Aditya Sundararajan
@adityaswrites.bsky.social
SFFH Author
Codexian
HWA Affiliate Member
Futurescapes Fall '24 Alumnus
First Reader for khōréō, Skull & Laurel
Words in Translunar Travelers Lounge, Tasavvur Nama, Water Dragon Publishing, HyphenPunk, and more.
https://www.adityasundararajan.com
Codexian
HWA Affiliate Member
Futurescapes Fall '24 Alumnus
First Reader for khōréō, Skull & Laurel
Words in Translunar Travelers Lounge, Tasavvur Nama, Water Dragon Publishing, HyphenPunk, and more.
https://www.adityasundararajan.com
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August 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Narratess Indie sale is now live! Pick up Afterburn and a whole host of other amazing indie books for 0.99-1.99 👇
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I have a sci-fi flash fiction out with @metastellar.bsky.social today!
If you have 4 minutes and fancy a fun take on what the future of advertising may hold, please have a read.
www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...
If you have 4 minutes and fancy a fun take on what the future of advertising may hold, please have a read.
www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...
Adverts - MetaStellar
“They know your search history!” Priya shook her head and sighed. “So stop living your wish fulfillment fantasy and bloody ask him before you end up in a contract, a cult, or even worse, an MLM.”
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August 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have a sci-fi flash fiction out with @metastellar.bsky.social today!
If you have 4 minutes and fancy a fun take on what the future of advertising may hold, please have a read.
www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...
If you have 4 minutes and fancy a fun take on what the future of advertising may hold, please have a read.
www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...
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This wonderful solarpunk anthology launched at Eastercon!
It's edited by the brilliant @wishusdonna.bsky.social and has lots of great stories, including my first ever solarpunk short! I may have got a bit weird with it.
If you want solarpunk short stories then please check it out!
It's edited by the brilliant @wishusdonna.bsky.social and has lots of great stories, including my first ever solarpunk short! I may have got a bit weird with it.
If you want solarpunk short stories then please check it out!
April 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This wonderful solarpunk anthology launched at Eastercon!
It's edited by the brilliant @wishusdonna.bsky.social and has lots of great stories, including my first ever solarpunk short! I may have got a bit weird with it.
If you want solarpunk short stories then please check it out!
It's edited by the brilliant @wishusdonna.bsky.social and has lots of great stories, including my first ever solarpunk short! I may have got a bit weird with it.
If you want solarpunk short stories then please check it out!
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My story The Ghost Merchant is out this week in @thecoloredlens.bsky.social
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!
March 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My story The Ghost Merchant is out this week in @thecoloredlens.bsky.social
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!
If you want a dark fantasy story about a shop that sells ghosts to haunt mansions, and an apprentices first day as he realises what that entails, then this is the story for you!
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Only a few days left to nominate your 2024 stories!
Think your story doesn’t involve arthropods enough? Don’t self-reject! Submit it anyway! 🪲🐞🦋
Think your story doesn’t involve arthropods enough? Don’t self-reject! Submit it anyway! 🪲🐞🦋
Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Volume 2 is now open to submissions!
I am looking for short stories featuring arthropods in leading roles. More information about what I’m looking for and why is available of our website.
Submit here until February 28th:
Hexagonmagazine.ca/ybasf
🕷️🪲🐞🦀🦋
I am looking for short stories featuring arthropods in leading roles. More information about what I’m looking for and why is available of our website.
Submit here until February 28th:
Hexagonmagazine.ca/ybasf
🕷️🪲🐞🦀🦋
Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction
READ VOLUME 1 HERE! Presenting the first ever “Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction,” edited by JW Stebner. Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 1 collects the best international English short f…
Hexagonmagazine.ca
February 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Only a few days left to nominate your 2024 stories!
Think your story doesn’t involve arthropods enough? Don’t self-reject! Submit it anyway! 🪲🐞🦋
Think your story doesn’t involve arthropods enough? Don’t self-reject! Submit it anyway! 🪲🐞🦋
My first horror read of this year, "Diavola" by Jennifer Thorne, struck an interesting balance between interpersonal drama and a good old haunted house, its real horror lurking somewhere in-between. Read my thoughts about it on @divinationhollow.bsky.social: divinationhollow.com/reviews-and-...
Book Review: Diavola by Jennifer Thorne — Divination Hollow Reviews
Thanks for stopping by our blog! Click through to read the latest from our team contributors and special guests!
Aditya reviews Jennifer Thorne’s Gothic Horror, Diavola, featuring the dysfunctional P...
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February 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My first horror read of this year, "Diavola" by Jennifer Thorne, struck an interesting balance between interpersonal drama and a good old haunted house, its real horror lurking somewhere in-between. Read my thoughts about it on @divinationhollow.bsky.social: divinationhollow.com/reviews-and-...
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ME: The great thing about writing fantasy is that you can make stuff up!
ALSO ME: *spends twenty minutes reading about isopod pseudo-lungs to make sure it’s accurate*
ALSO ME: *spends twenty minutes reading about isopod pseudo-lungs to make sure it’s accurate*
February 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
ME: The great thing about writing fantasy is that you can make stuff up!
ALSO ME: *spends twenty minutes reading about isopod pseudo-lungs to make sure it’s accurate*
ALSO ME: *spends twenty minutes reading about isopod pseudo-lungs to make sure it’s accurate*
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So I read this, and as someone who's spent their entire career in the trenches of "how do we keep the tension between Good Guys and Bad Guys interesting," I have Some Thoughts www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/v...
Vince Gilligan Calls for Writers to Cut Back on Villain Stories Amid Current Political Climate: “They’ve Become Aspirational”
The 'Breaking Bad' creator said in now looking back at Walter White, "I think I'd rather be celebrated for creating someone a bit more inspiring."
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So I read this, and as someone who's spent their entire career in the trenches of "how do we keep the tension between Good Guys and Bad Guys interesting," I have Some Thoughts www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/v...
My short is live on @translunartl.bsky.social! What started as a fun origin story for my first-ever social media handle grew into a tale about the vicious cycle of a timeless war that pits duty against responsibility.
Read it and check out the issue's other cool stories: tinyurl.com/ttl-penwielder
Read it and check out the issue's other cool stories: tinyurl.com/ttl-penwielder
The PenWielder, by Aditya Sundararajan
Tap, tap-tap-tap, tap, tap-tap-tap… Chakra wanted to cover his ears, but that meant letting go of the paper in his hands. He had to keep reading so the tapping wouldn’t madden him
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February 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My short is live on @translunartl.bsky.social! What started as a fun origin story for my first-ever social media handle grew into a tale about the vicious cycle of a timeless war that pits duty against responsibility.
Read it and check out the issue's other cool stories: tinyurl.com/ttl-penwielder
Read it and check out the issue's other cool stories: tinyurl.com/ttl-penwielder
It's still not too late to submit the first 300 words of your manuscript to this contest hosted by @writingdaywksp.bsky.social. Learn more about it here: tinyurl.com/mukkrusf
First Pages Contest #3, Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy -- Judged by Agent Kesia Lupo of Donald Maass Literary
Submit your work to our free First Pages Contest #3, Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy -- judged by Agent Kesia Lupo of Donald Maass Literary.
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February 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's still not too late to submit the first 300 words of your manuscript to this contest hosted by @writingdaywksp.bsky.social. Learn more about it here: tinyurl.com/mukkrusf
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ROOTS OF MY FEARS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ANCESTRAL HORROR Edited by Gemma Amor
Bedtime stories, family lore, secrets passed from generation to generation. Stories with roots, creeping, heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends.
Preorder:
shorturl.at/AzMj8
Bedtime stories, family lore, secrets passed from generation to generation. Stories with roots, creeping, heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends.
Preorder:
shorturl.at/AzMj8
February 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
ROOTS OF MY FEARS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ANCESTRAL HORROR Edited by Gemma Amor
Bedtime stories, family lore, secrets passed from generation to generation. Stories with roots, creeping, heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends.
Preorder:
shorturl.at/AzMj8
Bedtime stories, family lore, secrets passed from generation to generation. Stories with roots, creeping, heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends.
Preorder:
shorturl.at/AzMj8
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What’s that? A SALE you say?
Afterburn is now £0.99/$0.99
#BooksWorthReading #scifibooks #Booksky #readers #bookrecommendations
#SPSFC4 quarterfinalist
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Afterburn is now £0.99/$0.99
#BooksWorthReading #scifibooks #Booksky #readers #bookrecommendations
#SPSFC4 quarterfinalist
amzn.eu/d/5jB9NQ7
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February 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I'm celebrating tonight as I'm nominated for the @bsfa.bsky.social awards longlist!
Thank you to whoever voted for me, and if you like my works please consider them for the next round of voting :)
Thank you to whoever voted for me, and if you like my works please consider them for the next round of voting :)
January 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm celebrating tonight as I'm nominated for the @bsfa.bsky.social awards longlist!
Thank you to whoever voted for me, and if you like my works please consider them for the next round of voting :)
Thank you to whoever voted for me, and if you like my works please consider them for the next round of voting :)
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On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written.
But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
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But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
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We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Let me take you through the anatomy of an active protagonist, one that everyone can relate to. We’ll make our protagonist—we’ll call him John—young and healthy, male, of humble origins (perhaps he’s f...
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January 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written.
But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
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But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
+
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Thancred is a troublemaker and proud of it. Always searching for a new story he decides to help his friend with her necromancer problem, as well to keep an eye on her shady new ally. The final member of the unlikely trio and totally doesn't have unresolved trauma
#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #F #LGBT
#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #F #LGBT
January 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Consider me intrigued! 👀
January 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Consider me intrigued! 👀
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Clementine is living a decent life for a girl who died two years ago. She works as a healer until she's suddenly caught in the crosshairs of a necromancer schism. Seeking to cure their cursed cuts, she learns her innate talents are more necrotic than she wishes to admit
#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #F #LGBT
#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #F #LGBT
January 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Seeing a lot of mixed opinions about Dune: Prophecy, but having watched the first episode, I liked it. The opening sequence with the flat exposition delivery did set off some alarms, but that ending got me hooked real good!
November 26, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Seeing a lot of mixed opinions about Dune: Prophecy, but having watched the first episode, I liked it. The opening sequence with the flat exposition delivery did set off some alarms, but that ending got me hooked real good!
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At Ghost Orchid Press, our focus is on quality storytelling above all else. Every book is a product of love and care. We strive to lift up new voices and unique stories, and we commission beautiful human-made cover art. Support us in this by buying direct ghostorchidpress.square.site
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October 30, 2024 at 5:43 PM
At Ghost Orchid Press, our focus is on quality storytelling above all else. Every book is a product of love and care. We strive to lift up new voices and unique stories, and we commission beautiful human-made cover art. Support us in this by buying direct ghostorchidpress.square.site
This was such a fun short story to write and workshop. So excited to see it out in the world! A tale equal parts Weird and wild, is now free to read. Head on over to @hyphenpunk.bsky.social!
New -punk day!
"The Anomura Anomaly" by @adityaswrites drops us into the utterly banal normalcy required to thrive in a cyberpunk dystopia.
Read it now, only in HyphenPunk
#cyberpunk #amreading #scifi
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"The Anomura Anomaly" by @adityaswrites drops us into the utterly banal normalcy required to thrive in a cyberpunk dystopia.
Read it now, only in HyphenPunk
#cyberpunk #amreading #scifi
hyphenpunk.com/issues/issue...
The Anomura Anomaly
“Your dumb machine turned me into a crab,” the man snapped, his voice shaking.
hyphenpunk.com
October 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM
This was such a fun short story to write and workshop. So excited to see it out in the world! A tale equal parts Weird and wild, is now free to read. Head on over to @hyphenpunk.bsky.social!
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I somehow have 3 stories on the BSFA award longlist! 2 for short fiction, and one for audio, so thank you whoever voted!
If you like my work, find it below and please consider it.
If you hate my work, please consider I'm afraid of public speaking and voting may cause me to!
If you like my work, find it below and please consider it.
If you hate my work, please consider I'm afraid of public speaking and voting may cause me to!
January 20, 2024 at 7:28 PM
I somehow have 3 stories on the BSFA award longlist! 2 for short fiction, and one for audio, so thank you whoever voted!
If you like my work, find it below and please consider it.
If you hate my work, please consider I'm afraid of public speaking and voting may cause me to!
If you like my work, find it below and please consider it.
If you hate my work, please consider I'm afraid of public speaking and voting may cause me to!
Happy book birthday to @ryanpatrickauthor.bsky.social! We've been critique partners and pals for a few years, and The Martian Incident is one of his best yet! If "Crichton's Sphere meets Emmerich's Stargate" sounds fun, get your copy: rb.gy/fett99 #bookbirthday #bookboost
Amazon.com: The Martian Incident eBook : Patrick, Ryan M.: Kindle Store
The Martian Incident - Kindle edition by Patrick, Ryan M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while re...
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December 5, 2023 at 5:50 AM
Happy book birthday to @ryanpatrickauthor.bsky.social! We've been critique partners and pals for a few years, and The Martian Incident is one of his best yet! If "Crichton's Sphere meets Emmerich's Stargate" sounds fun, get your copy: rb.gy/fett99 #bookbirthday #bookboost
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I have another new story out today in stupefying stories!
A fun idea about future entertainment.
stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2023/09/than...
A fun idea about future entertainment.
stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2023/09/than...
“Thanks for the Memory” • by Rick Danforth
“Another grocery store robbery isn’t going to cut it,” said Kioxia with a yawn, leaning back on a greasy chair in the back of the van...
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September 18, 2023 at 4:12 PM
I have another new story out today in stupefying stories!
A fun idea about future entertainment.
stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2023/09/than...
A fun idea about future entertainment.
stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2023/09/than...