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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sorry to reshare this again but my mother underwent another surgery last week and then we learned that chemo had decimated her red blood cells so she's in hospital again. I'm extremely sick myself, so if you can chip in anything or share, it will help us both to stay alive. 😭🧿🫶 #mutualaid

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

First assignment for my creative writing students was to write “Why I Write,” modeled after @stephengrahamjones.com ‘s work of the same title, and today the students read their pieces aloud. They were beautiful testaments to imagination and the human spirit. Really wonderful—honest, raw, genuine.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who've shared and those who contributed to my brothers' gofundme. They've got a long road ahead and still need help, but I know it really means a lot to them that folks have pitched in so much already to help them out.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Folks, I hate to say this, but I don't think Game of Thrones is giving me appropriate moral instruction 🫤

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pre-order A COMPENDIUM OF SUPERNATURAL ENTITIES right away, come on, do it fast, go! www.blaft.com/collections/...

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Look what came in the mail! I read one of @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social's short story collections last year (THINGS WE FOUND DURING THE AUTOPSY) and fell in love with her wry, witty blend of the surreal and the commonplace and I can't wait to dive into her first novel!

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 22/09/2026

I feel like we need more joy. Not even big joys, maybe, though I wouldn't mind those, but little joys, every day, something to carry us through the mire.

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Mothergamer @mothergamer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ed Sheeran crying fake tears at his concert doesn't change his crap behavior. He chose money over humanity. Back in the 90s when Green Day was told by promoters they had to kick Pansy Division off the tour, Green Day told them to kick rocks and the promoters backed off. Ed could have done the same.🍵

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Me: I want to write Universe: Let's kill your dad w cancer, gift a rare cancer to your mum, put her through two surgeries + chemo in 3 months, then a viral infection, and also leak your roof & occasionally cut off your electricity + water supply for the lolz; so much to write about, right?

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

An undead squirrel is literally the most adorable pet a necromancer can have.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21/09/2026

You know who has a right to feel abandoned, Ed? The dead mother of three who had the grim fortune of being murdered by Israel before her last surviving child was also buried as "#220", because nobody could say from charred remains which dead baby is which. www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/deva...

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Devastated Ed Sheeran claims his own family ‘abandoned’ him amid Gaza row

‘I'm feeling all of my friends and family and people I know abandon me,’ said Sheeran

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Neither my physical nor mental health is great, but I'm NOT giving up. I urgently need funds for our healthcare, so please circulate/donate if you can, and if you're able to help out in any other way, pls DM. You can donate via Gpay/UPI QR code (if you're in India) or ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/architamittra

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

🚨Major Life Update + Call for Help: After my father passed away from cancer last July, my mother's health quickly deteriorated. Last month, by God's grace, she finally underwent dialysis and stenting, followed by a high-risk surgery to remove a giant malignant tumor from her abdomen. (1/n)

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It was brought to my attention that my ko-fi wasn't working. It should be fixed by now! Please keep sharing and supporting us, in whatever ways you can, thank you! 😭🧿🫶

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Archita recently lost her father to cancer, & she's trying desperately to keep her mother alive as she in turn fights a rare & aggressive cancer. She's got no other support or insurance, & is a freelancer. The costs are prohibitive. She'd be most grateful for any help. Thank you for sharing/giving 🤍

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I can vouch for Archita, a fellow writer in Kolkata who's sick & struggling with costs to support her mother through cancer treatment. Chemo is degrading her mother's blood cells, & she urgently needs expensive transfusions, & might need them every time. Please share & donate, Archita's all alone:

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

All of the books in this 🧵 have been stolen by technofascist corporations to feed their genAI infoweapons with no consent/compensation. Support human artists. Cover art credits: The Devourers (Del Rey): @scribeofhades.bsky.social The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar: @mynameistran.bsky.social 1/2

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's a joy to drink cold water on a hot day, or to gulp down a glass in the middle of the night, half-asleep, thirsty beyond reason. It feels like a blessing to drink water after a long walk. Drinking water is such a mundane, neutral, magical act.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society formed upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Miss reading books. Miss writing about books. Miss watching shows to de-stress after a bad day. Miss impulse-shopping online. Miss impromptu plans with friends. Miss everything about my old life before cancer stole my father, my hobbies, my peace. But grateful for mum & me to be alive, trucking on 🫶

Selfie, without any makeup, taken at a cafe.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I can vouch for Archita, a fellow writer from Kolkata who recently lost her father to cancer & is the sole caregiver for her mother who's also suffering from cancer & needs extensive, costly treatment. She's all alone and struggling to bear the costs. Please share widely & donate if you can:

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Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE @thresholdrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Archita is a writer of SFF based in our home city of Kolkata and deserves community support and care at a difficult time.

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ivy (he/they) 🔞🐈💕 @travelfrog.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

please support Archita if you're in a position to do so; what she's dealing with is very heavy to carry (details in quoted thread) Esp @ friends in America, Canada, Europe et al - international currency converted to Indian Rupees travels further than you'd think!

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

En route to one of mum's innumerable doctor appointments, we spotted this stray doggo using a brick as makeshift pillow to rest under Kolkata's humid midday heat.

a stray dog sleeping under a row of chairs, using a brick as a pillow.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

May this "independence" day be a reminder that any form of successful resistance is always a collective effort, that no one can be an island for long, that without community and solidarity we are nothing, that several folks (whether disabled, chronically ill, elderly, marginalized in whatever way) +

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Agh, I have only just spotted that Archita Mittra has asked us all for some help. Many of you will already know she's had a difficult eighteen months, during which the SF community has done what it can to help. Here to do so again - if you can, please do assist, too.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Ngl, the last one and half years has been so harrowing. I don't have words for the grief, pain & anxiety within me. An endless stream of blood tests, scans, doctor consultations, hospitalizations, one after the other, w no respite in between. I don't know when I'll feel excited about life/art again.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who's donated or reached out. Your support and prayers mean a lot to us. My mum had her first chemo this weekend. Fingers crossed she's on the road to recovery 🧿🙏

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Archita's a fellow writer from Kolkata who recently lost her father & is the sole caregiver of her mother who's suffering from cancer & needs extensive and very costly treatment. She's all alone and struggling to bear the costs. Please share widely & donate if you can:

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natasha @natasharedmane.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Please consider sharing Archita's campaign. She's been struggling so hard for a while ko-fi.com/architamittra

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Become a supporter of Archita Mittra today!

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I can vouch for Archita, who recently lost her father to cancer & is the sole caregiver for her mother who's also suffering from cancer & needs extensive and very costly treatment. She's all alone and struggling to bear the costs. Please share widely & donate if you can:

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Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

For a fiction author there can be no glory so great, no award so gleaming, no praise that so warms the heart, as unsolicited fan art

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's 2026 and I've realized with a slow sense of horror that what a miracle and a privilege it is that some of us still have the right to vote, unlike the lakhs and lakhs of Indians who have been denied by the fascist government still wearing the facsimile of 'democracy'.

Finger with a thin purple stain, indicating the subject has cast their vote.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Not only am I madly excited for their latest film (which is unlikely to release in India), I can't wait to read their first horror novel! Fingers crossed I can somehow land a review copy.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

ICYMI, nominated for a Locus Award. 0% genAI, all handcrafted stories about the future of art. The cover is root-based living art created by Diana Scherer. Also includes an interview with @clarkesworldmagazine.com by @architamittra.bsky.social about genAI flooding the sff short fic market & more.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Subho Noboborsho, peeps! Ushering in the Bengali New Year w some home-grown capsicums!

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Got very excited to learn that WITCH HAT ATELIER is finally getting an anime adaptation. The first three episodes are brilliant, wondrously painted with a Ghibli-esque touch, and if they do it right, I'm sure this will go down as one of the best fantasy anime shows ever made.

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Kev Harrison @kevharrison.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Yesterday was Monday. Monday means #MustRead horror. This week: @willowylungs.bsky.social talks queerness thriving in body horror @crimereads.bsky.social, @architamittra.bsky.social recommends 6 of @davidmoody.bsky.social's most terrifying books @the-line-up.bsky.social ... 1/?

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Only a little time left to donate to our campaign and claim these perks!! Ends tomorrow 4/14 at 11am PDT. You can do so by visiting locusmag.com/igg26 or by clicking the link in our bio. Big thank-you to everyone who has donated, your support means the world to us.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

ENDS TUES 4/14 @ 11AM PDT #Fundraiserperk Want to read a scene that was cut from Kemi Ashing-Giwa's THIS WORLD IS NOT YOURS? Add this on to any reward supporting Locus or you can grab it as your main perk. Donate at twp.ai/9OVBy2 or through our bio!

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

more pocket-sized books. more books that fit in coats like contraband and can be taken out to avoid eye contact in any situation.

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Picked up the book because I got a lil attached to Rocky and I'm pleasantly surprised by all the science-y bits!

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Trudi Castle @trudicastle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Welcome back to the Artemis II crew :) Such a huge relief watching them arrive safely!

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

And if any editors out there want to give this book a paper home in N. America or elsewhere beyond S. Asia, well, you know what to do. THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR won a British Fantasy Award, a Subjective Chaos Kind of Award, & was nominated for the Locus Awards.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR limited ed N. American hardcover is officially out of print, & no longer available. My BFA-winning book about a family of interreal refugees in 90s/00s Calcutta is still available as an ebook, & a paperback in S. Asia. Shares appreciated, reads even more so:

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The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBook

Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

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