Kanishk Tantia

I'm so excited this is out! I really hope you enjoy it!

Issue 8!!

Look, you should read @heartlines-spec.com for a lot of reasons. Everyone there is incredible to work with, all the authors are so talented, and I have a story about paper cranes and magical grandfathers in this issue.

All proceeds from this story went to @UNICEF !

The d20 episode is diabolical

Hello! I haven't written anything in a while but I was very proud of this story.

If you're an immigrant feeling disconnected from your grandparents and childhood, perhaps this will echo some of those feelings.

This Saturday at 5 PM PST!

I'll be doing a short reading of my story, "Jar of Eels", for the Silk and Sinew Launch event. Come listen to me talk about eels and colonialism!

www.eventbrite.com/e/1318913899...

Me: "I haven't written a single damn thing in months, years, decades even, my writing is atrophying, am I even a writer anymore-"

My ever-patient partner: "You finished a story last month"

Me: "LET ME WALLOW IN MY SELF DESPAIR"

These guys are so, so good at writing and speaking and such lovely people!!

It was truly such a pleasure. Thank you to Floaties for Krakens for hosting us!

I don't see Rena on this platform, but @kanishkt.bsky.social, @audreyzhou.bsky.social, and @seoungkim.bsky.social are!

YouTube video by Floaties for Krakens Asian Identity for Folk Monsters | S3E8 Floaties for Krakens

I had a really amazing time on Floaties for Krakens! Check out this fun podcast I did with Rena, Seoung, Audrey Zhou, and
Kristy Park Kulski, hosted by the amazing Camille Acosta.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhKc...

Culture: Moving Beyond Set Dressing - SFWA by Kanishk Tantia This essay is the fifth of eight in the Publishing Taught Me: A SFWA Anthology Project. The first story I ever wrote was unabashedly my own: written with unfiltered childlike enthusi...

Extremely embiggening essay for @sfwa.bsky.social's Publishing Taught Me online was antho posted today. @kanishkt.bsky.social digs deep and challenges writers not to sleep! www.sfwa.org/2024/06/05/c... Plus there are more good essays by @dianapho.bsky.social @penprince.bsky.social and others!

Final #PublishingTaughtMe panel Tuesday! @kanishkt.bsky.social Emily Jiang, Nelly Geraldine Garcia-Rosas, James Beamon and I talk about racial diversity in SFFH publishing and our online antho: events.sfwa.org/events/publi... Free if you're a SFWA member or Nebula attendee; YouTube video to come.

And there are some other, extraordinary authors on the SFWA reading list who deserve a shoutout!

@vivianhchou has "The Vanishing", which I loved!

I also enjoyed "Once Upon The Oakmont" by
@cornellwriter.bsky.social and would encourage you to check it out!

TYTY <3 #writing #awards #hugos #nebulas

And finally, "Celeronian Natives", a story about immigration and assimilation. This was a difficult one to write, but still very rewarding. I hope poor Beulah finds her choices as rewarding.

Thank you to the TDM team for the editing on this one.

Celeronian Natives | The Dread Machine

I also encourage you to check out "I Promise I'll Visit, Ma", which is a slightly macabre story about the only two things that survive death: grief and brains.

I Promise I'll Visit, Ma by Kanishk Tantia - SFWA Discussion Forums

If you have to pick one, please direct your attention to "I Hear The Starwhale Sing", which the lovely editors have also nominated for a #Pushcart!

It's a story about chosen ones, prophecies and, of course, a starwhale singing.

I Hear The Starwhale Sing (heartlines-spec.com)

Hello everyone! I'm joining the #nebula #awards chorus with a little eligibility thread. I have three little stories on the reading list!

"I Hear The Starwhale Sing" - @heartlines-spec.com
"I Promise I'll Visit, Ma" - @darkmatterink
"Celeronian Natives" - @thedreadmachine

I Hear The Starwhale Sing I Hear The Starwhale Sing by Kanishk Tantia

“But she saw you. She knew you.” It had been miraculous, a rare moment of lucidity from my mother. She had pointed directly at Annika, called her starbride. “She loved you.”
“She loved the starbride. I don’t know if she ever knew me.”

#sfstoryoftheday: @kanishkt.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com.

Aww, thank you so much! I'm grateful you read it, and so glad you enjoyed it!

My story, "I Hear The Starwhale Sing" made 5/5 beta readers cry. Maybe you should read it and tell me if it made you cry too?

Out now and free-to-read at Heartlines Spec!

www.heartlines-spec.com/i-hear-the-s...

My story, "I Hear The Starwhale Sing", is live now on @HeartlinesSpec for subscribers! ✨🐋

It's a story that made my partner cry, which is kind of when I figured it was good. I hope you enjoy it!

www.heartlines-spec.com/r/ca83b68d?m...

For those who may have missed it, my flash fiction pieces "As Long As You Want It" is now out on Apex Magazine's Patreon page. It was the winner of October's Flash Fiction Contest, themed "Botanist".

It's a fun story about robots, trees, and burying someone inside a branch 🌴🤖

Thank you so much for reading it!

Some weeks are just absolutely astounding. I think this week counts :) Signing not one but 2 contracts with
@apexmag.bsky.social within 24 hours, one short story and one for flash!

Absolute highlight for my writing, and I just don't know what else to say! I'm just kinda stunned lol

blue sky and water with title I Hear The Starwhale Sing

“I Hear The Starwhale Sing” by Kanishk Tantia is a gorgeous story that will make you cry and also crave jam

Find the video on our Insta! www.instagram.com/heartlinesspec

Available to subscribers Nov 30

So excited to be part of this TOC with so many talented authors.

My story about whales, mothers, and daughters is in here and I can't wait :)

Author payment donated to @unicefusa.bsky.social