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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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

Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

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 !

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

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.

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

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...

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

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"

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

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!

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

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...

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Asian Identity for Folk Monsters | S3E8 Floaties for Krakens

YouTube video by Floaties for Krakens

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

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!

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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...

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

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.

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Publishing Taught Me: Our Inclusive Community - Nebula Awards Conference Online

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

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

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Ariel Marken Jack @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

“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.

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I Hear The Starwhale Sing

I Hear The Starwhale Sing by Kanishk Tantia

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

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...

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

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...

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

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 🌴🤖

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

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

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 10/11/2023

“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

blue sky and water with title I Hear The Starwhale Sing

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Kanishk Tantia @kanishkt.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

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

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