The dates for the Khatmandu Horror Film Festival are out!
Link below: tasavvurnama.com/khatmandu-ho...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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Ufff read the @indrapramitdas.bsky.social story and it was SCARY
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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October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Ufff read the @indrapramitdas.bsky.social story and it was SCARY
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My Muslim Literature class is discussing this. We love it so much. Gratitude that I met Tasavvur Magazine here, and was able to bring these amazing psychological thrillers to my students. The emotional power is mind blowing.
"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...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My Muslim Literature class is discussing this. We love it so much. Gratitude that I met Tasavvur Magazine here, and was able to bring these amazing psychological thrillers to my students. The emotional power is mind blowing.
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We love The Sulaiman
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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
Dive headfirst into the story with her, link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-sulaiman/
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October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We love The Sulaiman
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Another brilliant psychological horror story
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Maliha Rao brings to life a story that is equal parts witty and terrifying.
To read “A Curious Case of Samosas”, head on to the link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-curious-ca…
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To read “A Curious Case of Samosas”, head on to the link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-curious-ca…
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October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Another brilliant psychological horror story
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For the month of September, the Word of the Month is a phrase that describes a quiet desperation; a yearning for a beloved.
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For the month of September, the Word of the Month is a phrase that describes a quiet desperation; a yearning for a beloved.
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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This book is wonderful. I highly recommend it.
For September, our book club read Vajra Chandrasekera's "The Saint of Bright Doors", a buddhist mythological retelling following a character who has a complex relationship with himself, his family and the world around him. Read the reviews!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This book is wonderful. I highly recommend it.
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ICYMI, my horror short 'You Will Survive This Night' (1st pub COME JOIN US BY THE FIRE s2, Nightfire), now free to read as a reprint. A woman in her 30s is dragged to a late night winter house party in the poshest part of Kolkata & regrets it even more than expected. Here be monsters, mundane & not:
October 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
ICYMI, my horror short 'You Will Survive This Night' (1st pub COME JOIN US BY THE FIRE s2, Nightfire), now free to read as a reprint. A woman in her 30s is dragged to a late night winter house party in the poshest part of Kolkata & regrets it even more than expected. Here be monsters, mundane & not:
For September, our book club read Vajra Chandrasekera's "The Saint of Bright Doors", a buddhist mythological retelling following a character who has a complex relationship with himself, his family and the world around him. Read the reviews!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
For September, our book club read Vajra Chandrasekera's "The Saint of Bright Doors", a buddhist mythological retelling following a character who has a complex relationship with himself, his family and the world around him. Read the reviews!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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@nishka-is-writing.bsky.social just finished reading your short story "Deep in a Lightless Forest" on @tasavvurnama.bsky.social and love love loved it!
October 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
@nishka-is-writing.bsky.social just finished reading your short story "Deep in a Lightless Forest" on @tasavvurnama.bsky.social and love love loved it!
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Currently reading Djinn City by @saadzhossain.bsky.social for the @tasavvurnama.bsky.social and totally in love. Why did I not pick up this book before? Was missing out on a gem!
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October 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Currently reading Djinn City by @saadzhossain.bsky.social for the @tasavvurnama.bsky.social and totally in love. Why did I not pick up this book before? Was missing out on a gem!
#booksky
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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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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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October 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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.
escapepod.org/2020/09/03/e...
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.
escapepod.org/2020/09/03/e...
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
Let us know if you're reading along!
Link: tasavvurnama.com/dimensional-...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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
Let us know if you're reading along!
Link: tasavvurnama.com/dimensional-...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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
To find out more about the inspiration behind it, click the link below: tasavvurnama.com/cover-art-fa...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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
To find out more about the inspiration behind it, click the link below: tasavvurnama.com/cover-art-fa...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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
To follow their journey, link below: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
To follow their journey, link below: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction