Nishka
@nishka-is-writing.bsky.social
Writer of fantasy and science fiction. She/her. Profile picture made using @horatiosroom.bsky.social 's Medieval Maker picrew.
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Nishka
@nishka-is-writing.bsky.social
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Our 13th issue has been edited by the talented Shreya Ila Anasuya, who has helped us show what the meaning of a true retelling is.
Link to read: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link to read: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Thrilled to be a part of the latest issue of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social ! It was a pleasure to work with Shreya to improve my story "Deep in a Lightless Forest", which you can read here: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
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There really is no one involved at any point in the development of these tools who actually understands what they're doing, huh?
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There really is no one involved at any point in the development of these tools who actually understands what they're doing, huh?
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Sometimes you've got to accept that if you don't understand what people are talking about, the conversation isn't for you. Even if someone is kind enough to stop and educate you, you can't reasonably expect to have an opinion worth listening to about a topic you didn't know existed five minutes ago.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sometimes you've got to accept that if you don't understand what people are talking about, the conversation isn't for you. Even if someone is kind enough to stop and educate you, you can't reasonably expect to have an opinion worth listening to about a topic you didn't know existed five minutes ago.
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The LLM thing is remarkable because if anyone was like "I never went to medical school anyway here's my magic anti disease device pls give 100 billion" they'd be laughed out the room or beaten with sticks but we're supposed to let guys who never read a book hand us an app claiming it'll write them
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The LLM thing is remarkable because if anyone was like "I never went to medical school anyway here's my magic anti disease device pls give 100 billion" they'd be laughed out the room or beaten with sticks but we're supposed to let guys who never read a book hand us an app claiming it'll write them
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I call my Site Director and ask, while it's very dramatic how we always close the innermost blast doors first and work outward, thus allowing escaping subjects to slip through each one just as it slams shut, wouldn't it be more effective to close the outermost ones first? I am immediately [REDACTED]
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I call my Site Director and ask, while it's very dramatic how we always close the innermost blast doors first and work outward, thus allowing escaping subjects to slip through each one just as it slams shut, wouldn't it be more effective to close the outermost ones first? I am immediately [REDACTED]
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My debut short story collection, Dark Tales of Wonder, is now available globally on Amazon in both Kindle eBook and paperback formats!
If you love dark fantasy, horror, and eerie tales, this one’s for you. 🖤
Grab your copy now: a.co/d/96gk4V1
#WritingCommunity #SpecFic #booksky #horrorlit
If you love dark fantasy, horror, and eerie tales, this one’s for you. 🖤
Grab your copy now: a.co/d/96gk4V1
#WritingCommunity #SpecFic #booksky #horrorlit
Dark Tales of Wonder
Dark Tales of Wonder - Kindle edition by Rao, Maliha. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Dark Tales of Wonder.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My debut short story collection, Dark Tales of Wonder, is now available globally on Amazon in both Kindle eBook and paperback formats!
If you love dark fantasy, horror, and eerie tales, this one’s for you. 🖤
Grab your copy now: a.co/d/96gk4V1
#WritingCommunity #SpecFic #booksky #horrorlit
If you love dark fantasy, horror, and eerie tales, this one’s for you. 🖤
Grab your copy now: a.co/d/96gk4V1
#WritingCommunity #SpecFic #booksky #horrorlit
Congratulations to the winners and finalists!
Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the World Fantasy Awards!
World Fantasy Awards Winners
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2024 were presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, held October 30 – November 2, 2025 in Brighton, UK. The Life Achievement …
locusmag.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Congratulations to the winners and finalists!
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Ok this (arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...) is an amazing example of the kind of BS hype tech writing we see so much, because even I, a lowly historian, can see the Obvious Problems with 'space data centers' that the article by a journalist at a technical publication failed to ask.
Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this”
“We could see another transformation of what’s done in space.”…
arstechnica.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ok this (arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...) is an amazing example of the kind of BS hype tech writing we see so much, because even I, a lowly historian, can see the Obvious Problems with 'space data centers' that the article by a journalist at a technical publication failed to ask.
I (accidentally) went on a streak of reading only science fiction written by women and it took me a while to notice I was doing it, because it didn't require any active effort to find books like that. An ocean of new releases too, not just Shelley and LeGuin.
"Women are not usually into science fiction"is legitimately one of the stupidest, most divorced from reality sentences I have ever read in my life
okay grandpa, let's get you to bed
October 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I (accidentally) went on a streak of reading only science fiction written by women and it took me a while to notice I was doing it, because it didn't require any active effort to find books like that. An ocean of new releases too, not just Shelley and LeGuin.
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Every time I sit down to write a piece I feel certain that I would rather die than actually write it and yet somehow I would rather die ten times harder before I ever let the word machine write for me.
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Every time I sit down to write a piece I feel certain that I would rather die than actually write it and yet somehow I would rather die ten times harder before I ever let the word machine write for me.
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Shout out to the Mountain Goats for reminding us that an awkward pause CAN be a metrical foot if you believe.
October 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Shout out to the Mountain Goats for reminding us that an awkward pause CAN be a metrical foot if you believe.
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"You Will Survive This Night" is a reprint by Indrapramit Das, who writes about what it means to be a girl and a monster at the same time.
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/you-will-sur...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/you-will-sur...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"You Will Survive This Night" is a reprint by Indrapramit Das, who writes about what it means to be a girl and a monster at the same time.
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/you-will-sur...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/you-will-sur...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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Momina Sohail’s “The Sulaiman” takes readers over the peak of storytelling.
Dive headfirst into the story with her, link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-sulaiman/
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Dive headfirst into the story with her, link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-sulaiman/
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Momina Sohail’s “The Sulaiman” takes readers over the peak of storytelling.
Dive headfirst into the story with her, link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-sulaiman/
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Dive headfirst into the story with her, link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-sulaiman/
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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"Late Night Conversations" by Ramsha Farooq Raja stuns with a dual perspective between two family members that are just a little more peculiar than the rest.
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/late-night-c...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/late-night-c...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Late Night Conversations" by Ramsha Farooq Raja stuns with a dual perspective between two family members that are just a little more peculiar than the rest.
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/late-night-c...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link to read below: tasavvurnama.com/late-night-c...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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In "Deep In A Lightless Forest", Nishka Dasgupta pens down a mysterious tale that follows a string of missing children in a magical forest.
To follow their journey, link below: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
To follow their journey, link below: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In "Deep In A Lightless Forest", Nishka Dasgupta pens down a mysterious tale that follows a string of missing children in a magical forest.
To follow their journey, link below: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
To follow their journey, link below: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Thrilled to be a part of the latest issue of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social ! It was a pleasure to work with Shreya to improve my story "Deep in a Lightless Forest", which you can read here: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
Our 13th issue has been edited by the talented Shreya Ila Anasuya, who has helped us show what the meaning of a true retelling is.
Link to read: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link to read: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
October 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thrilled to be a part of the latest issue of @tasavvurnama.bsky.social ! It was a pleasure to work with Shreya to improve my story "Deep in a Lightless Forest", which you can read here: tasavvurnama.com/deep-in-a-li...
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🌐❄️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲!
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Here it is: the updated 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹.𝗱𝗸 – your gateway to 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁.
The portal is powered by DMI, GEUS, DTU Space and DTU DTU Byg and supported by data from Asiaq and PROMICE.
🔗https://polarportal.dk/en/
Here it is: the updated 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹.𝗱𝗸 – your gateway to 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁.
The portal is powered by DMI, GEUS, DTU Space and DTU DTU Byg and supported by data from Asiaq and PROMICE.
June 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🌐❄️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲!
🔗https://polarportal.dk/en/
Here it is: the updated 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹.𝗱𝗸 – your gateway to 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁.
The portal is powered by DMI, GEUS, DTU Space and DTU DTU Byg and supported by data from Asiaq and PROMICE.
🔗https://polarportal.dk/en/
Here it is: the updated 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹.𝗱𝗸 – your gateway to 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁.
The portal is powered by DMI, GEUS, DTU Space and DTU DTU Byg and supported by data from Asiaq and PROMICE.
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"Who made you? Who is your master? Who sent you to tamper with the terraforming engines?"
"I have no master, nor maker. I, Jivi, made myself, and I own myself. Why? Do you want wings like mine?"
Read "I am become death" by @nishka-is-writing.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/i-am-become-...
"I have no master, nor maker. I, Jivi, made myself, and I own myself. Why? Do you want wings like mine?"
Read "I am become death" by @nishka-is-writing.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/i-am-become-...
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"Who made you? Who is your master? Who sent you to tamper with the terraforming engines?"
"I have no master, nor maker. I, Jivi, made myself, and I own myself. Why? Do you want wings like mine?"
Read "I am become death" by @nishka-is-writing.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/i-am-become-...
"I have no master, nor maker. I, Jivi, made myself, and I own myself. Why? Do you want wings like mine?"
Read "I am become death" by @nishka-is-writing.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/i-am-become-...
Really excited to be part of this issue!
🎆 Inner Worlds Issue Six has landed! 🎆
Feat. ghosts, robots, and a surprising number of insects in twelve stories exploring the strange terrain of the self.
✨️🧠❤️✨️
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-six-ed...
#SFF #SpecFic #Horror #LitMag #ShortFiction
Feat. ghosts, robots, and a surprising number of insects in twelve stories exploring the strange terrain of the self.
✨️🧠❤️✨️
inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-six-ed...
#SFF #SpecFic #Horror #LitMag #ShortFiction
March 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Really excited to be part of this issue!
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🌌 Issue six is out next week! 🌌
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.
March 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌌 Issue six is out next week! 🌌
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.
Featuring this stellar line up of authors and their stories; haunting, heartwarming, intriguing, devastating, beautiful, and complicated.