Aditya Sundararajan

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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.”

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.

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Book cover for vivid worlds anthology, edited by Donna Scott.

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!

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!

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! 🪲🐞🦋

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...

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-...

Way to go!

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*

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."

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...

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

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

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.

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

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:
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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 :)

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.

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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

Consider me intrigued! 👀

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

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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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!

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!

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

Loved it!

“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...

I have another new story out today in stupefying stories!

A fun idea about future entertainment.

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