NC Maha
@ncmaha.bsky.social
Short fiction and science writer from India. Love reading/writing weird speculative fiction. Stories in Intrepidus Ink and Dark Holme Publishing.
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I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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Please keep the Global Sumud Flotilla's live feed on your computer today. They are in the high risk zone and we need as many people globally as possible to be present so that they can break the siege.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-V...
Live: Global Sumud Flotilla nears high-risk zone off Gaza coast
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Please keep the Global Sumud Flotilla's live feed on your computer today. They are in the high risk zone and we need as many people globally as possible to be present so that they can break the siege.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-V...
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🦊 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
September 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🦊 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
State of Matter | Issue 20 is going mythic.
We’re commissioning 3 faux-tales, one each in:
🔮 Science Fiction
⚔️ Fantasy
👻 Horror
💰 CAD 150 (~₹9,500) per selected story
🗓️ Submissions: Sept 15 – Dec 15, 2025
🧵👇
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We're officially starting The Tasavvur Writing Club, which is an initiative to help both aspiring and established writers across South Asia write together.
For more information, LINK below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up now!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
For more information, LINK below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up now!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
August 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We're officially starting The Tasavvur Writing Club, which is an initiative to help both aspiring and established writers across South Asia write together.
For more information, LINK below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up now!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
For more information, LINK below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up now!
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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‘I have a lifeline scholarship to study in Scotland- but I’m trapped in Gaza’. PhD candidate Shaimaa was set to do research in ArabSF in Edinburgh (inc. an internship at Comma) but now the Home Office is making it impossible for her to get a visa. Write your MP today. youtu.be/vcKKsgWftso?...
'I have a lifeline scholarship to study in Scotland - but I'm trapped in Gaza'
YouTube video by STV News
youtu.be
July 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
‘I have a lifeline scholarship to study in Scotland- but I’m trapped in Gaza’. PhD candidate Shaimaa was set to do research in ArabSF in Edinburgh (inc. an internship at Comma) but now the Home Office is making it impossible for her to get a visa. Write your MP today. youtu.be/vcKKsgWftso?...
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📣 Submissions are OPEN July 1 - 31 📣
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
July 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
📣 Submissions are OPEN July 1 - 31 📣
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
We invite immigrant and diaspora authors to submit their stories & share their unique perspective through speculative fiction✨ www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
#SubmissionCall #SFF #writing #ScienceFiction
Found this on a morning ramble, adore it to bits. A darkly humorous and rapidly escalating (or de-escalating?) what-if... archiveoftheodd.com/2021/11/10/f...
From the Archives: No-Risk Planet by Milton Lesser
From the Archives is a highlight of public domain stories of the type we will showcase in Archive of the Odd. As such, we have no rights to these stories and do not bear any responsibility to or fo…
archiveoftheodd.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Found this on a morning ramble, adore it to bits. A darkly humorous and rapidly escalating (or de-escalating?) what-if... archiveoftheodd.com/2021/11/10/f...
A simply stunning, healing piece that moved me deeply. I'll be thinking about this for a long while.
"With each passing day I came to understand the patients. The translucent expressions of their traumas had started speaking to me. There were clues in the colors, and the dry rustle of the winding movements." dreamforgemagazine.com/story/ties-t...
Ties that Bind
“You’ve been in an accident.” The voice pierced the warm darkness that I didn’t even know I was in, nor remembered waking into. “You are in […]
dreamforgemagazine.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A simply stunning, healing piece that moved me deeply. I'll be thinking about this for a long while.
THANK YOU, ever so much @intrepidusink.bsky.social! 😍💜I’m honored to be published alongside so many incredible authors, and hope readers will enjoy this little story.
Here’s its opening. Thank you!!
Here’s its opening. Thank you!!
April 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
THANK YOU, ever so much @intrepidusink.bsky.social! 😍💜I’m honored to be published alongside so many incredible authors, and hope readers will enjoy this little story.
Here’s its opening. Thank you!!
Here’s its opening. Thank you!!
In “Cross the Line,” the theme of how resource scarcity can warp people's behaviours was the vehicle that launched the protagonist into his journey. Though unprepared, he's challenged to commandeer it towards achieving his goals—but he's not the only one with a mission.
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In “Cross the Line,” the theme of how resource scarcity can warp people's behaviours was the vehicle that launched the protagonist into his journey. Though unprepared, he's challenged to commandeer it towards achieving his goals—but he's not the only one with a mission.
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
Speculative fiction opens a fantastical world of possibilities I itch to explore. It's easy to forget that those worlds only exist because of characters driven by very real goals. I want my stories to reflect how THEIR choices make those incredible worlds possible.
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Speculative fiction opens a fantastical world of possibilities I itch to explore. It's easy to forget that those worlds only exist because of characters driven by very real goals. I want my stories to reflect how THEIR choices make those incredible worlds possible.
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
@intrepidusink.bsky.social
Thank you @intrepidusink.bsky.social!
My writing journey began with a love for both science & fiction. Discovering a world on the cusp of both was incredible! I wanted to share its stories, & realized the best way to learn was to dive into it rather than wait to become my best writer version.
My writing journey began with a love for both science & fiction. Discovering a world on the cusp of both was incredible! I wanted to share its stories, & realized the best way to learn was to dive into it rather than wait to become my best writer version.
April 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thank you @intrepidusink.bsky.social!
My writing journey began with a love for both science & fiction. Discovering a world on the cusp of both was incredible! I wanted to share its stories, & realized the best way to learn was to dive into it rather than wait to become my best writer version.
My writing journey began with a love for both science & fiction. Discovering a world on the cusp of both was incredible! I wanted to share its stories, & realized the best way to learn was to dive into it rather than wait to become my best writer version.
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Can't believe this is happening in two days! Incredibly excited (and nervous!!) for my upcoming story and live chat with @intrepidusink.bsky.social 💜 Come say hi if you're around on Wednesday morning (PST)!
April 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Can't believe this is happening in two days! Incredibly excited (and nervous!!) for my upcoming story and live chat with @intrepidusink.bsky.social 💜 Come say hi if you're around on Wednesday morning (PST)!
Can't believe this is happening in two days! Incredibly excited (and nervous!!) for my upcoming story and live chat with @intrepidusink.bsky.social 💜 Come say hi if you're around on Wednesday morning (PST)!
April 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Can't believe this is happening in two days! Incredibly excited (and nervous!!) for my upcoming story and live chat with @intrepidusink.bsky.social 💜 Come say hi if you're around on Wednesday morning (PST)!
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Writer friends: get ready to send us your things! 👀 Mark these dates in your calendars!
Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
General
April 16th
with a 1,000 story cap
Novelette (10k to 18k words)
June 4th
with a 300 story cap
Indigenous Authors
November 3rd
with a 500 story cap
Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.
March 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Writer friends: get ready to send us your things! 👀 Mark these dates in your calendars!
A gorgeous piece, full of magic and formulae! Was lucky to get this in my feed today :)
"Everyone flutters, flaring with the strongest of yellows, a rich goldenrod-alarm.
At the edge of the trees waits a stranger, a human, the first we've encountered in so very long."
Read "The Spellbook of the Moth Witch" by @devanbarlow.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-spellboo...
At the edge of the trees waits a stranger, a human, the first we've encountered in so very long."
Read "The Spellbook of the Moth Witch" by @devanbarlow.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-spellboo...
March 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A gorgeous piece, full of magic and formulae! Was lucky to get this in my feed today :)
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Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
March 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
Some of these titles look so much fun! congrats to everyone who entered and to those who made the shortlist!
We are excited to announce the shortlist for this year’s Micro Fiction Competition! Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to everyone on the shortlist: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
March 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Some of these titles look so much fun! congrats to everyone who entered and to those who made the shortlist!
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🌌 Issue six is out next week! 🌌
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.
March 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌌 Issue six is out next week! 🌌
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.
Sunday morning, found this treasure "that speaks for itself..." www.craftliterary.com/2024/11/08/a...
Abecedarian by H. B. Asari - CRAFT
Zones of your brain affected: frontal, temporal, parietal. The doctor points at them in turn on the scan of your brain. Those traitorous parts, shrivelling out of existence, threatening to take pieces...
www.craftliterary.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Sunday morning, found this treasure "that speaks for itself..." www.craftliterary.com/2024/11/08/a...
What a beautiful, gut-wrenching tale about love! Loved reading this, many congrats @cuylermeade.bsky.social !
February 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What a beautiful, gut-wrenching tale about love! Loved reading this, many congrats @cuylermeade.bsky.social !
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There are currently just six votes separating the top six in the voting for the "People's Prize" - not sure it could be much closer!
Have you voted yet? You've got until 15:00 GMT on 31st Jan to have your say.
Have you voted yet? You've got until 15:00 GMT on 31st Jan to have your say.
🔔🔔 HEAR YE!! HEAR YE!!! 🔔🔔
Now that all 15 of this year's shortlistees have been published, the "People's Prize" is officially open for voting.
forms.gle/qVUGXUo4GYbZ...
You get 3 votes. Each vote must be for a DIFFERENT piece. One vote per person.
Deadline for voting is 15.00 GMT on 31st Jan.
Now that all 15 of this year's shortlistees have been published, the "People's Prize" is officially open for voting.
forms.gle/qVUGXUo4GYbZ...
You get 3 votes. Each vote must be for a DIFFERENT piece. One vote per person.
Deadline for voting is 15.00 GMT on 31st Jan.
The Welkin Mini 2025 - PEOPLE'S PRIZE Voting Form
Vote for your favourite THREE stories from the Welkin Mini shortlist. You can vote for THREE stories. Each vote must be for a different story otherwise your entire vote won't be counted. Each vote is ...
forms.gle
January 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There are currently just six votes separating the top six in the voting for the "People's Prize" - not sure it could be much closer!
Have you voted yet? You've got until 15:00 GMT on 31st Jan to have your say.
Have you voted yet? You've got until 15:00 GMT on 31st Jan to have your say.
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when dark days fall upon us
darker than the stories in a magazine about Death
(because these are real)
we look for tiny, bright things in the gloom to sustain us
for our team, that is an uptick in the # of patrons backing us these last few days
thank you 🖤
may you also find tiny, bright things
darker than the stories in a magazine about Death
(because these are real)
we look for tiny, bright things in the gloom to sustain us
for our team, that is an uptick in the # of patrons backing us these last few days
thank you 🖤
may you also find tiny, bright things
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
psychopomp.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
when dark days fall upon us
darker than the stories in a magazine about Death
(because these are real)
we look for tiny, bright things in the gloom to sustain us
for our team, that is an uptick in the # of patrons backing us these last few days
thank you 🖤
may you also find tiny, bright things
darker than the stories in a magazine about Death
(because these are real)
we look for tiny, bright things in the gloom to sustain us
for our team, that is an uptick in the # of patrons backing us these last few days
thank you 🖤
may you also find tiny, bright things
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"...take off the top of your skull like a hat and take a bow in front of an exorcist who could cast out whatever’s eating away at the insulation in your brain..."
Sometimes, a piece just speaks to you on a really personal level. This from @suzannehicks.bsky.social hit me somewhere deep down.
Sometimes, a piece just speaks to you on a really personal level. This from @suzannehicks.bsky.social hit me somewhere deep down.
Today's shortlisted story is "You want to peel back your skin" by @suzannehicks.bsky.social. Congratulations, Suzanne. A breathless story woven with such a resonant depth of pain and yearning.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"...take off the top of your skull like a hat and take a bow in front of an exorcist who could cast out whatever’s eating away at the insulation in your brain..."
Sometimes, a piece just speaks to you on a really personal level. This from @suzannehicks.bsky.social hit me somewhere deep down.
Sometimes, a piece just speaks to you on a really personal level. This from @suzannehicks.bsky.social hit me somewhere deep down.
This is such a moving, chilling piece. The end is haunting. So many beautiful micros, well-deserving of the shortlist! Congrats @sharontelfer.bsky.social!
Today's shortlisted story is "Suki ought to exorcise the spaceship" by @sharontelfer.bsky.social. Congratulations, Sharon. Such a playful micro with a yearning loneliness at its heart.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is such a moving, chilling piece. The end is haunting. So many beautiful micros, well-deserving of the shortlist! Congrats @sharontelfer.bsky.social!