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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

Will our lives be more comfortable? Or will we be just as lonely, and just as much in need of people who love us?

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

This story reads like a thought experiment - what might our life be like, as old people in ageist world, trying to hold on to shreds of autonomy, while living in smart homes with AI assistants and appliances?

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 30 2024 The Loving Home by Olga Fiks. Translated by Alex Shvartsman future-sf.com/fiction/the-...

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Apr 30 2024
The Loving Home
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Olga Fiks
Translated by Alex Shvartsman
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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

This sad story about a lonely old woman, at the end of the world, running a shoe store and reminiscing about the family and friends she has lost, is the 2022 winner of The Salam Award.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 29 2024 Children Always Come Home by Saher Hasnain thesalamaward.com/children-alw...

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Children Always Come Home
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Saher Hasnain
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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

In this layered story, which is a meditation on grief, on how the loss of a child can splinter a family and more, a child unknowingly strikes a deal with the devil to bring her dead brother back to life.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 28 2024 Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge by Eugenia Triantafyllou www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-... CW: death of a child

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Apr 28 2024
Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge
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Eugenia Triantafyllou
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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

A young person who pretends to be a medium online, is really possessed by the spirit of an old Korean ajumma. This story is about their unlikely friendship.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 20 2024 Heavy Possessions by Seoung Kim strangehorizons.com/fiction/heav...

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Heavy Possessions
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Seoung Kim
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

Highly recommended. In Bangalore, I read through Jayaprakash’s two collections in a matter of days. Had never read anything like them.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 20/04/2024

Hi hi, I’m Davis and this is my art 👋

Me, a man with white skin and blue eyes, short brown hair, in a black hoodie. Smiling.

Digital drawing with traditional appearance. A woman in a loosely fitting dress that covers everything but her neck up and forearms to hands. Her hands are clasped. Her hair is blowing upward and entwined with planets and stars. Her head is upturned and peaceful. She's part of everything and distinct.

Digital illustration with a traditional appearance of purple and yellow-orange hues on canvas. The setting is Clocktown, from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. A low view of Link stepping away cautiously while looking up past the clocktower at the massive and menacing moon that will soon crash down on Termina.

Digital drawing with a traditional appearance on yellowed paper. A reimagining of banjo-kazooie in a sketchy and rough style. A bear wearing an oversized blue backpack and yellow shorts. A small red bird sits on top of the backpack.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

This is a story about communication. About languages — spoken and unspoken; and who we speak to, and who we fail to speak to, and how we can reach out and make a connection even when there is no common language. It's tender and hopeful.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 19 2024 Wordfall by Liang Ling; Translated by Nathan Faries, Zhao Li. future-sf.com/fiction/word...

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Apr 19 2024
Wordfall
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Liang Ling
Translated by Nathan Faries, Zhao Li.
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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

This story about a man obsessed with female serial killers is weird, sad and a little unsettling.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 18 2024 Female Killers by Dorthe Nors archive.org/details/kara... CW: murder of children, death

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Female Killers
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Dorthe Nors
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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

A woman trying to make a decision about her long awaited pregnancy tries to confide in her hyper religious mother. This story left me feeling unsettled on many levels. And right at the point when I felt that maybe I was wrong, it ended with an image that made me question myself all over again.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 17 2024 The Devil is a Liar by Nana Nkweti mastersreview.com/new-voices/d...

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Apr 17 2024
The Devil is a Liar
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Nana Nkweti
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 16/04/2024

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Digital drawing in pink, blue, and purple hues of a cute otter with horns and dragon wings looking calmly at the viewer, moon in the background

Predominately purple illustration with yellowish highlights of a massive dragon looking closely at a small child who is offering a flower to the dragon. The child is barely as tall as one of the dragon's fangs.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

With Poirot laid down by influenza, it's up to Captain Hastings to investigate. Will his letters to Poirot contain enough clues for him (and for you, the reader) to solve the mystery?

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

Apr 16 2024 The Hunter's Lodge Case by Agatha Christie www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6...

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The Hunter's Lodge Case
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Agatha Christie
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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

What if the Battle of Panipat had taken a different turn — how different could Indian history have been then? This humourous story by the astrophysicist and writer, Jayant Narlikar, explores one possibile answer to that question.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Apr 15 2024 The Adventure by Jayant Narlikar archive.org/details/TheA...

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The Adventure
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Jayant Narlikar
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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

The astronauts aboard the ISS were amazed by the April 8 solar eclipse, just like the rest of us, and went crazy snapping photos from orbit. They got some amazing views of the Moon's shadow sweeping across southern Canada & Maine: www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... 🧪🔭

The Moon's shadow, or umbra, is pictured covering portions of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick and the American state of Maine in this photograph from the International Space Station as it soared into the solar eclipse from 261 miles (420 km) above.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

It was such a pleasure to read! Thank you! 💖

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Not a native speaker. But yes, khaayla and pinyacha are accurate (or close enough to be understandable). (Sorry I'm not on Bluesky much these days, so the delay)

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Oh 💯. Indra's dream journals are always a pleasure to read. I've been off Twitter for more than 2 years now, and very rarely on Bluesky. But I do miss reading those.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

This tiny story by Lydia Davis made me think that it's really quite a miracle that we aren't crying all the time.

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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

#a_short_story_per_day Mar 30 2024 Everyone Cried by Lydia Davis www.newyorker.com/books/flash-...

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Everyone Cried
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Lydia Davis
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Vijayalakshmi @wordylocks.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

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