Sharang Biswas
@sharangbiswas.bsky.social
Games, interactive theatre, writing, art. ENnies, IndieCade, IGDN winner. Teaching at NYU & Fordham
Words: Eurogamer, Lightspeed, Augur, Strange Horizons, Baffling. SFWA member
My book THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS is now out (from Neon Hemlock Press)!
Words: Eurogamer, Lightspeed, Augur, Strange Horizons, Baffling. SFWA member
My book THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS is now out (from Neon Hemlock Press)!
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Sharang Biswas
@sharangbiswas.bsky.social
· Mar 25
My first book is officially out!
If you like gay archeologists, horny superheroes, giant, ancient, Indian robots, or tonnes of footnotes, check it out!
Get it from @neonhemlock.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
If you like gay archeologists, horny superheroes, giant, ancient, Indian robots, or tonnes of footnotes, check it out!
Get it from @neonhemlock.bsky.social!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
My latest short story is out on @nightmare-magazine.com! Along with an author interview!
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Bleed for Me, Bro - Nightmare Magazine
Watching Jules claw his way back to life was the hottest thing I’d ever seen. This was the kind of scene artists immortalized with gold and lapis lazuli illumination, the kind of scene that soared, he...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My latest short story is out on @nightmare-magazine.com! Along with an author interview!
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
Special thanks to editor @wnwagner.bsky.social for trusting in the freakiest thing I’ve ever written!
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/blee...
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We’re just going to leave this here…
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We’re just going to leave this here…
I am heading out for a 5-hr D&D-themed play at The Public Theatre and I am going to tell people that this is what scholarship means.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I am heading out for a 5-hr D&D-themed play at The Public Theatre and I am going to tell people that this is what scholarship means.
It is an inconvenient truth that going to bed early and waking up at 6 to finish works makes me feel good and accomplished and all that.
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is an inconvenient truth that going to bed early and waking up at 6 to finish works makes me feel good and accomplished and all that.
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The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The domino effects of this will be felt everywhere in the US, but xenophobia and racism won.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
And given how little the Democrats seem to care about what is being done to universities I don’t know if it will be reversed.
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I think we may have some play of Sharang's game in the booth also, but don't tell him.
I'll be at PAXU this year! I currently have a book signing slot with @plusoneexp.bsky.social & a meeting scheduled on Saturday, and am relatively open at other times if anyone would like a chat!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think we may have some play of Sharang's game in the booth also, but don't tell him.
I'll be at PAXU this year! I currently have a book signing slot with @plusoneexp.bsky.social & a meeting scheduled on Saturday, and am relatively open at other times if anyone would like a chat!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'll be at PAXU this year! I currently have a book signing slot with @plusoneexp.bsky.social & a meeting scheduled on Saturday, and am relatively open at other times if anyone would like a chat!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
Also, find me and I'll tell you about my birthday party on Saturday night!
I just realized that the short story of mine that’s been the most plagiarized shares a name with a well-known gay pornstar who I like.
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I just realized that the short story of mine that’s been the most plagiarized shares a name with a well-known gay pornstar who I like.
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
@wnwagner.bsky.social, do with that what you will 🤣
I’m so glad I slept on this game review because I was absolutely being too harsh in my first draft.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’m so glad I slept on this game review because I was absolutely being too harsh in my first draft.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
Reminder to myself that I should always give myself extra time to edit.
I cannot understate how much I’m enjoying this book.
Acquired at @hivemindbookstore.bsky.social after my reading there of THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS.
I’m gonna read a poem a day!
I’m gonna read a poem a day!
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I cannot understate how much I’m enjoying this book.
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When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
On my way to Olive Garden for a field trip.
I love being an art school professor.
I love being an art school professor.
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On my way to Olive Garden for a field trip.
I love being an art school professor.
I love being an art school professor.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If you’re looking into novellas during awards season, I humbly put forth my own, from @neonhemlock.bsky.social?
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
The Iron Below Remembers by Sharang Biswas — neon hemlock
Publication date: March 25, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Set in an alternate version of the British Isles where South Asian imperial interest colonized much of the globe thanks to their advanced techno...
www.neonhemlock.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you’re looking into novellas during awards season, I humbly put forth my own, from @neonhemlock.bsky.social?
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
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A whole generation of language learners has been convinced that "apps" (Memrise, Duolingo, etc.) are the key to language acquisition, when the gruel they offer is so thin. I am on a 1762-day streak in DL (so I KNOW) and it takes me 6 months to cover what our courses cover in less than 1 month.
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A whole generation of language learners has been convinced that "apps" (Memrise, Duolingo, etc.) are the key to language acquisition, when the gruel they offer is so thin. I am on a 1762-day streak in DL (so I KNOW) and it takes me 6 months to cover what our courses cover in less than 1 month.
We really should be using the latest in pedagogy research in public school teaching!
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We really should be using the latest in pedagogy research in public school teaching!
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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TYPEWRITTEN.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
TYPEWRITTEN.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
In their playtest feedback form, replying to “How much TTRPG experience do you have?”, one of our playtesters wrote “I took 2 RPG focussed classes in grad school.”
Gentle reader, I taught both those classes 🤣
Gentle reader, I taught both those classes 🤣
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In their playtest feedback form, replying to “How much TTRPG experience do you have?”, one of our playtesters wrote “I took 2 RPG focussed classes in grad school.”
Gentle reader, I taught both those classes 🤣
Gentle reader, I taught both those classes 🤣
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low polyamory
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
low polyamory
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This is a terrific piece of writing and insight about where we are with the Times, and where the Times is with us.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is a terrific piece of writing and insight about where we are with the Times, and where the Times is with us.
Woo it was a joy to judge for the Golden Cobra Challenge this year!
(Also this might be the first time I’ve live presented a game award? I want to do this more often…)
(Also this might be the first time I’ve live presented a game award? I want to do this more often…)
Ssssssss -- The 2025 Golden Cobra Challenge winners announced at Metatopia:
(Thread)
(Thread)
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Woo it was a joy to judge for the Golden Cobra Challenge this year!
(Also this might be the first time I’ve live presented a game award? I want to do this more often…)
(Also this might be the first time I’ve live presented a game award? I want to do this more often…)
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
“Biswas does an admirable job mixing dirty implied jokes, the weight of erasure amid intolerance, & the joy and discovery waiting to be seen by those willing & able to piece together the whole and vibrant picture...”
-The @locusmag.bsky.social review of THIRTEEN SWORDS
locusmag.com/review/cast-...
-The @locusmag.bsky.social review of THIRTEEN SWORDS
locusmag.com/review/cast-...
Cast of Wonders, Escape Pod and Strange Horizons Special Fund Drive Issue 2025: Review by Charles Payseur
Cast of Wonders 6/28/25 Escape Pod 5/22/25, 7/10/25 Strange Horizons Special Fund Drive Issue 2025, 7/14/25 I last checked in with Cast of Wonders for their April originals, and since then they’ve …
locusmag.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Biswas does an admirable job mixing dirty implied jokes, the weight of erasure amid intolerance, & the joy and discovery waiting to be seen by those willing & able to piece together the whole and vibrant picture...”
-The @locusmag.bsky.social review of THIRTEEN SWORDS
locusmag.com/review/cast-...
-The @locusmag.bsky.social review of THIRTEEN SWORDS
locusmag.com/review/cast-...
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Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...