@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
Want to explore storytelling written from within different cultures, not filtered through outsiders, and strengthen GV Lingua’s 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!
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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 😮
How would you like to read 12 books from across the Global Majority—some newly translated just for this project—while contributing to Global Voices? 7 days left to get the In Translation StoryBundle for GV Lingua!
lingua.globalvoices.org/202...
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Let’s go! ⚡
27.02.2026 10:04 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Lots of amazing stuff in the bundle! 12 ebooks for $25!
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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." – New Asian Writing
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Cover to Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home by Balaraba Ramat Yakubu translated by Aliyu Kamal, a figure peering outside through a backlit window.
Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home by Balaraba Ramat Yakubu translated by Aliyu Kamal #Nigeria
"Utterly addictive." – Nnedi Okorafor
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Shows 12 sunshines over a map of the Earth, in the Americas, Western Europe, SWANA, Africa, and Asia.
Have you seen the books included in the In Translation Storybundle? @storybundle.bsky.social #BookSky #Translation #Ebooks #BookBundle #StoryBundle
(We think they're super, well, yes we do - our editor curated them.)
DON’T HAVE SEX WITH THE UNDEAD FREDDIE
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Aazaad Band trolly, Lucknow (c) Pooja Saxena
"Daniel" truck board, Kerala (c) Pooja Saxena
India Street Lettering: A Journey Through Typographic Craft & Culture
Calling all graphic design & typography buffs in UK/Europe!
Our first shipment sold out quick... but Pooja Saxena's INDIA STREET LETTERING is back in stock at BLAG
shop.bl.ag/products/ind...
Our reprint crowdfunding drive is at 70%! 16 days left!
We know you're all eyeing that top-tier custom Shyam painting of yourself with a monster lover
(He could probably do a couple + a monster third too, if you're freaky like that)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
NON-FICTION Quote I did expect the story to go another way because I thought it was going to be like any other undead story. But I am very happy to see that it wasn’t. Frankly, they are a nice change from the usual OTR shows which, to be honest, are often on the sloppy side. end Quote Stories From The Radio by Kuzhali Manickavel 23 February 2026 Strange Horizons
Stories From The Radio
by Kuzhali Manickavel @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social
"I did expect the story to go another way because I thought it was going to be like any other undead story. But I am very happy to see that it wasn’t."
Link ⬇️
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Please buy our books, they're pretty okay I guess
www.blaft.com/collections/...
Inching closer to the finish!
Reserve your copy of the KUMARI LOVES A MONSTER hardcover gold-foiled reprint
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A Compendium of Lesser Sexy Owl Gods by Kuzhali Manickavel
Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales
India Street Lettering: A Journey Through Typographic Craft & Culture by Pooja Saxena
The Seekers by Gautamiputra Kamble, translated from the Marathi by Sirus J Libeiro
INDIA STREET LETTERING if you're into typography and design
THE SEEKERS if you're into ancient landscapes and philosophical quests
BANDIGOAT if you're into demonic street dogs
A COMPENDIUM OF LESSER SEXY OWL GODS if you're into steamy strigine demiurges
www.blaft.com/collections/...
A Compendium of Lesser Sexy Owl Gods by Kuzhali Manickavel
Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales
India Street Lettering: A Journey Through Typographic Craft & Culture by Pooja Saxena
The Seekers by Gautamiputra Kamble, translated from the Marathi by Sirus J Libeiro
INDIA STREET LETTERING if you're into typography and design
THE SEEKERS if you're into ancient landscapes and philosophical quests
BANDIGOAT if you're into demonic street dogs
A COMPENDIUM OF LESSER SEXY OWL GODS if you're into steamy strigine demiurges
www.blaft.com/collections/...
Weird zines in your mail every month www.blaft.com/blogs/news/a...
22.02.2026 05:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Archita Mitttra, Ipsa, Mimi Mondal in conversation with Padmini Ray Murray on The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF
Unfortunately Archita couldn't make it (she's had a really rough year with multiple health crises in the family) but this event still went really well... Thanks to all who came out!
Pick up a copy of THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF if you haven't yet...
www.blaft.com/products/the...
Apparently (we don't know Kolkata well!) Ballygunge is vast, and the location is causing some confusion 😅
The bookshop is at Palit St near Maddox Square:
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I already have a copy of this but if you have some money spare to spend, consider donating a copy of this book to the @freelibsnet.bsky.social? Indian kids deserve batshit monsterfucking romance in their libraries too!
21.02.2026 08:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Anti-Caste SF with Archita Mittra, Ipsa, Mimi Mondal & Padmini Ray Murray Bahrisons Booksellers, Ballygunge Kolkata Feb 21, 5 pm
Kolkata! Happening today!
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Yougaiz our Kumari Loves a Monster reprint drive started out great guns but has kind of stalled out. We're at 63% with 21 days to go. Help us to the finish line with a reskeet?
BILINGUAL POETRY! MINDBENDING ART! SOUTH INDIAN BEAUTIES WHO LOVE HIDEOUS MONSTERS!
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Thanks for the boost @ideasmithy.bsky.social!!!
21.02.2026 01:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#TBRuary Day 19: Indie Pub
How could it be anybody other than the good folks over at @blaft.bsky.social (who I’m not sure are ’small’ but are definitely indie)? It’s neither fiction nor nonfiction, it’s scary & funny. Bonus: @blaftrakesh.bsky.social is a co-author.
StoryBundle Translation Project Features African Languages
#Translation #AfricanLanguages
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#2: Support our reprint Kickstarter!
We're trying to bring the bilingual picture book Kumari Loves a Monster back into print! (And the gold-foiled, die cut cover is a lot more expensive than it was back in 2009 😅). We have cool rewards! Check them out!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales
India Street Lettering by Pooja Saxena
The Seekers by Gautamiputra Kamble
#1: Buy our new releases! (OK this one needs money)
Shop at our website (We have ebooks! We ship worldwide!)
www.blaft.com/collections/...
Or head to great independent bookstores like:
Champaca in Bengaluru
Mehrab in Kochi
The Common Press in London
Medicine for Nightmares in San Francisco