M. L. Krishnan
Magician. Marketing Director of khōréō. MacDowell Fellow. Stories & Essays: mlkrishnan.com
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- Reposted by M. L. Krishnani think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
- AI doesn’t exist to solve problems, instead it creates new problems forcibly—trapping us all in a techbro-conceived iron maiden with its slop walls closing around us, just so the sniveling Jofferys of Tech can fellate each other over quarterly margins and shareholder profits. It's indefensible.
- I’m going to share something beautiful everyday to combat The Endless Horrors, because my head is a glass jar filled with angry wasps, and I need something to keep me tethered to the here and now, that it’s still all worth it. Today’s pick is a short story by Rebecca Nakaba called “Umeboshi.”
- No, you don't get there by reading or writing. She's right. It's time to stop gatekeeping and reveal the jacob's ladder sorcerous test that all writers are subjected to, where you ascend the writing heavens by mastering each rung of torment until you guttural scream PLEASE, NO MORE
- Reposted by M. L. Krishnan"Krishnan captures the trio’s love, lust, loyalty, joy, and sorrows in a way that feels devastatingly real." (on "Ichthyosis") Maria Haskins aka @mariahaskins.com has fantastic things to say about Issue 99 in the February Locus Magazine aka @locusmag.bsky.social !❤️🔥 psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
- Reposted by M. L. KrishnanIf you've yet to experience the beauty, majesty, and heartbreak of @emelkrishnan.bsky.social, it's okay, you did nothing wrong but you DO have to fix it, and you can fix it by reading this from her in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social. Absolutely thunderous and lovely. psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
- As an unabashed boyband obsessive in the 90s, it's gotta be A Different Beat by Boyzone. Nothing comes close for me. I even had this album cover as a giant poster on my wall, so I could fall asleep while they gazed down at me. 🥲
- Gird your loins for a whole lotta angst Cause I'm putting the Y in YEARNING for my Savage Garden essay
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- Everything that @kristinaten.bsky.social writes is a banger, and her short story collection, Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine is hands down my favorite collection from 2025. There's no contest (in my heart). 🖤
- Unreal to be on the @locusmag.bsky.social Recommended Reading List FOUR times, in the collection, novelette, short story & anthology categories! Congrats all + thanks to the publishers, editors & reviewers who brought these works into the light. Vote for what you love: locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
- This is such a gorgeous story, and everyone should read it: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
- I’ve been told to my face that my work is too strange + dense and will not resonate at this moment in time, but in two years, it might. I’ve also been told to write more linearly with clear distinctions between good/bad. “Make weird art” is a fun slogan, sure. But are you willing to engage with it?
- Reposted by M. L. Krishnan📣 New novel announcement: ANNA DREAMS OF A DEAD REVOLUTIONARY is coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social in 2028. When people ask what it's about, I say it's like SOUR CHERRY, except the haunted house is Greece, and Bluebeard is fascism. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊ Keep writing your queer, trans, antifascist books, friends.
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- Reposted by M. L. Krishnan“When your skin peels away from your loosening flesh in coils, trailing soft, brown ribbons in its wake, your lovers swathe you in cotton-gauze and bring you to the sea.” By @emelkrishnan.bsky.social in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
- Reposted by M. L. KrishnanHonored to find Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine on the BSFA Award Longlist! Wow! The company on this list makes me immensely proud to be writing today.
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- Reposted by M. L. KrishnanToday I want to promote M. L. Krishnan's story "Ichthyosis" over at @fantasymagazine.bsky.social (hosted by @psychopomp.com ). This is an amazing story of love & self-acceptance, w/a rich intensity I adore. psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
- Champignon Witch is surreal, dark, whimsical, folkloric and heartbreaking. I love it so far.
- Reposted by M. L. Krishnanoh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason?? sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
- Reposted by M. L. Krishnanthank you @foxesandroses.bsky.social for sharing these fantastic reads!! and for shouting out the truly gorgeous Ichthyosis by @emelkrishnan.bsky.social 💖
- Thrilled to see "Ichthyosis" on this glorious list by my beloved @foxesandroses.bsky.social! But seriously though, this list of reads is amazing, and I'm so glad to be a part of it among authors I love and admire 🥹💙
- FINALLY, LET'S GOOOO
- The indie Filipino short film "The Lovers" (Studio Heartbreak) is now complete, and will be released this summer on Youtube. In the meantime, here's a nice official poster illustrated by Ami Thompson. www.studioheartbreak.com www.catsuka.com/news/2023-05...
- Love Through a Prism, You and I Are Polar Opposites, Tamon's B-Side, and Journal with Witch this anime season??? My shoujo + josei fangirl ass is EATING GOOD
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- Reposted by M. L. Krishnan2025 was a nightmare... & an amazing year for short fiction. On my newsletter, I rounded up the stories I think you need - for your soul, & your award ballots (mine are there, but it's mostly from others) I'll shout them out here, as well! undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-life-in-f...
- Oh my goodness, this is an insane surprise! Thank you @sentencebender.bsky.social for loving my gnarled fish tale in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social 😭💙
- "Ichthyosis," by M.L. Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social / Psychopomp. Proof that if you're a phenomenally skilled writer, you can give me intense vivid emotion so compelling I won't mind if it's missing some of the things we're taught are "essential" to storytelling. psychopomp.com/fantasy/issu...
