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Blaft Publications

@blaft.bsky.social

An independent publishing house based in Chennai, India. Indian pulp novels in translation, ghostlore, anti-caste sf, graphic novels, street signs, weird stories, & picture books about young women in love with gruesome monsters. https://blaft.com

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Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · yesterday

Listen to Kuzhali Manickavel on this podcast (if you don't have a whole hour, jump to her reading of "Boys Like That" from 1:00:40--1:04:33) rss.com/podcasts/hap... Then pre-order her novel www.blaft.com/products/a-c...

A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School (eBook)

Release Date: October 6, 2026 Available for Pre-Order Pre-order the print edition here   a novel by Kuzhali Manickavel In the oppressive heat of a small Tamil Nadu town, strange happenings are common....

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Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · yesterday

Vanakkam! Does anyone know any BRYOLOGISTS? We are looking for someone who has researched moss species in South India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh) to collaborate with us on a small project. Kindly DM. Mikka Nandri!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntrichia_ruralis#/media/File:Drehzahnmoos_Tortula_ruralis.jpg This is a cosmopolitan moss, picture not from South India, bc I can't find any South Indian mosses on Wikimedia
kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல்@kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 3d ago

my dear comrades and friendos, the talented vinayak varma invited me to be on his podcast which you can listen to, if so inclined, at 8pm IST. his other guests are all pretty amazing, worth checking out the podcast

Happy Accidents@happyaccidentspod.bsky.social · 3d ago

Episode 4 of Happy Accidents, featuring writer @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social, releases tonight, at 8pm IST. In this clip, she tells @eyefry.bsky.social about reconciling her South Asian roots with the expectations of a mainly West-facing publishing scene, and some of the pitfalls of peer feedback:

Vinayak Varma@eyefry.bsky.social · 3d ago

My interview with the amazing @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social releases later this evening (on happyaccidents.co.in + wherever you get your podcasts). Here's a brief clip from our conversation—

Happy Accidents@happyaccidentspod.bsky.social · 3d ago

Episode 4 of Happy Accidents, featuring writer @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social, releases tonight, at 8pm IST. In this clip, she tells @eyefry.bsky.social about reconciling her South Asian roots with the expectations of a mainly West-facing publishing scene, and some of the pitfalls of peer feedback:

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · last wk.

We did a talk on book covers yesterday with a slideshow... while we have the folder open... Here is a bunch of vintage Indian pulp fiction art 🧵 (1/7) Urdu books by Ibne Safi (1956-1980), artist unknown

An Ibne Safi novel. Cover artist unknown. A lady looking surprised. A bat obscures her eyesCover of an Ibne Safi novel. A stressed out looking woman at top-left. A man flying head over heals at right. Another man at left... there seem to be some steel girdersCover of an Ibne Safi novel. Close up of chain links. In one chain link we see a man running through scrubland... in the bottom chain link we see a woman running, carrying her clothesIbne Safi novel cover. A guy holding a rifle is falling into a lake at night. The silhouettes of two figures wearing hats are seen on a cliff above him. At top right, there's an woman's face giving a terrified expression
kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல்@kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 2w ago

last day for this my deep-fried friendos

kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல்@kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 2w ago

friends and most importantly comrades, Waterstones is having a preorder sale where you can get my novel at 25% off. Just visit the site or app and use the code “SUMMER26”. Support non-white, non-dude writers! www.waterstones.com/book/a-compe...

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · 2w ago

Chennai! This Saturday we're talking Indian pulp cover art at Dakshinachitra with Shyam! We'll be showing off our collection of vintage Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi & Urdu novel covers

Front & Back Cover of "Yavana Rani Part 2" by Chandilyan. Cover art by Latha. The front has the fair-haired, blue-eyed Greek queen in the foreground, with the Tamil hero standing outside a palace looking back at her. On the back cover there are two Indian lovers, with an inset images of a chariot race, a chase, a swordfight, etc. A flyer for the "Wrapper" event -- covers from Indian-language pulp fiction. With Rashmi & Rakesh of Blaft Publications and Shyam 25 July 2026 -- 4:30 pm Varija Art Gallery, DakshinachitraAn H N Golibar novel cover: "Saapsidi", artwork by G. Sandhwani. Shows a woman's face split in two: the left side wears shades and a modern-looking earring, the right side shows without sunglasses and a gold hoop. Both sides have very red lips, but on the left sdide, they are slightly parted. In the center, bewteen the two halves of the face, is a guy brandishing a knife. At the bottom beneath the title there's a large building, and in the left corner is a clean-cut looking gent in a collared shirt looking appraisingly at the viewer.
Gouri@svroad-yakshi.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thanks for shout out. The story is about that one time my grandfather's spirit sent a spider to scare me. No prizes for guessing. Read please and enjoy please.

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · last mo.

Congrats to writer/urban ecologist/zinester/Anti-Caste SF contributor/Blaft tabler @svroad-yakshi.bsky.social, who's got a story in the new Gulmohur Quarterly: "That One Time My Grandfather’s Spirit Sent a Spider to Scare Me" www.gulmohurquarterly.com/current-issue

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Kumbri Marathi tribe of the Karnataka coast have a complex taxonomy of spirits, separated into two main classes, the merely annoying Padosamarava (held responsible for scabies and other minor ailments) and the diabolical Balishtamarava, spirits formed by the simultaneous deaths of several (1/4)

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · 3w ago

When Thamarai finds a mysterious notebook full of descriptions of her school's paranormal phenomena, she wonders if it may hold the key to escape... Pre-order Kuzhali Manickavel's "A Compendium of Supernatural Entities", releasing October 6! www.blaft.com/collections/...

A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School

Release Date: October 6, 2026 Available for Pre-Order a novel by Kuzhali Manickavel 232 pages. 8.25" x 5.5". 300 g Paperback ISBN: 9788199509146 In the oppressive heat of a small Tamil Nadu town, stra...

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