Rakesh Khanna

There's a political firestorm in India about the fact that our Big Strong Heroic regime invited this unarmed ship from a former (?) allied state to our waters and then stood by and said nothing as Big Daddy USA blew it up. From the world's largest democracy to small fry nazi state on Empire's plate.

I met some hobbyist ghost hunters in Kuala Lumpur and their stories were the spookiest I've ever heard.

I know it's like #943,285 on the list of things going wrong with the world, but I'm grumbly about how bright the LED shop signs have gotten all over Chennai. The whole mood of a nighttime excursion has totally changed. Feels like the city is suffering from early-stage Vegas

I can see the tears of Shasta sheen
My Velouria!

எனக்கு பிடிக்கல

I just can't get over how much money they spend on fancy ways to kill people.

Oh that would be rad

Just curious, where do you see this?

“May the ground swallow me up, may old hags rattle my dry bones, and may I never eat ice cream ever again if I don’t guard this secret with my life.” #BestOath

Has anyone else noticed an increase in US websites blocking users from India?

Small journalism sites, fan sites, ebook sites. It's weird. Yes I know about VPNs I'm just lazy sometimes.

Why geoblocked in India 😭😭😭

Holy shit.

Thanks much! Will check out

I too have heard good things but it appears to be geoblocked in India. Need to get the vpn fired up

We'd better solve that hadn't we... 😅

Bandigoat: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales edited by Rakesh Khanna 144 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". 300 g.Paperback ISBN: 9789380636788 Included on Locus Magazine's 2025 Recommended Reading List! Seven Indian authors. Seven stories of the eerie, the g...

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 😮

This project was built by a worldwide community of writers, editors, and translators.

It proves what happens when global storytellers collaborate: they share, build, and learn across languages—just like the mission of @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social.

The military is still just killing random people on boats in the Caribbean. No trials, no evidence. 137 kills so far

Exactly

The March Mammal Madness 2026 Bracket, available for download from https://libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalMadness/players

March Mammal Madness brackets have dropped!

If you've never played before, why not try it out this year? It's top-shelf ridiculous internet amusement, and you learn a stoat-ton of stuff too. #2026MMM

Right now I'm thinking Indian rhino for the top spot...

The World Will End in Slow Motion - Dark 'n' Light In Kuzhali Manickavel’s imagining of the apocalypse giants fall from the sky, monsters emerge from the depths, and humans start scrapbooking the end times. This short story explores what happens when ...

Full disclosure, I'm her publisher, but you gotta read Kuzhali Manickavel

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Now reading The BLAFT Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction selected & translated by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and edited by Rakesh Khanna

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

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Paradise in Trouble: How an Ethnic Community Is Fighting Sea Cucumber Pirates This is a never-before-filmed story of depleting resources in the idyllic Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the people on the front lines. The Karens—originally from Myanmar to the north—are old...

Paradise in Trouble: How an Ethnic Community Is Fighting Sea Cucumber Pirates pulitzercenter.org/projects/par...

This is the first time I've missed the Twitter polls feature

This took me baack

I have not yet ventured into the Sauútiverse. Was planning to start with Mothersound but this looks even more fun. Do you have a recommended starting point?

I'm all in favour of the yacht bashing but I have low faith in any species where wearing-dead-fish-as-a-hat becomes a fad

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Humans only recently became aware of magnapinna. Presumably they only recently became aware of us.

I keep hoping some wise, intelligent, mysterious hadal species like this will decide to take it on as a cultural project to rise from the depths, sort us out, and teach us to stop being assholes

Kumari Loves a Monster Reprinting a romantic picture book about South Indian women who are in love with gruesome monsters. Bilingual English & Tamil.

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!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...