Carrion
Short Story
Speculative Fiction
Synopsis:
What if you could physically visit a version of yourself from the past, and witness a crucial moment from your life? A middle-aged woman finds catharsis by communing with her younger self, and passes on a mystical secret.
Summary:
What if you could physically visit a version of yourself from the past, and witness a crucial moment from your life? A middle-aged woman finds catharsis by communing with her younger self, and passes on a mystical secret.
Venus Is Falling is an ongoing collection of short stories exploring crucial moments in the lives of six different women, spanning a century. The stories bring together elements of magic realism, speculative fiction, and body horror, to examine themes of sexuality, loss, the intricacies of relationships, and the idea of home.
Only When We're Drunk
Short Story
Contemporary Romance
Winner Of Write Club Bengaluru's LGBTQ Short Story Competition, 2018
Summary:
“Only When We’re Drunk” details various points in the relationship between the narrator and her best friend, Sush. Amidst the drunken haze of the city’s social life, and the day-to-day tragedies of heterosexual dating, the lines between friendship, romance and sexuality blur in exciting, unexpected ways.
Pallankuzhi
Short Story
Drama/Speculative Fiction
Summary:
Grandmother, mother, daughter; a character meditates on the hereditary nature of trauma, on lessons carried through generations, and how patterns are like damaged bones: sometimes, they must be physically broken to regrow into something new.
Jellybean
Short Story
Speculative Fiction
Summary:
Fleeing from a recent, deeply personal failure, the narrator finds herself at a mystic beach with a dark history; a place that is curiously devoid of children, and running amok with cats.
Harness
Short Story
Body Horror
Summary:
The small town of Kochi, Kerala, is warped by gender-based violence and crime, with women scrambling to find safety in any way they can. Tara, a young dog trainer, strives to leave the trauma of her abusive childhood behind - only to realize that trauma has a way of rearing its head, just when you think you're finally safe.
