Tag Archives: fantasy

The Teleporting Disaster Fairy

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Rati Mehrotra

December, and I have managed to sneak in a third publication before the end of the year, yay! Yes, it is story day, my favorite. The Teleporting Disaster Fairy was published in the Nov/Dec issue of Uncanny Magazine and is … Continue reading →

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Interview with writer Vanessa Fogg

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Rati Mehrotra

Today I am delighted to welcome writer Vanessa Fogg to my blog. Vanessa is one of my favorite short fiction SFF writers and her collection The House of Illusionists has just been released: wonderful news for her readers and for … Continue reading →

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Markets of the Otherworld

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Rati Mehrotra

If there’s no one to read them, do my words truly exist? This angst-laden question is posed by the narrator of my latest short story Markets of the Otherworld now live at Uncanny Magazine. But it could be mine – … Continue reading →

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Story Day! Amma’s Kitchen in The Deadlands

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Rati Mehrotra

Story days are happy days! I am delighted to share my latest publication, a short story about food, death, the afterlife, and one very special frog: Amma’s Kitchen in The Deadlands, Issue 22. I love the fiction and poetry published … Continue reading →

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The way that things have been

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Rati Mehrotra

It is 18th June, it is raining, and I just got my second jab! In two weeks I can…go to the dentist. The optometrist. The physiotherapist. Ah, the wild times ahead. Seriously, though, I am hopeful that everyone who can, … Continue reading →

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The Family Ghost

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Rati Mehrotra

Very pleased to report that my short story The Family Ghost is now live at The Sockdolager in the Spring 2016 issue. This is a story about love, family and ghosts, set in rural India. A young girl is married off … Continue reading →

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Talking of Dragons…

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Rati Mehrotra

…and I was talking of dragons in my previous post. So, talking of dragons, I’m now reading Shadow Scale, sequel to Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman. Seraphina is quite delightful. It’s a fantasy story of a girl who is half-dragon and … Continue reading →

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The Pillar of Shiva – now live at Triptych Tales

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Rati Mehrotra

I’m pleased to report that my short story The Pillar of Shiva is now live at Triptych Tales. This is one of my favorite stories, and I am glad it has found a home. It also has a lovely illustration … Continue reading →

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The Economics of Writing

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Rati Mehrotra

I made eight short story sales in 2014 at pro and semi-pro rates. Not all the stories are published/paid yet, but last I checked, I made around USD 1100. Riches! What? Not enough to live on, you say? Well, it’s USD 1100 … Continue reading →

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Short story now live at Abyss & Apex

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

Yay! My short story Hatyasin is now live at Abyss & Apex, a great speculative fiction magazine. You can read my story here.  I enjoy perusing the fiction they publish every quarter and am so pleased to find Hatyasin among them. All the stories are free to … Continue reading →

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