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The Bare Bones Book of Speculative Fiction brings together twenty-one writers and a translator from eleven countries in a beautifully designed, handy volume of literary speculative fiction.
Here, an evil painting corrupts its viewers, djinns and yakshis conduct barters, a mechanical creature becomes sentient, water talks, androids mimic humans to near perfection, the afterlife is a bureaucratic mess, humans are condemned to Hell and angels are condemned to Earth, and AI becomes God, among many fantastical settings.
Expect vivid dreams, alt realities, lores, the Kafkaesque, and more!
Edited and introduced by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury with a foreword by Ankit Raj Ojha, The Bare Bones Book of Speculative Fiction features award-winning authors, musicians and screenwriters, and writers in various stages of their careers, from diverse professional backgrounds such as science, engineering, medicine, law, marketing and journalism, in a volume perfect for the bedside, coffee tables, bookshelves, libraries, buses, trains, flights, yachts, and every nook and cranny on earth, sea, and air where stories are cherished.
‘A breathtaking collection of multi-cultural short stories traveling through myth, surrealism, faith, fear and more, triggering memories and reconciling with myriad human realities.’
— Koral Dasgupta, author of The Sati Series
‘During a freezing winter which releases trapped spirits, a detective consults the dead to solve difficult cases, an AI bot fed on religious scripture plays god from an underground urban hideout, certain people hear the water speaking to them as their cities start running dry, an immortal bureaucrat awaits a correction in the facts of his past life. Endlessly inventive and thoughtful, subtly anchored to eternal questions and current predicaments of humanity, the tales in The Bare Bones Book of Speculative Fiction prove once again that this is a genre whose springs of imagination have been overflowing. The editor, Tejaswinee Roychowdhury, does a brilliant job presenting us with authors who are masters of the compressed form, in a volume which is sharp, shimmering and rich with surprises. There is something for everyone in this book.’
— Rajat Chaudhuri, author of Spellcasters, The Butterfly Effect and Hotel Calcutta
‘The Bare Bones Book of Speculative Fiction is a rich and haunting collection, filled with disappearing bodies, djinns, spirits, ice storms, and other unsettling wonders. Blending folklore, fantasy, folk horror, and the uncanny, these atmospheric stories transport readers to liminal worlds where the ordinary slips into the extraordinary, and vice versa. An enchanting anthology of stories which celebrate speculative fiction and its power of being at once surprising and disturbing.’
— Ivy Ngeow, author of In Safe Hands and The American Boyfriend
Tejaswinee Roychowdhury, a founding editor of The Hooghly Review, is currently pursuing a PhD in Law at the University of Calcutta while working on her debut novel, a psychological suspense thriller. She can be reached at tejaswineerc across social media.
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