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Shiv Ramdas is an Indian writer of postcolonial speculative fiction—from science fiction and fantasy to horror and everything in between. His work has previously appeared in Fireside and Giganotosaurus Magazine. He currently lives in Seattle, USA, with his spouse and three cats. You can find him tweeting at @nameshiv.


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19 Jan 2026

The moon was not her destination. It was a sentence.
the black fairy in the village sold her a dime for a nickel
After visits from the Whale, when the Lifemaker retreats to his chambers, Lúcio swims to the aquarium by the window, where he and Olga watch the fish fly by.
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