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emelkrishnan.bsky.social
M. L. Krishnan
@emelkrishnan.bsky.social
2.2K followers 170 following 1K posts
Magician. Marketing Director of khōréō. MacDowell Fellow. Stories & Essays: mlkrishnan.com
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 3h
You don't want to miss this kick-ass story! I made fanart based on that story! 🥰
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6h
Tonight! I'll be reading "Interstate Mohinis" (originally published in @diabolicalplots.com) for the first time ever! Be there, or be square 🖤🌃▪️
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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 1d
Spookymonth continues apace! This week, two favorites return: M.L. Krishnan and Gemma Files. Yes, really. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! @emelkrishnan.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 3h
The glorious art that is CURRENTLY my Bluesky header! I also turned your fanart into bookmarks, because I have NO chill whatsoever 🖤🖤🖤🖤
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6h
Tonight! I'll be reading "Interstate Mohinis" (originally published in @diabolicalplots.com) for the first time ever! Be there, or be square 🖤🌃▪️
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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 1d
Spookymonth continues apace! This week, two favorites return: M.L. Krishnan and Gemma Files. Yes, really. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! @emelkrishnan.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
Color photo headshot of Gemma Files, a fair-skinned woman with brown hair worn in a shoulder-length bob without bangs. She wears metal-framed glasses, a black blouse, a necklace of glass beads, and a subtle pink lipstick. She appears to be sitting in a well-lit interior with framed black-and-white photo portraits on bright white walls. Looking into the camera with dark eyes, she smiles sweetly, showing enviable dimples. Head-and-shoulders red-tinged color photo of writer M.L Krishnan, a woman with light brown skin and straight, glossy hair pulled back. Her hair may be black or may be purple; the red light makes this a mystery. She wears large plastic-framed glasses, a red silk tank, gold earrings with ornate hearts hanging from sunburst decorated with red hearts, a gold ring in her septum and several gold rings on her fingers, red lipstick, and black cat-eye eyeliner. She rests her chin on one beringed hand, her face in three-quarter view, and regards the camera with a serious expression.
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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 1d
I mean, it's obvious why they're favorites, but the surprise is that they're baaa-aaack!
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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 1d
Spookymonth continues apace! This week, two favorites return: M.L. Krishnan and Gemma Files. Yes, really. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! @emelkrishnan.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
Color photo headshot of Gemma Files, a fair-skinned woman with brown hair worn in a shoulder-length bob without bangs. She wears metal-framed glasses, a black blouse, a necklace of glass beads, and a subtle pink lipstick. She appears to be sitting in a well-lit interior with framed black-and-white photo portraits on bright white walls. Looking into the camera with dark eyes, she smiles sweetly, showing enviable dimples. Head-and-shoulders red-tinged color photo of writer M.L Krishnan, a woman with light brown skin and straight, glossy hair pulled back. Her hair may be black or may be purple; the red light makes this a mystery. She wears large plastic-framed glasses, a red silk tank, gold earrings with ornate hearts hanging from sunburst decorated with red hearts, a gold ring in her septum and several gold rings on her fingers, red lipstick, and black cat-eye eyeliner. She rests her chin on one beringed hand, her face in three-quarter view, and regards the camera with a serious expression.
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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 1d
Spookymonth continues apace! This week, two favorites return: M.L. Krishnan and Gemma Files. Yes, really. Join us Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! @emelkrishnan.bsky.social @gemmafiles.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
Color photo headshot of Gemma Files, a fair-skinned woman with brown hair worn in a shoulder-length bob without bangs. She wears metal-framed glasses, a black blouse, a necklace of glass beads, and a subtle pink lipstick. She appears to be sitting in a well-lit interior with framed black-and-white photo portraits on bright white walls. Looking into the camera with dark eyes, she smiles sweetly, showing enviable dimples. Head-and-shoulders red-tinged color photo of writer M.L Krishnan, a woman with light brown skin and straight, glossy hair pulled back. Her hair may be black or may be purple; the red light makes this a mystery. She wears large plastic-framed glasses, a red silk tank, gold earrings with ornate hearts hanging from sunburst decorated with red hearts, a gold ring in her septum and several gold rings on her fingers, red lipstick, and black cat-eye eyeliner. She rests her chin on one beringed hand, her face in three-quarter view, and regards the camera with a serious expression.
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 2d
This. Just reading the words "mayo-scented" is triggering my gag reflex
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 2d
$80 CAD???? For 80 bucks it better come with wheels or a drink dispenser or something
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 2d
Nozaki kun! I haven't read that in a while, I must catch up
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 2d
Binge-watching Chihayafuru to get out of a depression hole, this better work
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 2d
Season 3 was a TRAINWRECK, but I have no shame, I'll watch Season 4 too 😅
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 3d
Oh gods, I didn't even know this competition exists, and now I'm in a rabbit hole
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
Jolt Cola! Now that's a throwback
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
We were corpses, but happy corpses!
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
Right? The notion that we needed AI for anything is laughable, especially in Higher Ed and learning.
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
Gen AI can never ever hope to beat a desperate college student on a cocktail of Five-Hour Energy and Monster shots

And there's nothing like the rush of hitting SUBMIT or PRINT after you've pulled such a feat
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
With no sleep! And hungover! And producing reams of words
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
In college, I had a twenty-page paper due at 8:00 AM on formal logic and truth-functional languages which I PLAIN FORGOT ABOUT until 3:00 AM. I double-fisted red bull shots, hand-wrote all my notes, ran to the 24-hour library, and typed up the whole thing like a feral raccoon on uppers. I got an A.
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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you. You people couldn't hang with real slackers. finn wokeupchic • 4d It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
SPRAYED EDGES, whoa! And the glossy embossed title 😮❤️
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
I'm open to anything! We have similar tastes, so I trust you.

Also, heat levels: MAX 😆
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
Ahhh, this sounds incredible! Congrats, Z! ❤️
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
Yo, what are you reading? I need to get on this train 🥲
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 6d
Incredible! Congrats Eva 🖤🖤🖤
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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 8d
Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 7d
HAPPY PUB DAY, MY LOVE 💛🐰💗
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M. L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social · 10d
So thrilled to be invited to speak at Wholehearted Writers Week! You'll finally learn how I keep my chaos demons in check. Just kidding! You'll learn the EXACT opposite, and I can't wait 😈
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Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 14d
We're so excited to have emelkrishnan.bsky.social join us!

M. L. Krishnan has been awarded Fellowships & Residencies from Tin House, MacDowell, the Carnegie Corporation, Millay Arts, and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her work has appeared in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere.

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Meet our speakers! M.L. Krishnan, essayist and author. Let's talk about the writing life! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com The background is a rainbow-hued light over the audience's view of a theater, the red curtains drawn. A headshot of M.L. Krishnan is in front.
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