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Archita Mittra

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in Calcutta, India

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Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry

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Neil Gaiman, Sylvia Plath, Rainer Maria Rilke, Emily Dickinson, T.S. E ...more

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September 2016

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Archita Mittra is a writer, editor, and artist, with a fondness for dark and fantastical things. Her work has appeared in Tor, Strange Horizons, Zooscape, Anathema Magazine, Hexagon, and elsewhere, and has been nominated for the Pushcart, best of the net, and other prizes.

She completed her B. A. (2018) and M. A. (2020) in English Literature from Jadavpur University and has a Diploma in Multimedia and Animation from St. Xavier’s College (2016). When she isn’t writing speculative fiction or drawing fan art, she can be found playing indie games, making jewelry out of recycled materials, reading a dark fantasy novel, baking cakes, or deciding which new tarot deck to buy. She lives in Kolkata, India, with her family and rabbits.

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Archita Mittra—2024 Publications and Awards Eligibility

It’s finally winter in Calcutta (where I live) and it’s been gently drizzling all day, so I’d rather remain inside my cozy blanket reading Orbital than write this post, but here we are. Self-promotion sucks; it feels so alienating. But anyway—this doubles as my #AwardEligibility blogpost as well as a recap of the stuff I’ve done this year on the ‘creative career’ front. Maybe years later, if this

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	Dark Matter Presents Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology by Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ashley Saywers (Editor), Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.99 avg rating — 738 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonflowers and Nightshade: An Anthology of Sapphic Horror by Samantha Kolesnik (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christina Ladd, G.E. Woods (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 58 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF by R.T. Samuel (Editor), Rakesh Khanna (Editor), Rashmi Ruth Devadasan (Editor, Contributor) 4.28 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Dream: Science Fiction Exploring the Future of Art by Indrapramit Das (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samit Basu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Vajra Chandrasekera (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interstellar Flight Magazine Best of Year One by Holly Lyn Walrath (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E.D. Walker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jeremy Brett (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cold Christmas and the Darkest of Winters by Rasta Musick (Goodreads Author), Alexis Hansen, A.M. Weald (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightmares of Strangers: An Anthology of Eerie, Strange, and Spooky Stories by Sheri Williams (Goodreads Author) (Executive Editor), Dan Whitfield (Contributor), Arvin de Leon (Contributor) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shout It Out! by Ijaz Bashir Ahmad (Contributor), P.J. Reed (Goodreads Author), Ceo (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hexagon SF Magazine, Issue 3 by J.W. Stebner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Disha Bisht (Contributor), Vanessa Fogg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Breath Alight: An Anthology of Breathtaking Women by Hayley E. Frerichs (Goodreads Author), Mark Bruce, Natalya Bucuy 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Archita wants to read Meatspace Press Eaten by the Internet. by Corinne Cath	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock

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“Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock

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“Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock

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“Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock

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“Mr. Lynn gave her one of his considering looks. "People are strange," he said. "Usually they're much stranger than you think. Start from there and you'll never be unpleasantly surprised. Do you fancy doughnuts?”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Fire and Hemlock

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