Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
This month's poetry feature is by the talented Amrita Valan! Amrita is also a contributor in Mythical Creatures of Asia and the upcoming Mythical Beings of Asia anthologies. Defiance Amrita Valan The Apsara most adamant about herVisitPetitioned mighty commander Indra in vainAboard Indian Spaceship SuvarnarekhaDocked at space station Swarga. waiting in the netherworld dimensionsA swarthy... Continue Reading →
Cryptid fans, I have a treat for you this week. Ever heard of the Indonesian jenglot? Check out Patrick Winters' take on this tiny but terrifying creature. Keeper of the Jenglots Patrick Winters It’d been hours since Arief collapsed, a great pain racking his chest on the way to feed his charges. The bowl he’d... Continue Reading →
Please welcome a lovely writer and master drabbler, DJ Elton! She has 2 drabbles in Mythical Creatures of Asia, including this one featured today. You can also find DJ's work in our Southeast Asian Fantasy drabbles, and in our upcoming Mythical beings of Asia anthologies. Enjoy! The Nagini and the Gold Coin DJ Elton Serpent-human,... Continue Reading →
Please welcome today's drabbler, Amrita Valan! Amrita has 3 drabbles in Mythical Creatures of Asia, and 3 in the upcoming Mythical Beings of Asia anthology. We also featured her recently in our Author Spotlight series. Check out her interview here. Timingila Terror of the Oceans Amrita Valan When the Timingila dreamt, the ocean waves were... Continue Reading →
Time for another round of Mythical Drabbles! Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing more drabbles from our latest anthology, Mythical Creatures of Asia. Please enjoy today's dark fantasy drabble by Filipino writer, Ben Umayam. Steamy Blind Date Ben Umayam Nenita goes on a single’s cruise, blind date nightly. Blindly, she is swept up,... Continue Reading →
Today, it's my pleasure to present Sultana Raza's final poem, ‘The Akashic1 Yatra2′. Read her first two poems here: #22: ‘Inter-dimensional Classified Ad’ by Sultana Raza (June 10th, 2021) #23: ‘Quantic Chance’ by Sultana Raza (June 14th, 2021) Which poem has been your favorite? Let me know in the comments. ~Kelly~ THE AKASHIC1 YATRA2 We could havesaved our skinby goingto... Continue Reading →
Continuing on with our featured poet this month, please enjoy Sultana Raza's second piece, 'Quantic Chance'. And if you missed her first poem last week, you can catch up here: #22: ‘Inter-dimensional Classified Ad’ by Sultana Raza (June 10th, 2021) QUANTIC CHANCE The young guyfound all the alphabetsrelated to his needsto solvethe enigma of the... Continue Reading →
It's my pleasure to introduce a new poet to our INSTINCTS series, Sultana Raza. She has graciously shared a series of three interlinked poems, in both English and the original French! What a treat! The second and third poems will be published next Monday and Thursday. Please enjoy! INTER-DIMENSIONAL CLASSIFIED AD Lines found scribbled in... Continue Reading →
INSIGNIA DRABBLES VOL.4. Theme: Mythical beings & spirits Guidelines: This anthology is already about 50% full, with submissions from the contributors of Mythical Creatures of Asia. We are looking for more drabbles set in any Asia country and based on Asian myths of various beings, ghosts, spirits, and the like. Basically anything magical that is NOT... Continue Reading →
Our last entry for Women in Horror Month is a piece by Sri Lankan poet, Anne Silva! This poem will also be listed as part of our online poetry series, INSTINCTS. 'The Legend of the Devil Bird' is based on a folktale about the Ulama (devil bird) that sounds like a women screaming in terror.... Continue Reading →
