$115 to go!!!
08.03.2026 18:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@blaft.bsky.social
An independent publishing house based in Chennai, India. Indian pulp novels in translation, ghostlore, anti-caste sf, graphic novels, street signs, weird stories, & picture books about young women in love with gruesome monsters. https://blaft.com
$115 to go!!!
08.03.2026 18:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This looks incredible and right up my alley
08.03.2026 02:02 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks! We hope you love the books
07.03.2026 14:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Backed this + grabbed 'Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India' (which I saw some glowing reviews for)
07.03.2026 10:50 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0um yes yes please! this is PEAK
07.03.2026 13:19 โ ๐ 25 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Of course the @blaft.bsky.social Kickstarter includes a DRM-free ebook tier! ๐
07.03.2026 13:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Stupid Guy Goes to India front cover
Priyanka Paul's "Jokes lol" zine
The Bandigoat
We tabled outside the Pondicherry University Literature Seminar event this week. Bestselling titles:
๐ฅBANDIGOAT: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales
๐ฅPriyanka Paul's JOKES LOL
๐ฅYukichi Yamamatsu's STUPID GUY GOES TO INDIA
www.blaft.com/collections/...
the monsters are sad you won't give them three hundred bucks. don't make monsters sad.
07.03.2026 08:34 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
We've added a bunch of excellent zines to our OTHER INDIE STUFF page. Work by Pith.Bull, Prrrbutt, Prasanna Venkatesh, Malvika Raj, Priyanka Paul, Kokaachi & more! 0% billionaire-produced art! Hook up your friends
www.blaft.com/collections/...
Our* gah
07.03.2026 04:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Kumari and a creature with many eyes and tentacles sit lovingly in a park. She's holding a slate and teaching it how to write
We're at 50 backers and just $259 left to reach out target!
Help us reprint Kumari Loves a Monster!
(You can donate some copies to the Free Libraries Network while you're at it!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
Thanks for the order!
07.03.2026 03:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Art Life signboard from Kolkata - a graphic design / xerox offset shop
India Street Lettering by Pooja Saxena
Live your best ART LIFE!
Pooja Saxena's INDIA STREET LETTERING is full of inspiration!
www.blaft.com/products/ind...
Every reskeet helps more weird art to exist in the world!
06.03.2026 17:53 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We're one top-tier backer away from reaching our target!
C'mon folks, you know you want the custom Shyam portrait+monster painting
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
this is an interview i did with davin malasarn. i did it almost immediately after getting discharged from the hospital for some mysterious, gnarly lung infection
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
We're one top-tier backer away from reaching our target!
C'mon folks, you know you want the custom Shyam portrait+monster painting
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
Storybundle Ebooks! You can read details at the link!
Kumari Loves a Monster -- pink cover with title in English and Tamil
37 hours left for the In Translation storybundle!
storybundle.com/translation
10 days left for the Kumari Loves a Monster Kickstarter! (and just $408 to go!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales
March is #WomenInHorror Month and we're offering 20% off on:
* BANDIGOAT: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales *
Featuring stories by 6 women authors + 1 by the late great & sorely missed Jugal Mody (who did some amazing reels in drag, just saying)
www.blaft.com/products/ban...
๐ฃ๏ธMONSTER ๐ฃ๏ธFICTION ๐ฃ๏ธ
03.03.2026 08:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0please give some money to the monsters
03.03.2026 08:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Want to explore storytelling written from within different cultures, not filtered through outsiders, and strengthen GV Linguaโs global translation community at the same time? 3 days left to get the In Translation StoryBundle!
storybundle.com/translation
Just came across ANOTHER blatant AI ripoff of one of our book covers.
Chasing this stuff is not fun, guys. Please make original art. Don't plagiarise. People will like you better. The art will BE better.
The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF
The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol. 3 featuring cover art by Shyam
Bandigoat - A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales
There are some great books available as add-ons, too, featuring work by Rashmi and/or Shyam...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
The Kumari Loves a Monster reprint is a Kickstarter "Project We Love"
Help us get to the finish line!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales, edited by @blaftrakesh.bsky.social (Blaft Publications)
Indian folk horror with bite, humor, these stories have everything. They all felt commissioned for this project even though several are reprints! Very strong editorial vision ๐ฎ
How would you like to read 12 books from across the Global Majorityโsome newly translated just for this projectโwhile contributing to Global Voices? 7 days left to get the In Translation StoryBundle for GV Lingua!
lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
storybundle.com/translation
Letโs go! โก
27.02.2026 10:04 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Lots of amazing stuff in the bundle! 12 ebooks for $25!
storybundle.com/translation
Cover to The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan translated by Nirmal Rajagopalan, several ominously peering faces through an abstract background in warm and black tones.
From Tamil, The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan translated by Nirmal Rajagopalan #India
"Pulp fiction at its best." โ New Asian Writing
โก๏ธ storybundle.com/translation ๐ฒ