Reposted by Akankshya Abismrutakuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல் @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Friends! I wrote my first novel! Please buy it! Out October 6th, 2026 Pre order here angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/compendium-o... @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social 814961
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaStrange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Strange Horizons Fund Drive 2027 raised $27,407. That's the second most ever and it's enough for us to pay 9c/word for fiction in 2027! We thank everyone for donating, recognising our efforts and continuing to support the SFFH community. We're excited to publish for another year! 🎉 28523
Reposted by Akankshya Abismruta🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Real talk: We've met our "base goals" but that base number is one I made up that lets us still exist, because my initial number to maintain current operations was too high, and we weren't sure we'd get it in the current economic environment (we haven't. but we could if you gave us money now, maybe?) 1911
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaOtherwise Award @otherwiseaward.org · 14/01/2026As you read, play, watch, listen, and otherwise enjoy new #SpeculativeFiction this year, please recommend works for the Otherwise Award to consider! otherwiseaward.org/award/2026-o... #sff #awardsotherwiseaward.org2026 Otherwise Awards Recommendations « Otherwise AwardRecommend works here for the Otherwise Awards jurors to consider! 1129
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaGautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Thank you to @sarahgailey.bsky.social and The Stone Soup for giving me the space to write about the unique experiences of editing an anarchist SFF magazine -- and why we need your support! stone-soup.ghost.io/guest-featur...stone-soup.ghost.ioGUEST FEATURE: On Editing an Anarchist SFF MagazineBy Gautam Bhatia, editor of Strange Horizons 15627
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Hot on the heels of its shortlisting for the @ursulakleguin.com Prize, here's Amritesh Mukherjee with a great, heartfelt piece on Mad Sisters of Esi. "Unlike traditional fantasy and sci-fi storytelling, with its tidy laws and ironclad rules, Mad Sisters thrives on chaos."strangehorizons.comMad Sisters of Esi by Tashan MehtaHow do you separate the one from many, the I from the we? 1249
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaJuliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 04/07/2026For those interested, this year's J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature, given by Brandon Sanderson, is now available for viewing online. As are lectures from previous years. Seeing the genre through someone else's eyes is invariably thought-provoking, in my opinion. tolkienlecture.orgtolkienlecture.orgThe J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy LiteratureAn annual public lecture on fantasy literature held at Pembroke College, Oxford 04622
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 22/06/2026So true…. #BookSky 741602133
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaJoyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Let's reach 14k! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...backerkit.comStrange Horizons 2027 FundraiserThe annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations! 0713
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaGautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 17/06/202672-hour-update: At $12095, we are under $10K away from meeting our base goal, which will allow us to continue publishing in 2027 - and less than $500 away from hitting our next milestone, and unlocking a fantastic essay on worldbuilding! Support us here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...backerkit.comStrange Horizons 2027 FundraiserThe annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations! 02425
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Amazing that SH is nearly halfway already. Thank you so much to all who’ve donated, can confirm it means a lot. 💜 In fact, another review has been unlocked: @notquitehydepark.bsky.social on @adamroberts.bsky.social’s Short History of Fantasy. Important review of important book. (It’s how we roll.)strangehorizons.comFantasy: A Short History by Adam RobertsRoberts describes a literary history that looks like a sturdy tree, sometimes a baobab and sometimes a banyan. 02115
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaAncillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 15/06/2026Taking a careful look at a problematic fave—its pessimism, its style, its assumptions—@danhartland.bsky.social and @casella.bsky.social discuss John Brunner's 1968 novel STAND ON ZANZIBAR for the latest episode of A Meal of Thorns. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!ancillaryreviewofbooks.orgA Meal of Thorns 52- STAND ON ZANZIBAR with Dan HartlandBrunner’s prescient classic about overpopulation: is it about overpopulation? Was it prescient? And, for that matter: what does it mean to be a classic? Reviewer and editor Dan Hartland joins… 0135
Reposted by Akankshya Abismruta🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Why did we move our @strangehorizons.bsky.social annual fund drive at the last-minute? (1) BackerKit is cool; the cool people are there; come be cool with us (2) Kickstarter randomly started dicking us around. By randomly I mean with AI. They replaced their humans with AI, and the AI was bad. 12210
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaGautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 14/06/2026We have hit two of our funding milestones, so our special fund-drive issue is now live: Akanshaya Abismruta reviews Bora Chung’s Red Sword: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no... And a poem by Marie Brennan: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... Our next milestone is close by!strangehorizons.com 086
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 14/06/2026It’s the annual Strange Horizons fund drive! Donate to keep an important mag going and to unlock our special issue. Reviews-wise, *already* unlocked is @akankshya.bsky.social on Bora Chung. Still to come: @notquitehydepark.bsky.social on @adamroberts.bsky.social and March-Russell on Spufford … 01524
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaStrange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026We hope you love what we do! Please donate to keep us publishing in 2027! We literally can't do it without you. You can read more about Strange Horizons' journey into the SFFH sphere over on our BackerKit page! And while you're there, don't forget to donate! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...backerkit.comStrange Horizons 2027 FundraiserThe annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations! 0138
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaStrange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us publishing in 2027 is finally here! You can find the fund drive at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Some changes have arrived this time around though. Read the thread to learn more. 1122152
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaAncillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 11/06/2026Reviewers on Reviewing: @chloroformtea.bsky.social discusses positivity, negativity, and criticism with reviewers & bloggers @mollytempleton.com, @runalongwomble.bsky.social, @forestofglory.bsky.social, and @casella.bsky.socialancillaryreviewofbooks.orgReviewers on Reviewing: Positivity, Negativity or the Secret Third Thing (Criticism)In 2025, ARB contributor Roseanna Pendlebury arranged a series of roundtables with SFF reviewers, originally intended for Nerds of a Feather. For some involved publishing reasons, this wound up bei… 03922
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Marie Ndiaye's The Witch lost out on the International Booker Prize last week, to Yáng Shuāng-zǐ's Taiwan Travelogue. Writing for us today, @akankshya.bsky.social has some thoughts on why: "[I]t alienates any reader seeking emotional and psychological depth." But amid frustration, there is matter.strangehorizons.comThe Witch by Marie NdiayeMotherhood and witchcraft are certainly entwined in this work, but one is left to wonder: What does freedom mean or what makes a woman free? 175
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaGautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 05/12/2025📣 📣The Open Call for submissions to Vol 2 of Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF is live. 📣📣 Details and submission link in the posts below! 👇🏼 12629
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaSonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...soniasulaiman.comRead Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading ListThe following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na… 7269199
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaGautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Happy writing news: just signed a contract with Interzone Mag for my novelette, “The Five Languages of Grief,” an SF story at the intersection of imperialism and extraction. It will come out in a future Interzone issue, so watch this space! Couldn’t be happier for it to have found a home here. 3476
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaStrange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 20/10/2025If you can, please donate to help one of our regular contributors in this time of need. 03850
Akankshya Abismruta @akankshya.bsky.social · 21/10/2025A Daniel Hahn translation, must get my hands on it! 010
Akankshya Abismruta @akankshya.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Read, read, read everything by Gautam Bhatia, and then some 🩵 010
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Here’s @akankshya.bsky.social on Olga Ravn’s The Wax Child (trans. Martin Aitken for @ndbooks.bsky.social): “Ironically, in this reimagination of social horror, Ravn creatively makes space for (slapstick) comedy.” On witchcraft and society, for @strangehorizons.bsky.social:strangehorizons.comThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin AitkenWe fear that which we don’t understand. 096
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaThe Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 12/10/2025The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novel-Adult is THE SENTENCE by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social 515135
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaThe Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works for THYME TRAVELERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION 316561
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaGautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 18/08/2025On the publication day of the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF, I talk about the conceptualisation and creation of this anthology in the latest issue of the Words for Worlds newsletter: gautambhatia.substack.com/p/words-for-... As always, remember to subscribe if you’d like this fortnightly.gautambhatia.substack.comWords for Worlds - Issue 102 || The IF Anthology of New Indian SFFHello everyone, and welcome to the publication day of Between Worlds: The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF. 1168
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaAnton Hur @antonhur.com · 19/08/2025Sometimes I'll say it in what I call a "semi-permeable" space like an unrecorded panel or Instagram stories or a lecture, but for the most part, I find a way to say them. Isn't that what writers are supposed to do? Find a way to say things? If you can't do that, I don't know if you're a writer 1311
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaTashan Mehta @tashanmehta.bsky.social · 05/08/2025It’sss pub day! MAD SISTERS OF ESI is now out in the US and Canada. To celebrate, Alap and I took a series of truly ridiculous photos at Brooklyn Bridge Park. My baby* is now in New York! (*Technically an ARC of my baby. The final is a beautiful, beautiful hardcover.) 35316
Reposted by Akankshya AbismrutaDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Your opening SH review of the week is of @soniasulaiman.bsky.social Locus finalist, Thyme Travellers. Here’s @akankshya.bsky.social on an anthology of Palestinian SF: “The question of what is Palestinian is beautifully tackled in this anthology … Speculative fiction is here a political act.”strangehorizons.comThyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Science Fiction edited by Sonia SulaimanShould Palestinian writers only set their stories in the land of their ancestors, or should they exercise their agency to write a different story? 0159
