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Mandira Pattnaik

@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social

Author of 8 published/forthcoming chapbooks, Wigleaf Top 50 (2023), Best Small Fictions (2021 & 2024), Best Micro Anthology (2024), The Rumpus, IHLR, McNeese Review, Emerson Review, Penn Review, 300+ publications, #amquerying

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Mandira Pattnaik@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Crafting a Successful Author Website: My 5 Year Experience Dear Friends, July marks five years since I launched my author website—my own little corner of the internet. It's a space I pay for and maintain. I share links to my writing, connect with readers, and give voice to others wanting to share…

Crafting a Successful Author Website: My 5 Year Experience

Dear Friends, July marks five years since I launched my author website—my own little corner of the internet. It's a space I pay for and maintain. I share links to my writing, connect with readers, and give voice to others wanting to share theirs. It doubles as a free craft posts library and resource site with writing know-hows, poet/author interviews, lists, as well as guest posts, and a home for various general/community interest blog posts.

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Mandira Pattnaik@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A Newsletter With A View of One’s Own-15 By now, many of us have settled into the rhythms of summer—or winter, depending on where we are in the world. Where I live, clouds have gathered and it might rain. Our planet keeps at it. In tandem, the literary calendar rarely slows down (In fact,…

A Newsletter With A View of One’s Own-15

By now, many of us have settled into the rhythms of summer—or winter, depending on where we are in the world. Where I live, clouds have gathered and it might rain. Our planet keeps at it. In tandem, the literary calendar rarely slows down (In fact, "Publishing is moving too fast"--but more on that later). June brought announcements, debates around AI and authorship, and an abundance of excellent work appearing in journals across the globe.

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Mandira Pattnaik@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A Newsletter With A View of One’s Own-14 Hello June! How are you? A lot has happened in lit world since the last newsletter, and I hope I'm able to take you through as many of them as possible. Let's get started! good news stories The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) has launched the RSL…

A Newsletter With A View of One’s Own-14

Hello June! How are you? A lot has happened in lit world since the last newsletter, and I hope I'm able to take you through as many of them as possible. Let's get started! good news stories The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) has launched the RSL Hawthornden Literature Matters Grants, a £1m fund to support reading across the UK, described as “a major intervention” in support of an area of the arts that is “critically under‑supported”.

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Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Haven't sold a book all week. Fuck. Anyway, the Buy 2, Get 1 free deal is still on, for 2 more days. Find your next favorite book or poetry, short story collection, novella, novel +/or lit mag issue on the site and use code 2EQUALS3 to get anything free when you pay for any pair.

Mandira Pattnaik@mandirapattnaik.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A Newsletter With A View of One’s Own-13 In this month's newsletter, a Pulitzer Prize winner waiting tables, a Moroccan city becomes the World Book Capital, some editors uploading unpublished manuscripts into tools like ChatGPT, why every major Indian writer lives abroad, Ruby Lit and at least two…

A Newsletter With A View of One’s Own-13

In this month's newsletter, a Pulitzer Prize winner waiting tables, a Moroccan city becomes the World Book Capital, some editors uploading unpublished manuscripts into tools like ChatGPT, why every major Indian writer lives abroad, Ruby Lit and at least two other magazines announcing closure, what "send mores" can be hurtful, O. Henry Prize and Commonwealth Short-story Prize announcements, the debate over delusion that MIT researched, submission calls, recommended reading, new contest I'm judging, Short-story Month's history and more...

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Adi Magazine@adimagazine.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Since the Great Reorder, it’s been kind of weird to talk to each other. We live alone, in compartmentalized tiny apartments...never allowed to make conversation." New fiction, "The Crocodile Married, and Then It Was Over" by Mandira Pattnaik, is out today! adimagazine.com/articles/the...

The Crocodile Married, and Then It Was Over - Adi Magazine

Near where River Bhogdoloi flows, my family has a home. Last I was in contact, Aunt Cheema, too afraid to lead a solitary life, had married the crocodile

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Rebecca Gransden@rgransden.bsky.social · 2y ago

Had the pleasure of talking with Mandira Pattnaik @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social about the lyrical novella-in-flash GLASS/FIRE. Out now from @querenciapress.bsky.social. Head over to @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/yielding-as-...

YIELDING AS GLASS YIELDS TO FIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MANDIRA PATTNAIK by Rebecca Gransden

Shifting states. The novel-in-flash Glass/Fire (Querencia Press, 2024) exhibits the unfolding travails of girlhood, a reality adorned in rich contradiction and symbolism. Mandira Pattnaik’s sumptuous ...

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Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2y ago

"The first time she went off, I found her at the straw house, braiding her golden hair, like some painting from antiquity" Rich, evocative writing from @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Twice this year Tara has disappeared, and twice this year Mamma has sent me to look for her..." This Time, Ending Slightly Differently by @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/17/t...

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · last yr.

"Pretty is a word for damsels. In distress. Eyes aren’t pretty. They are, at best, calm, or solemn, or gentle" Wonderful piece from @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social - a backwards story told through imperatives - such creative use of form: milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/05/08/h...

How to Lift Your Bottom ~ by Mandira Pattnaik

Swear.  Before that, roll over. Cover your bottom. Juggle your weight on all fours. Climb out of the creaky bed. Be irritated, or sad, or drained, or hungry—or all of these. Before that, close…

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June Gemmell@junegemmell.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@shortstorytoday.bsky.social I’ll miss you! 💔 But there are lots of episodes to go back to until you return. I mentioned some of my faves in a previous post, here are some more -@amygcb.bsky.social @melostrom.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social @emirengoff.bsky.social

@shortstorytoday.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Short Story Today would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year. We'll be taking some time off in 2026 to explore some parts of the world we've be meaning to visit, so we hope you'll check back with us for updates about Season 6 in the spring. See you in the summer!

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"…and each time there was a story in the end..." Thus begins @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social's perfectly honed "Been on a Train Five Times," a dream-like series of train happenings written with such precision. Pattnaik is such an incredible writer and we are so stoked to feature this wonder! Peep it!

Been on a Train Five Times by Mandira Pattnaik

…and each time there was a story in the end: 1. Driverless train destined to crash, until something caused surroundings to speed away too. Result? Train was relatively stationary, and safe. 2...

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Kate McIntyre@katemcintyre.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Outside the dirty glass, darkness closed in. Like black wrapper on gift nobody wanted to receive. Train locked me in, hardly any passengers..." Each twist of this great piece by @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social surprised me. New on hex today!

hex@hexliterary.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"…and each time there was a story in the end..." Thus begins @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social's perfectly honed "Been on a Train Five Times," a dream-like series of train happenings written with such precision. Pattnaik is such an incredible writer and we are so stoked to feature this wonder! Peep it!

New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed)@nffr.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"I do understand the way my loving husband labels the bell jars, even though I can see through the glass what they are filled-with—salt, sugar, biscuits, and flour." Charming story about togetherness in grief and hope by @mandirapattnaik.bsky.social in Issue 40. newflashfiction.com/about-the-lo...

About the Longevity of Labelling Bell Jars by Mandira Pattnaik | Issue #40

I do understand the way my loving husband labels the bell jars, even though I can see through the glass what they are filled-with—salt, sugar, biscuits, and flour.

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