M. L. Krishnan
@emelkrishnan.bsky.social
Magician. Marketing Director of khōréō. MacDowell Fellow. Stories & Essays: mlkrishnan.com
I wanted to write something unmoored, where every part of the story felt like I was walking on silty sand—a soft, precarious entrapment. Where every paragraph held a secret, just within reach. Where every voice felt like someone else, somewhere else. 👥🌿
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I wanted to write something unmoored, where every part of the story felt like I was walking on silty sand—a soft, precarious entrapment. Where every paragraph held a secret, just within reach. Where every voice felt like someone else, somewhere else. 👥🌿
Rome walked, so Game of Thrones could run. I said what I said.
June 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Rome walked, so Game of Thrones could run. I said what I said.
IT'S REAL
THE FUCKING DEVIL IN A BOTTLE
THE FUCKING DEVIL IN A BOTTLE
February 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
IT'S REAL
THE FUCKING DEVIL IN A BOTTLE
THE FUCKING DEVIL IN A BOTTLE
Without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?
January 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?
Remember how school computer labs actually used to look like this, once?
January 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Remember how school computer labs actually used to look like this, once?
Found this incredible treasure while cleaning out my closet, and I'm so sick with nostalgia for a time when we weren't held hostage by our damn phones
January 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Found this incredible treasure while cleaning out my closet, and I'm so sick with nostalgia for a time when we weren't held hostage by our damn phones
I always consider it a resounding feat if/when I write anything, and this year I wrote and published two (yes, two!) stories—which might as well be a new record, given my sloth-slow pace. So without further ado, here is my (short) #awardseligibility thread 🧵
December 23, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I always consider it a resounding feat if/when I write anything, and this year I wrote and published two (yes, two!) stories—which might as well be a new record, given my sloth-slow pace. So without further ado, here is my (short) #awardseligibility thread 🧵
Voting Clinton 2016 // Voting Harris 2024
November 5, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Voting Clinton 2016 // Voting Harris 2024
Netflix I'm begging you, has ANYONE on your PR team, any human person at all, watched Grave of the Fireflies? This cheerful promo pic is so wildly misleading, it feels almost reckless.
August 27, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Netflix I'm begging you, has ANYONE on your PR team, any human person at all, watched Grave of the Fireflies? This cheerful promo pic is so wildly misleading, it feels almost reckless.
Called “Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation” this also holds the dubious record for my longest story title ever! And yes, this story does have specific measurements and gauges if you’re wondering about that. 🪢
July 31, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Called “Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation” this also holds the dubious record for my longest story title ever! And yes, this story does have specific measurements and gauges if you’re wondering about that. 🪢
Clearly it’ll snow in July because it’s a new story day for me! I have a claustrophobic story in this incredible antho from @neonhemlock.bsky.social about obsessive love and snakes and perhaps a long-forgotten prince and a large body of water, but definitely not in the way that you think. 🐍
July 31, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Clearly it’ll snow in July because it’s a new story day for me! I have a claustrophobic story in this incredible antho from @neonhemlock.bsky.social about obsessive love and snakes and perhaps a long-forgotten prince and a large body of water, but definitely not in the way that you think. 🐍
Encountered a missing horse on my walk to work. How is your Wednesday coming along? 😂
March 6, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Encountered a missing horse on my walk to work. How is your Wednesday coming along? 😂
I do not deserve you, truly 😭😭😭
January 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
I do not deserve you, truly 😭😭😭
MY BELOVED, MULTITALENTED @foxesandroses.bsky.social DREW MY LONELY MOHINIS AND I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING MYSELF HOARSE EVER SINCE I LOOKED AT ITS GORGEOUSNESS AND PERFECTION. LOOK!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
January 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
MY BELOVED, MULTITALENTED @foxesandroses.bsky.social DREW MY LONELY MOHINIS AND I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING MYSELF HOARSE EVER SINCE I LOOKED AT ITS GORGEOUSNESS AND PERFECTION. LOOK!
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
ILU! I wanted to respond with a gif, but alas! BlueSky has thwarted my ACTUAL gifts. So here, have Mario in a frog suit instead. 🐸💚
January 11, 2024 at 12:25 AM
ILU! I wanted to respond with a gif, but alas! BlueSky has thwarted my ACTUAL gifts. So here, have Mario in a frog suit instead. 🐸💚
I grew up on these streets
January 10, 2024 at 9:58 PM
I grew up on these streets
Still haven't even STARTED on an eligibility post, time is a flat circle here
December 19, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Still haven't even STARTED on an eligibility post, time is a flat circle here
So this awful era of cartoony romance novel covers continues unabated with their dull, corporate sameness. When I cant tell the difference between a Middle Grade adventure book and a romance novel (that's 100% for ADULTS), then we have a goddamn problem. Bring back these incredible covers, please. 👇
November 22, 2023 at 6:06 PM
So this awful era of cartoony romance novel covers continues unabated with their dull, corporate sameness. When I cant tell the difference between a Middle Grade adventure book and a romance novel (that's 100% for ADULTS), then we have a goddamn problem. Bring back these incredible covers, please. 👇
We should go full Kafka 😂
November 19, 2023 at 10:15 PM
We should go full Kafka 😂
Everyone: posting gorgeous graphics of their Awards Eligibility posts that my graphic designer ass LOVES to see and celebrate
Me: the actual graphic designer with only a SINGLE story out this year therefore giving me zero excuse to make a whole-ass graphic for exactly ONE measly story
Me: the actual graphic designer with only a SINGLE story out this year therefore giving me zero excuse to make a whole-ass graphic for exactly ONE measly story
November 19, 2023 at 9:57 PM
Everyone: posting gorgeous graphics of their Awards Eligibility posts that my graphic designer ass LOVES to see and celebrate
Me: the actual graphic designer with only a SINGLE story out this year therefore giving me zero excuse to make a whole-ass graphic for exactly ONE measly story
Me: the actual graphic designer with only a SINGLE story out this year therefore giving me zero excuse to make a whole-ass graphic for exactly ONE measly story
HOHO YOU CAN'T STOP ME
November 18, 2023 at 9:15 PM
HOHO YOU CAN'T STOP ME
Happy Deepavali, my loves. 🪔❤️🪔❤️
November 13, 2023 at 3:18 AM
Happy Deepavali, my loves. 🪔❤️🪔❤️
Post-travel depression, post-travel-recuperation depression, post-post-post-recuperation depression, oh-hell-I cant-use-travel-as-an-excuse anymore depression
BUT I'M FUCKING WRITING
Achievement unlocked
BUT I'M FUCKING WRITING
Achievement unlocked
September 19, 2023 at 5:41 PM
Post-travel depression, post-travel-recuperation depression, post-post-post-recuperation depression, oh-hell-I cant-use-travel-as-an-excuse anymore depression
BUT I'M FUCKING WRITING
Achievement unlocked
BUT I'M FUCKING WRITING
Achievement unlocked
reconnecting with my Twitter mutuals like
July 3, 2023 at 5:25 PM
reconnecting with my Twitter mutuals like