The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF

The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SFThe transfixing anthology The Blaft Book of Anti Caste SF spotlights 36 of the most exciting South Asian and diaspora creatives working in the expansive genre of supernatural, magic realism, and Dalit futurism. Somersaulting between short stories, proses, recipes, comics and graphic narratives, the latest book by Chennai based Blaft publications, features English and translated works penned by well known Dalit and Bahuja writers, alongside emerging

The transfixing anthology The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF spotlights 36 of the most exciting South Asian and diaspora creatives working in the expansive genre of supernatural, magic realism, and Dalit futurism. Somersaulting between short stories, proses, recipes, comics and graphic narratives, the latest book by Chennai-based Blaft publications, features English and translated works penned by well-known Dalit and Bahuja writers, alongside emerging authors.

“Explore Western Ghats solarpunk and Khasi-mythology-infused cyberhorror; meet ravenous invisible ghosts, undead fintech bros, and eldritch cucurbits; travel from sacred rock-cut caves of the ancient past to secret libraries of the future!”

The list of writers includes:  

• Gautamiputra Kamble, Marathi-language author of Parivrajak, a fable about two wanderers on a journey to a forbidden mountain. (In translation by Sirus Libeiro.)
  Gogu Shyamala, Telugu-language author of Father May Be an Elephant and Mother Only a Small Basket, But.... (2012). Her new story is "The Mysterious Ladder." (In Translation by Divya Kalavala.)
• Neerav Patel (1950-2019), founder of the Gujarati Dalit literary magazine Kalo Suraj ("Black Sun"). His story deals with caste oppression among the robots. (In translation by Gopika Jadeja.)
• Tamilmagan, Tamil-language author of the science fiction novel Operation Nova and the collection Amila Devathaigal ("Acid Angels"). His story in this anthology is about a far-future Indian city where something very strange has happened to the agrarian class. (In translation by Nirmal Rajagopalan.)
• Sumit Kumar, founder of the independent comics publisher Bakarmax, and creator of the graphic novels Amar Bari Tomar Bari Naxalbari and Kashmir ki Kahani.
• Archita Mittra, whose work has been published or is forthcoming in Lightspeed, Locus Magazine, Reactor, and Strange Horizons, among other venues. She is an Ignyte Award finalist for Best Critic while her fiction and poetry have been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes.   
• Goutam Mandal, science fiction novelist and thriller writer in Bengali who has also translated Japanese yokai stories into Bengali. (In translation by Ipsa S. and Pratiti Ketoki.

Plus, works by:

V. Chandrashekar Rao
Sahej Rahal
Rahee Punyashloka
Kunal Lokhande
Subash Thebe Limbu
Nabi Haider Ali
Esther Larisa David
Snehashish Das
Hameedha Khan
Aswathy K. Raj
Gouri
Gitanjali Joshua
Prachi Singh
Shivani Kshirsagar
Yukti Narang
Sudarshan Devadoss & M.K. Abhilash
Yeswanth Mocharla

Edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D.
Cover art by Priyanka Paul
Published by Blaft Publications
428 pages. 
Hardcover ISBN: 9789380636726. 
Paperback ISBN: 9789380636733