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It's that time of the year. So here's some good #IndianSF i've enjoyed in 2020; short fiction in English that's available to read for free. Given there's been quite a few of them (good year for Indian SF, yay!), this thread won't be short...
The stories in @UnseenFic, the speculative flash fiction zine started by @anandphilipc & @kazarelth. 7 eps so far (hope more are on way) with 2 stories each that you can read or listen, by @_drongo, @iRatzzz, @swarraj, @alwayskasht,
@WhatAboutMyStar et al https://unseenfiction.substack.com/
@WhatAboutMyStar et al https://unseenfiction.substack.com/
Strangely Familiar Tales by @GranthaMaven. 3 feminist stories inspired by Indian myth, but with a modern twist. A most welcome break from tired mythsploitation remixes. Download & read for free here:
https://store.pothi.com/book/ebook-vijayalakshmi-harish-strangely-familiar-tales/
#IndianSF
https://store.pothi.com/book/ebook-vijayalakshmi-harish-strangely-familiar-tales/
#IndianSF
Jeevarasam (lit. Essence of Life), a very early Tamizh SFnal tales by Ponniyin Selvan writer, Kalki Krishnamurthy. Yes, not a 2020 story but from 1930s. Here because it was translated into English for the first time this year, thanks to @venkatTCV...
https://mapillaibench.blogspot.com/2020/08/jeevarasam-essenceof-life.html
https://mapillaibench.blogspot.com/2020/08/jeevarasam-essenceof-life.html
Magic, memory & dreams all collide as we peek into the history of a beautiful land (not unlike Kashmir) in @prashatsa's lovely tale of resistance and culture, In
Seven Dreams of a Valley in @BCSmagazine...
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/seven-dreams-of-a-valley/ #IndianSF
Seven Dreams of a Valley in @BCSmagazine...
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/seven-dreams-of-a-valley/ #IndianSF
Love Life of John Doe by K. Raghasudhan in which a genius sends humankind on the path to extinction in a pact with an A.I. as he seeks love...
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/raghasudhan_11_20/ @clarkesworld
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/raghasudhan_11_20/ @clarkesworld
A new world, new journeys, old memories & echoes from the past, forgotten stories & – straddling them all – jackfruits, in @rupsadey's @clarkesworld story, The Land of Eternal Jackfruits (Also, anything with jackfruit in it is automatically good)
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dey_11_20/ #IndianSF
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dey_11_20/ #IndianSF
In Love Laws and a Locked Heart by @sengupta_tamoha in the recently-returned @fantasymagazine, a princess has her heart locked when she was an infant & years later finds a reason to look for the key... https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/love-laws-and-a-locked-heart/
A Time Mistake by @architamittra, a time loop tale featuring a familiar virus, in which a time traveller must set in motion events that lead to an ideal future, starting with the murder of a certain politician... https://medium.com/interstellar-flight-press/a-timely-mistake-b70b9d237b9
Tesu by @gaachburi, a story from ages ago i.e. early in the year which is eerily similar to what transpired later. Also, DON'T go with strange beautiful women you meet alone on the road...
https://www.himalmag.com/tesu-short-story-competition-2019/ #IndianSF
https://www.himalmag.com/tesu-short-story-competition-2019/ #IndianSF
This touching story in @anathemaspec, Heard, Half-Heard, in the Stillness by @singlecrow is not your typical Diwali story. Features @ISRO, India's space programme and a grandmother who can tell the future...
https://www.anathemamag.com/heard-half-heard-in-the-stillness #IndianSF
https://www.anathemamag.com/heard-half-heard-in-the-stillness #IndianSF
Moving & melodic, Mist Songs of Delhi by @Sid__j on @PodCastle_org is about death, grief, memories and 'enspoolment' where the (deeds of the) dead come back as songs... https://podcastle.org/2020/08/18/podcastle-640-mist-songs-of-delhi/
Mortality & the nature of reality is brilliantly explored in @ArulaRatnakar's far-future tale of (post)humans, 'Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City' from @Clarkesworld. Mind-bender of a read with ethics, philosophy, neuroscience &
more...
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_09_20/ #IndianSF
more...
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_09_20/ #IndianSF
ok. time for dinner & stuff. will be back in a bit with more...
